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24 projects recommended for funding in second call towards a sustainable ocean economy
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership has announced the final list of 24 research and innovation projects recommended for funding under its second joint transnational call, “Unified Paths to a Climate-Neutral, Sustainable, and Resilient Blue Economy: Engaging Civil Society, Academia, Policy, and Industry”, launched in February 2024.
With a total funding allocation of €40 million, these projects have been shortlisted from an initial pool of 110 submitted proposals and will drive sustainable innovation in the blue economy. The 24 initiatives span a wide variety of topics, reinforcing the Partnership’s commitment to fostering impactful, cross-sectoral, and transnational research that promotes both a sustainable and prosperous ocean economy.
The selected projects address the four priority areas of the call:
- Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs) at regional sub-basin scale: 6 projects
- Blue economy sectors and development of marine multi-use infrastructures: 4 projects
- Planning and managing sea uses at the regional level: 1 project
- Blue bioresources: 13 projects
The strong representation of blue bioresources points to a growing interest in sustainable resource management and marine-based solutions.
Additionally, the participants come from 25 European and non-European countries, namely Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Türkiye. This illustrates the wide geographic spread covered by the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership.
Final list of projects
| PA1 - Digital Twins of the Oceans (DTO) at regional sub basin scale | |
| AQUASPECT | Advancing QUality Assessment of Spatial Patterns and Ecosystem Characteristics through Technological Advancements |
| CodeBlue | Harmonised ocean data sets for blue sustainable eutrophication management of the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea (CodeBlue) |
| CORRASBlue | Coastal Corrosion Risk Management through Digital twin model for a Sustainable Blue Economy |
| DIVE | Digital Twin for Innovation in Oceanic Visualization and Exploration (DIVE) |
| DTO4OWE | Digital Twin of the Ocean for Offshore Wind Energy |
| ROMEO | smaRt Online Multisensory systEm for microplastic quantificatiOn and water quality assessment |
| PA2 - Blue economy sectors, development of marine multi-use infrastructures | |
| BluePortLab | Multi-use Infrastructure Spatial Concepts for the Blue Economy: Leveraging on Sustainable Port Ecosystems through Living Lab |
| BLUESHORES | Developing hybrid multifunctional foreshore infrastructure that optimises environmental and blue economy benefits (blue-shores) |
| EVOLVE | Economically viable integrated floating energy islands maximizing social welfare through LCOE optimisation preserving local content and multi-usage considerations |
| OCEAN-H2 | Offshore Clean Hydrogen Production for Multi-use Purposes |
| PA3 - Planning and managing sea-uses at the regional level | |
| MSP4MORE | MSP tools for integrating Multiple sustainability objectives under expansion of Offshore Renewable Energy |
| PA4 - Blue Bioresources | |
| AlFunFeed | Fungal single cell protein from macroalgal waste fermentation: improving sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint of fish aquafeeds |
| AlgFlavor | Enhancing algal biomass consumer acceptance for food markets |
| BilgeUP | Upcycling of bilge water into biobased solutions for ghost-fishing and oil-spilling |
| BIOVAL | Microalgal biomass valorization for sustainable production of functional food and feed ingredients |
| DORIS | Development of Modular and Mobile By-Product and Wastes Bio-refiney Valorisation Systems and Supporting Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture SME Industries |
| ForSea | Formulation of seaweeds to high-value ingredients for food and nutraceuticals markets |
| PalmariaPlus | Advance the production and market viability of red seaweeds in Europe by improving reproduction and cultivation techniques as well as developing novel tools and approaches to quantify and control product quality |
| ReSEAlience | Unlocking the Potential of Seaweeds and Halophytes through Biorefinery for Enhanced Resilience in the Aquaculture Agri-Food and Chemical Industries |
| SEABIOCAT | Biocatalytic refining of seaweed carbohydrates for producing higher-value, polymer precursors |
| SEAlgaePower | Sustainable development of microalgae-based products using waste streams from aquaculture and seafood processing industry as feedstock |
| SEANERGIES | Cell-cultured octopus production through sustainable marine biomass valorization |
| SeaWeave | Novel functional textiles from red and brown seaweed |
| VASEACAD | Valorising seafood side streams, residues, unwanted catches and discards for production of bioactive protein hydrolysates and high added value biomolecules |
What’s next?
Once approved, the projects will officially launch between May and August 2025, with implementation running for 36 months until April–August 2028. A dedicated project booklet provides more details on the selected projects, including the partners, abstracts, and sea basins. The composition of the evaluation committee is also publicly available for consultation.
Stay tuned for further updates and visit our website and social media channels for more information!
For inquiries, please contact: sbep.call-secretariat@agencerecherche.fr