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| # | Program | Source | Status | Relevance | Updated | Last Change |
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| 1507 | Projektsuche - Robert Bosch Stiftung (1507) | family-office | Expired | – | 2026-05-18 03:01Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2445 | ClimateLaunchpad 2026 – Start-up Applications (2445) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-16 02:14Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 211 | Save Our Seas Foundation Grants (211) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-14 02:45Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 687 | Save Our Seas Foundation - Keystone Grants (687) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-14 02:45Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2366 | Innobooster 2nd Pool 2026 (2366) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-14 02:45Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2385 | EEA Civil Society Fund Hungary – Organisational Grants (2385) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-12 03:07Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2587 | Call for Proposals: Waste Reduction and Circular Economy Development Grants Programme (2587) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-12 03:07Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 327 | Global Fishing Watch Open Ocean Research Grant Program (327) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-11 02:09Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2515 | EIT Climate-KIC: EIT Jumpstarter 2026 (2515) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-09 02:42Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 121 | GEF MedProgramme - Mediterranean Marine Ecosystem Management (121) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 08:42Expired |
expired
GEF MedProgramme 2020-2024 is a completed project with fixed end date of 2024. The project page on Plan Bleu confirms it ran from 2020 to 2024 and is no longer open for activities or applications.
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| 171 | GlobalGiving Accelerator Program (171) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 08:13Expired |
expired
Accelerator program with deadline July 2021 — permanently expired, no future rounds indicated
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| 208 | Finance Earth - Blue Impact Strategy (208) | Impact Investor | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 08:05Expired |
expired
Blue Impact Strategy closed to new investment as of November 2024 (confirmed on page)
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| 297 | Nordic Innovation - Marine Programs (297) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 07:26Expired |
expired
Nordic Marine Innovation Program ran 2011-2014 and is explicitly marked as Closed
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| 321 | MARiNAO - Marine Research in the North Atlantic Ocean Program (321) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 07:22Expired |
expired
Call deadline was 17 February 2025 at 12:00 Faroese time; MARiNAO 2025 call is closed
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| 306 | I3-4-SEAWEED - EU Open Call for Seaweed Innovation (EUR 1.8M) (306) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 07:21Expired |
expired
Open call officially closed (deadline was 22 October 2025); €60,000 grants for SMEs in seaweed innovation sector
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| 406 | Nessling Foundation - Small Funding for Civil Society Sustainability (406) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 06:50Expired |
expired
The 2026 Small Funding call closed on March 20, 2026. Page states: "This was the only Small Funding call this year." Results published end of April 2026.
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| 422 | Research Council of Norway - Climate, Environment and Ocean Research Grants (422) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 06:50Expired |
expired
Page explicitly states "This call for proposals is closed." Norwegian Research Council climate/environment/ocean communication dissemination call 2025.
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| 411 | Novo Nordisk Foundation - Ascending Investigator Grants for Environmental Biotechnology (Nordic) (411) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 06:50Expired |
expired
Call deadline was January 12, 2026 - now closed. Ascending Investigator grants for Environmental Biotechnology 2026 Nordic Region.
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| 1049 | EUREKA Call for circular value creation R&D projects (1049) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 05:05Expired |
expired
EUREKA Circular Value Creation call is explicitly marked Closed for applications on the source page; past call with no future round announced
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| 1076 | Nordic Oceans 2050 (1076) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 04:57Expired |
expired
Nordic Oceans 2050 is a closed research/foresight project (not a grant call), listed under past programs on Nordic Innovation website
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| 1173 | Call for applications to help the development of innovative business ... (1173) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 04:46Expired |
expired
Expired seaweed sector accelerator call (EU Funding Portal flags it as expired); full details behind paywall — no further enrichment possible
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| 1201 | Global Seaweed-STAR Legacy – GlobalSeaweedSUPERSTAR (1201) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 04:41Expired |
expired
Programme permanently closed — GlobalSeaweedSTAR four-year programme has wrapped up; page is a legacy/case-study retrospective with no future rounds
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| 1337 | [PDF] Let's incubate resilience - Shine - Swiss Re Foundation (1337) | family-office | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 04:20Expired |
expired
Application deadline was 31 October 2025 (4th UK edition). Programme learning phase February-May 2026 is already in progress; no future rounds open.
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| 1423 | Prince Albert II Foundation — Call for Projects 2025 (1423) | family-office | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 03:52Expired |
expired
Prince Albert II Foundation 2025 Call for Projects is closed; applicants notified by 31 March 2026
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| 1623 | EMFAF Denmark 2021-2027 - Efforts against Marine Litter (1623) | Nordic | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 03:34Expired |
expired
Call status explicitly listed as Closed; deadline was 15 September 2024 (EMFAF Denmark 2021-2027 Efforts against Marine Litter scheme)
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| 1752 | Norad Norwegian Development Programme to Reduce Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter (1752) | International | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 03:15Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 1748 | Basel Convention Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste (1748) | UN / Multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 03:14Expired |
expired
Programme closed - three rounds of calls (2020, 2020, 2022) completed, 23 projects selected; no new rounds announced
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| 1965 | Interreg Baltic Sea Region - Small Projects for Circular Economy (1965) | – | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 02:24Expired |
expired
Deadline expired: 05.06.2025. Interreg Baltic Sea Region small projects call - specific call has closed.
