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Status Enriched New Irrelevant Expired
Source EU Federal (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony Foundation Private US Foundation UK Nordic UN / Multilateral Corporate Impact Investor Philanthropic Network International
Relevance ≥70% ≥50% ≥30%
Topic Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Coral Reefs Education Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Seaweed & Algae Waste Management
Mechanism Accelerator Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Prize Technical Assistance
Region Africa Arctic Baltic Sea Global India Mediterranean Nordic / Denmark North Sea Southeast Asia
Audience For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers For Startups
Funder-type Corporate Family Office Foundation Government Impact Investor Multilateral Philanthropic Network Research Council
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# Program Source Status Relevance Updated Last Change
144 European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATIP) (144) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (industry platform homepage — EATIP is a stakeholder platform, not a grant program)
137 EU Launches Projects for Sustainable Algae Farming and Blue Innovation Hubs (137) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about EU aquaculture project launches)
138 EU Allocates EUR 5.7 Million for Four Aquaculture Projects (138) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about EU aquaculture funding allocation)
139 Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership - UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Projects (139) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about UN Ocean Decade project endorsements)
152 European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (152) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (EIT organization homepage, not a specific grant call)
147 JPI Oceans - Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (147) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage); all listed calls are past/closed with no open calls
143 COST Actions - European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Marine Topics) (143) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage, cookie-walled)
146 Euro Access - EU Funding Database for Regional Development (146) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (EU funding search database portal, not a specific grant call)
168 EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) (168) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:28Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding programme — EUSBSR is an EU macro-regional coordination strategy and policy platform, not a grant-making body. It does not issue calls for proposals or disburse funds directly. Projects in the Baltic Sea region apply to Interreg BSR, EMFAF, LIFE, and other programmes separately.
169 CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (169) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:28Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding programme — CPMR Baltic Sea Commission is a political lobbying and advocacy organisation for Baltic Sea regions, not a grant-making body. It coordinates regional positions on EU maritime policy but does not issue calls for proposals or disburse project funding.
170 keep.eu - Interreg Project Database (170) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:13Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (Interreg project database/search tool — organization homepage, no open call)
478 Malta Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF Co-Financed) (478) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:31Irrelevant irrelevant
PDF returned 404 error - document no longer exists at this URL (Malta Aquaculture Fund guidelines PDF removed from server)
442 European Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) (442) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:29Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program - NORA is a scientific alliance/organization homepage for oyster restoration with no open calls or grants
479 Horizon Europe - Mission Ocean and Waters Service Portal (479) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:28Irrelevant irrelevant
Portal/service hub for EU Mission Ocean and Waters — aggregates funding info but is not a specific funding call or program with application details
489 BIM Ireland - Seaweed Development Services (489) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:28Irrelevant irrelevant
Past project completion report (BIM EMFAF 2023 project report PDF) — not an open funding call
487 Blue Action BANOS - Funding Inspiration Portal (487) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:27Irrelevant irrelevant
Funding inspiration/resource page (not an open call) — actual open calls are at separate URLs not registered here
526 Biodiversa+ Program - EU Water Quality Research Funding (526) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:23Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returned 404 error — URL no longer exists
546 Horizon Europe Mission: Drops of Change - Multi-use Marine Space for Energy, Aquaculture & Biodiversity (546) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:15Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program - news/spotlight article about existing Mission Charter projects (AquaWind, ULTFARMS, Bjorkskar, SUNBIO), no open call or application process
576 EMFAF Denmark - Danish Agency for Fisheries (LFST) (576) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:10Irrelevant irrelevant
LFST.dk website is behind a Cookiebot consent wall; no program content accessible via Jina. This is a Danish EMFAF programme overview page, not a specific open call. Specific grant calls should be found at lfst.dk/tilskud/soeg-tilskud
583 Interreg North Sea Region - Calls for Projects Portal (583) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant irrelevant
Duplicate of program 582 (Interreg North Sea Call 6); this is the calls portal page pointing to the same Call 6 being enriched via ID 582
587 EEA Grants Active Citizens Fund - Green Transition & Marine (587) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant irrelevant
URL redirects to generic FMO Areas of Work page; Active Citizens Fund programme (2014-2021) no longer listed as active area of work; no open call found
588 EU CERV Programme - Citizens Engagement for Environmental Policy (588) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant irrelevant
URL leads to EU Funding Portal landing page (no program-specific content); CERV programme portal page has no open call details for environmental/marine topics
575 EMFAF Germany - Portal Fischerei Information Hub (575) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program; this is an information/hub portal page for German EMFAF 2021-2027, with links to federal state managing authorities - no direct open call
577 EMFAF Sweden - Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) (577) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant irrelevant
Organization homepage (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management); no open call or specific funding program found at this URL
578 EMFAF Poland - CLLD Fisheries Local Action Groups (578) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program; this is a published factsheet/PDF document describing Poland EMFAF CLLD budget allocation - no open call or application process
574 EMFAF Germany - Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLE) (574) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant irrelevant
Not an open call for external applicants; German federal EMFAF funds fully committed, only BLE/Thünen Institute (public bodies) eligible at federal level; organization information page
1603 Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027 - Circular Ocean-bound Plastic (1603) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:34Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (project success story page listing funded COP project partners, not a grant call)
1774 EIT Climate-KIC Circular Economy Catalytic Grant Facility (1774) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:09Irrelevant irrelevant
Past grant round — Catalytic Grant Facility Bengaluru already awarded 8 ventures in March 2025 with no next open call announced; news article about closed round
1820 OSPAR Second Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAP ML 2) (1820) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — this is OSPAR policy framework (2nd Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter). No grants or calls for proposals.
