EU-India TTC Joint Call on Marine Plastic Litter (Cumulative Impacts of Marine Pollution)

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Multilateral Grant Global India Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Research
Funder: EU-India TTC Coordinated Call: Marine Plastic Litter
Joint call co-funded by the EU (€12 million) and India MoES (₹90 crore). Seeks innovative solutions to monitor, assess, and mitigate cumulative impacts of marine pollutants including microplastics. Opened 6 May 2025.

Source: https://moes.gov.in/news-and-announcements

Funding Details

Funder
European Commission / Ministry of Earth Sciences India (EU-India TTC)
Funding Goal
Fund innovative research projects that monitor, assess, and mitigate the cumulative impacts of marine pollutants including microplastics, plastic debris, chemical pollutants, and other stressors on marine ecosystems. The call seeks integrated solutions combining environmental monitoring, impact assessment, and mitigation strategies for marine pollution, with a specific focus on plastic litter and cumulative pollution effects.
Funding Amount
Total budget: EUR 12 million (EU side) + INR 90 crore (~EUR 10 million) from India Ministry of Earth Sciences. Bilateral joint call; individual grant amounts not specified from available sources.
Deadline
Unknown (Unknown)
How to Apply
Call opened 6 May 2025. Applications managed through coordinated EU (Horizon Europe / EU R&I) and Indian (Ministry of Earth Sciences) submission systems. Full call documentation expected on the MoES website (https://moes.gov.in) and the EU Funding & Tenders portal. Source URL (moes.gov.in/news-and-announcements) is JavaScript-rendered and did not return readable content through Jina Reader.
Target Region
India, European Union (global marine pollution context)
Contact
Ministry of Earth Sciences India (https://moes.gov.in/connect). European Commission DG Research & Innovation (India collaboration). Specific contact details not available from source page.
Last Checked
2026-05-06 23:59

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Summary

The EU-India TTC Joint Call on Marine Plastic Litter (Cumulative Impacts of Marine Pollution) is a bilateral research funding call co-financed by the European Commission (EUR 12 million) and India's Ministry of Earth Sciences (INR 90 crore, approximately EUR 10 million). The call opened on 6 May 2025 as part of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) cooperation framework. Programme objectives are to develop innovative solutions to monitor, assess, and mitigate the cumulative impacts of marine pollutants, with a specific focus on microplastics and plastic litter alongside other marine pollution stressors. The call addresses the scientific challenge that marine pollutants rarely act in isolation, and that cumulative and synergistic effects on marine ecosystems require integrated approaches combining monitoring technology, impact modeling, and mitigation strategies. Thematic scope includes marine microplastic monitoring and detection, assessment of cumulative pollution impacts on marine biodiversity and food webs, mitigation technologies and nature-based solutions, and integrated marine pollution management frameworks. Priority areas are expected to include coastal and open-ocean plastic litter dynamics, bioaccumulation, and pollution interactions. Geographic scope covers EU member states and India as the two eligible research regions, with a global ocean pollution knowledge-generation objective. Projects are likely to require genuine bilateral EU-India research consortia. Eligible applicants are research institutions, universities, and potentially NGOs or industry actors with research capacity, on both the EU and Indian sides. Exact eligibility, grant ranges, and application procedures were not accessible from the registered source URL (MoES news and announcements page, which is JavaScript-rendered and did not return readable content through Jina Reader). Note: This record is based on the program registration snippet. Full call documentation should be sought on the MoES website and the EU Funding and Tenders portal. Status and deadline are unverified due to page access limitations.

Historical Context

Part of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) established in 2022, which includes a research and innovation cooperation pillar. This is one of the first major joint research calls under the TTC framework focused on ocean and marine pollution. Call opened 6 May 2025 per program registration snippet.

Why it was added

discovered from funder #662: EU-India TTC Marine Plastic Litter Call

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