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| # | Program | Source | Status | Relevance ▲ | Funding Amount | Deadline | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | European Science Foundation — Blue Action (Atlantic-Arctic Ocean Research) (353) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | Cascading grants; total project budget EUR 12,499,786. Individual grant amounts not specified. | Rolling / multiple calls; project period September 2025 - August 2029 | 2026-05-07 07:15Enriched | |
| 477 | European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) (477) | EU | Enriched | – | Total budget EUR 6.108 billion (2021-2027): EUR 5.311 billion via national programmes (shared management) + EUR 797 million directly managed by the Commission | Rolling basis - managed through national operational programmes; CINEA direct management calls announced periodically | 2026-05-07 06:34Enriched | |
| 480 | EU LIFE Programme - Environment and Climate Action (480) | EU | Enriched | – | Varies by call and project type; Standard Action Projects typically EUR 0.5M - 5M; Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs) and Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) can reach tens of millions EUR; Operating grants for NGOs for multi-year institutional support | 2026-09-22 | 2026-05-07 06:34Enriched | |
| 705 | Schmidt Ocean Institute - Research Vessel & Grant Program (705) | International | Enriched | – | Free ship time — no cash grant; investigators must fund their own salary, travel, shipping, and analysis costs | Rolling basis | 2026-05-07 05:51Enriched | |
| 1446 | [PDF] INITIATIVES & PROJECTS - Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco (1446) | family-office | Enriched | – | Individual project grants typically range from €90,000 to €300,000. Initiative-level calls (e.g., DIMFE 2024: €1.885M for 5 projects; Polar Initiative 2025: €650K+ for 5 projects) imply average grants of ~€130K–€377K per project. | Rolling / annual calls per initiative (e.g., DIMFE annual call; Polar Initiative call launched June 2024; Pelagos Initiative call 2024). No single universal deadline. | 2026-04-20 11:10Enriched | |
| 1460 | Repêchons les océans - Fondation de la Mer (1460) | family-office | Enriched | – | No grant amounts specified; program is an operational initiative funded and run by Fondation de la Mer and Fondation Ecoalf. Corporate and institutional partnerships are invited. | – | 2026-04-20 11:01Enriched | |
| 1515 | Stiftung Mercator: Startseite (1515) | family-office | Enriched | – | Not publicly specified; varies by program and project scope | – | 2026-03-11 16:38Enriched | |
| 1530 | [PDF] Blending capital to preserve coral reefs and coastal economies (1530) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | $500 million total fund target; $125 million junior equity tranche from the Green Climate Fund; individual investment sizes not disclosed; Toniic members contributed ~$2 million collectively | – | 2026-04-20 11:08Enriched | |
| 1536 | Programmes supporting 'Climate, Environment & Maritime' (1536) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | Varies by programme — from project grants (LIFE: typically €500K–€5M+) to large innovation investments (Innovation Fund: €10M+) and loans (JTM). LIFE Strategic Projects: over €103 million announced in March 2026. | – | 2026-04-20 11:09Enriched | |
| 1543 | The Ocean Foundation - Serving Global Ocean Environments (1543) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | Not publicly disclosed on homepage; varies by program. Check RFP Opportunities page for active calls. | – | 2026-04-20 11:10Enriched | |
| 1545 | BlueInvest Platform: Accelerating the European blue economy (1545) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | Platform budget: €9.8 million total (EU contribution 100%). No direct grants to applicants — facilitates access to private investment. Supported companies have collectively raised €300M+ in investments. | – | 2026-03-11 16:54Enriched | |
| 1546 | All news - BlueInvest Community (1546) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | €200,000–€1.4M per project (Community-Led Actions, total €7M); €100,000 per project (Transition Agendas, total €1M) | 2026-05-27 | 2026-04-20 11:10Enriched | |