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| 1946 | Improving availability of secondary raw materials through recycling (Horizon Europe Cluster 4) (1946) | – | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 02:22Expired |
expired
Deadline expired: 21.04.2026. Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-14 (critical/secondary raw materials recycling, metals only) - fixed deadline has passed.
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| 1945 | Optimise the usage of resources in a circular economy (Horizon Europe Cluster 4) (1945) | – | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 02:22Expired |
expired
Deadline expired: 21.04.2026. Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-04 for Processes4Planet/Clean Steel partnerships - fixed deadline has passed.
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| 1983 | Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (Horizon Europe Cluster 4) (1983) | – | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 02:17Expired |
expired
Deadline 21 April 2026 has passed; EuroAccess page explicitly states "Deadline expired". Horizon Europe Cluster 4 call for circular advanced materials under Made in Europe partnership.
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| 2091 | Nordic Innovation: Green and Competitive Nordic Region (2091) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:28Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2088 | GEF Small Grants Programme: Country-Level Calls (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya) (2088) | UN / Multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:27Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2086 | EU-India Horizon: Marine Plastic Litter Call (HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-05) (2086) | EU | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:26Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2100 | OceanHub Africa / Coca-Cola Foundation: Bold Ideas in Plastic Circularity (2100) | Foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:18Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2099 | UN Ocean Decade: Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 (2099) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:18Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2096 | Finland MFA: Programme-Based Support for Finnish CSOs (2026-2029) (2096) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 01:17Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2143 | Amcor — Lift-Off Innovation Challenge (2143) | Foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:57Expired |
expired
Challenge cycle Winter 2025/26 closed December 2025; this is a press release about the closed round. Next cycle expected late 2026 but not yet open.
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| 2516 | EIT Climate-KIC: ClimaAccelerator 2026 – AI and Deep Tech for Climate Impact (2516) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:29Expired |
expired
ClimaAccelerator 2026 deadline was 2026-02-28 (closed). This call was for Entrepreneurship Support Organisations (ESOs) to run AI/deep-tech accelerators for climate startups — not relevant to OPF plastic value chain work and now expired.
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| 2513 | Nordic Innovation: Call for Proposals – Nordic Blue Cluster Forum (2513) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:29Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2507 | ADB Urban Environmental Infrastructure Fund (2507) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:22Expired |
expired
Fund is closed/terminated - Urban Environmental Infrastructure Fund status listed as Closed on ADB website, with Terminal Report 2024 published
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| 2523 | COMMON – Coastal Management and Monitoring Network for Tackling Marine Litter in Mediterranean Sea (2523) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:19Expired |
expired
COMMON is a completed ENI CBC Med project (September 2019 – March 2023); not an open grant call — this is a past funded project page
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| 2531 | Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter: Implementation (2531) | government | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:09Expired |
expired
Intergovernmental Arctic Council project (PAME working group), not a funding call. Project period 2021-2024, now completed.
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| 2528 | Thailand Waste Management & Recycling Academy (2528) | impact-investor | Expired | – | 2026-05-07 00:08Expired |
expired
Programme completed in 2022 — applications closed October 2021, Demo Day February 2022. No future rounds indicated on the page.
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| 2550 | VELUX FONDEN — Marine Litter in the Water Column of the North Sea (Awarded Grant) (2550) | private-foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 23:55Expired |
expired
Past awarded grant from 2018 to Technical University of Denmark — this is a grant record, not an open call. No future rounds described.
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| 2555 | SWITCH-2-CE East and Southern Africa — Matching Grants Facility for Circular Economy Innovators (2555) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 22:30Expired |
expired
Call for projects under SWITCH-2-CE ESA matching grants facility closed 16 March 2026; no future rounds announced on this page
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| 2573 | Save Our Seas Foundation — Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant (2573) | private-foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 21:56Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2572 | Foam Recycling Coalition Grant Program (2572) | alliance | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 21:55Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2568 | Pure Ocean Fund Call for Projects 2026 (2568) | private-foundation | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 21:55Expired |
expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
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| 2585 | Basel & Stockholm Conventions Small Grant Program on Plastic Waste Management (2585) | multilateral | Expired | – | 2026-05-06 21:48Expired |
expired
Basel Convention SGP on Plastic Waste — all 23 projects already selected (calls closed in 2020, 2020, and 2022). Programme is fully subscribed and closed.
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