1866 FAMENET Report on Marine Litter under EMFAF (1866) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (EU FAMENET research report on marine litter actions under EMFF/EMFAF)
1924 EIT RawMaterials - Circular Economy Investment Calls (1924) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:37Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returned 404 error - URL /invest no longer exists on eitrawmaterials.eu. EIT RawMaterials focuses on raw materials extraction/processing innovation; plastic recycling is tangential, no clear OPF fit.
2098 Interreg Atlantic Area — No Open Call (Next Call Pending) (2098) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 01:27Irrelevant irrelevant
All current calls closed; geographic scope (France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, UK) does not overlap with OPF core regions; no open call
2097 Interreg Europe: Call for Pilot Actions (Second Call Projects Only) (2097) EU Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 01:27Irrelevant irrelevant
Exclusively for 78 pre-approved second call projects; not open to new applicants — deadline passed April 2026
2212 COST Actions Open Call 2026 (2212) EU Irrelevant – 2026-04-21 05:55Irrelevant irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — COST Actions funds pan-European research networking collaborations (not project implementation grants); primarily targets academics and research institutions; no marine/plastic/circular economy thematic focus; OPF as a Danish NGO would be eligible to participate but the mechanism does not fund the type of work OPF does
2201 Denmark EPR for Packaging + EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (2201) EU Irrelevant – 2026-04-21 05:51Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — ERP Recycling is an industry compliance information service about Extended Producer Responsibility regulations, not a grant or funding mechanism
2247 EIT RawMaterials KAVA Call 13 — Upscaling Recycling Technologies (2247) EU Irrelevant – 2026-04-21 04:25Irrelevant irrelevant
EIT RawMaterials KAVA Call 13 is now closed (marked Closed on website) and focused on raw materials sector (mining, materials processing, recycling of minerals) in Europe — not relevant to plastic waste, marine litter, or ocean conservation. Targeted at companies and consortia in European mining/materials industry, not NGOs.
167 CPMR North Sea Commission Projects (167) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:29Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — CPMR North Sea Commission is a membership-based political organisation for regional authorities that participates as a partner in EU-funded projects but does not offer grants or funding calls to NGOs or external organisations.
166 Interreg Euro-MED Programme 2021-2027 (166) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:29Irrelevant irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all themes < 0.2) — Interreg Euro-MED covers only the Mediterranean coast; programme region (southern Europe/Mediterranean) is geographically irrelevant to the target audience focused on North Sea, Baltic Sea, Denmark, and international plastic circular economy operations.
161 URBACT IV Programme 2021-2027 (161) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:25Irrelevant irrelevant
Below relevance threshold — URBACT exclusively funds city/local authority networks, not NGOs. Marine conservation and plastic circular economy NGOs are not eligible applicants.
160 ESPON 2030 - European Territorial Observatory Network (160) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:25Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program for NGOs — ESPON is an EU territorial research observatory that commissions studies via procurement contracts, not grants for project implementers
106 PHAROS - EU Marine Habitat Restoration Project (106) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:21Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article/blog post about the PHAROS Horizon Europe project — describes an ongoing consortium project, not an open call for external applicants)
105 EIT Food - Aquaculture and Diversified Production Systems Funding (105) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:21Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (call for expression of interest for external proposal evaluators/reviewers — EIT Food is recruiting expert evaluators, not offering grants)
103 EU Ocean Pact - Integrated Ocean and Water Governance (103) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:20Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (press release/Q&A article about LIFE Strategic Projects short descriptions, not an open call for applications)
445 EU LIFE NatuReef Programme (445) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:08Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a grant program — event announcement for LIFE NatuReef project participating in NORA 2025 conference; describes a conference, not a grant opportunity
498 IMPAQT - EU Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Project (498) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 14:03Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — completed Horizon 2020 research project (2018-2021) listed on CORDIS; not an open call for applications
570 HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (570) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant irrelevant
571 IOC-UNESCO MSPglobal Initiative - Marine Spatial Planning (571) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant irrelevant
572 EU MSP Platform - Maritime Spatial Planning Assistance Mechanism (572) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant irrelevant
573 EU Ocean Pact & Global Ocean Programme (573) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant irrelevant
551 LIFE Standard Action Projects - Nature & Biodiversity (2026) (551) EU Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 13:34Irrelevant irrelevant