| 1550 | BlueInvest - Maritime Forum - European Union (1550) | Impact Investor | Enriched | – | No direct funding awarded; program provides technical assistance, coaching, and investor matchmaking at no stated cost to participants. | Rolling / ongoing community platform; BlueInvest Day 2026: March 2026 | 2026-03-11 16:39Enriched | |
| 1577 | GreenWave Value Chain Development Grant (up to $100K) (1577) | accelerator | Enriched | – | Up to $100,000 per project (Value Chain Development Grant); Kelp Climate Fund paid $75,000+ to 9 farms in 2021–22, growing to $250,000 in 2022–23. | – | 2026-03-11 16:37Enriched | |
| 1578 | SUBMARINER Network - RootLinks Project (Blue Bioextraction) (1578) | EU | Enriched | – | Total project budget €3,000,000 (project funding, not distributed as grants to applicants) | 2029-03-31 | 2026-03-11 16:38Enriched | |
| 1582 | Horizon Europe Mission - Restore our Ocean and Waters 2026 (1582) | EU | Enriched | – | Not specified on this page. Horizon Europe Ocean Mission grants are typically multi-million euro awards (commonly €3M–€10M+) awarded to multi-partner consortia. | September 2026 (approximate, based on 2026 Work Programme) | 2026-04-20 11:08Enriched | |
| 1598 | LIFE Programme 2025-2027 Multi-Annual Work Programme (Official Document) (1598) | EU | Enriched | – | Total programme budget EUR 2,335.7M across 2025–2027. Operating grants capped at EUR 700,000 per organisation per financial year (max 70% co-financing). SAPs typically no stated cap; SIPs advised to not exceed EUR 12M per project. CSAs funded at up to 95%. TA-PP grants capped at EUR 70,000 per project. Co-financing rate for SAPs is max 60% (75% for priority nature habitats/species). | Annual calls throughout 2025, 2026, and 2027 | 2026-04-20 11:12Enriched | |
| 1615 | NEFCO Nopef Financing for Feasibility Studies (1615) | Nordic | Enriched | – | Not specified on this page; feasibility study grants typically partial cost coverage. Loan size exemplified by EUR 1.3M (WasteHero) and EUR 7M (Norwegian Hydrogen) deals. | Rolling — multiple deadlines per year (most recent listed: 27 March) | 2026-03-11 16:19Enriched | |
| 1627 | Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) - African Development Bank (1627) | Foundation | Enriched | – | Grant financing; specific amounts not publicly disclosed on program page. AfriCircular Innovators Programme provides direct grants to SMEs and innovators. | – | 2026-04-20 10:51Enriched | |
| 1630 | GEF Small Grants Programme - Africa Country Programs (1630) | UN / Multilateral | Enriched | – | Up to $75,000 for standard grants; up to $150,000 for strategic projects | – | 2026-04-20 10:56Enriched | |
| 1634 | World Bank - Clean Cities, Bright Futures (Solid Waste Management) (1634) | UN / Multilateral | Enriched | – | Varies by instrument: GPRBA results-based grants of US$3–6 million per project; PROBLUE committed US$50 million across 100 activities; $100 million Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond; IFC loans from ~$27 million; IDA/IBRD country loans at larger scale. | – | 2026-04-20 10:58Enriched | |
| 1641 | AECF - African Enterprise Challenge Fund for Waste Management (1641) | Foundation | Enriched | – | – | – | 2026-04-20 10:23Enriched | |
| 1642 | World Bank - PROBLUE (Ocean Plastics and Circular Economy) (1642) | UN / Multilateral | Enriched | – | Overall portfolio of USD 182 million supporting 247 activities across 100+ economies; FY2024: 64 proposals approved totaling USD 37.8 million. Individual activity sizes not publicly specified. | – | 2026-04-20 11:01Enriched | |
| 1646 | GIZ - SWITCH to Circular Economy in Eastern and Southern Africa (SWITCH-2-CE) (1646) | International | Enriched | – | Total programme: EUR 42.5 million (EUR 40M from EU + EUR 2.5M from BMZ). GIZ component: EUR 25M; Expertise France component: EUR 15M. Funding for SMEs and businesses through sub-grants or technical assistance (amounts not specified in factsheet). | Programme runs April 2025 to July 2029; no public open call deadline | 2026-05-07 03:30Enriched | |
| 1647 | GIZ - IREME INVEST Circular Economy Programme (East Africa) (1647) | International | Enriched | – | Variable — grants, recoverable grants, and equity via FONERWA component; credit guarantees and concessional loans via BRD component. Individual cohort companies received funding ranging from approximately $50,000 to several hundred thousand USD. | – | 2026-03-11 16:21Enriched |