EU funding calls: nature, water and oceans
Calls about nature, water and oceans: biodiversity, soil, forests, pollution, the circular economy and the EU Missions on oceans and soil.
126 calls have a deadline ahead: 34 open now and 92 opening soon.
EU grant deadlines by Yellow Grant
5 Novin 2 days
Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness
Open
10 Novin 7 days
Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories
OpenCascade funding
10 Novin 7 days
Water4All 2026 Joint Transnational Call “Sustainable water management”
OpenCascade funding
19 Novin 16 days
Integrated Surveillance mechanism: Regional Cable hubs
Open
19 Novin 16 days
GroundWork Open Call
OpenCascade funding
25 Novin 22 days
Submarine Cable Repair Capacities - Works
Open
29 Novin 26 days
Mission ocean in Slovenian seas - Call for proposals for the provision of financial support to third parties for the implementation of small-scale projects under the RISTANC project
OpenCascade funding
1 Decin 28 days
Resource assessment for deep sedimentary and basement reservoirs
Open
1 Decin 28 days
Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)
Open
1 Decin 28 days
Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildings
Open
1 Decin 28 days
Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space
Open
2 Decin 29 days
ForestPathways - Building Knowledge and Solutions for Resilient Forests and Sustainable Forest-Based Futures
OpenCascade funding
2 Decin 29 days
NOSTRADAMUS - Open Call #1: Funding Digital Applications for Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture
OpenStartups and SMEsCascade funding
11 Decin 38 days
SoS2LearnDBS 1st Open Call for Transition Agendas (OC-TAg1-SoS2LearnDBS-2026)
OpenCascade funding
21 Decin 48 days
European City Facility - Eighth Call for Applications: Support local authorities in developing investment concepts for sustainable energy
OpenCascade funding
14 Janin 72 days
Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Understanding the nature and the extent of the effects of PFAS on biodiversity and ecosystem services
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Better understanding, anticipating and addressing the biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and digital industries
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline of invertebrates
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Innovative solutions to fight wildlife trafficking and to reduce invasion of invasive alien species
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Regional Cable Hubs
Open
14 Janin 72 days
Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity
Open
2 Febin 91 days
Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for the EU and Made in Europe partnerships)
Open
2 Febin 91 days
Textile circularity through advanced processing and manufacturing technologies and system approaches (IA) (Textiles for the Future partnership)
Open
2 Febin 91 days
Technologies for innovative processing of raw materials (IA)
Open
2 Febin 91 days
Advanced manufacturing for key products (IA) (Made in Europe partnership)
Open
2 Febin 91 days
Fast Track to Innovation for breakthroughs in the Chemical Industry Action Plan (Research and Innovation Action)
Open
16 Febin 105 days
RAMP Joint Transnational Call 2026
OpenCascade funding
16 Febin 105 days
A stronger Global Ocean Observing System to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation
Open
24 Febin 113 days
Strengthening the remembrance of LGBTIQ+ victims and other victims
Open
3 Marin 120 days
Skills for innovative SMEs
Opens 1 Dec
4 Marin 121 days
Better understanding and attribution of land and ocean carbon sources and sinks
Opens 17 Nov
4 Marin 121 days
Next generation scenarios for informing climate and sustainability transitions
Opens 17 Nov
4 Marin 121 days
Understanding and avoiding maladaptation to climate change
Opens 17 Nov
4 Marin 121 days
Palaeoclimate science for a better understanding of Earth system dynamics
Opens 17 Nov
31 Marin 148 days
Advancements in Direct Air Capture
Opens 3 Dec
31 Marin 148 days
Innovative technologies and solutions to improve wave and tidal energy systems
Opens 3 Dec
8 Aprin 156 days
Deploying circular systemic solutions through living labs in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative topic)
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Optimising the water-nutrient-energy nexus for sustainable and climate smart agriculture in Africa (FNSSA)
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Open topic: Using the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative to strengthen urban manufacturing in support of the Clean Industrial Deal
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Strengthening plant health: addressing emerging plant pest risks
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Open topic: Innovative solutions for the European Water Resilience Strategy
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Innovative biotechnologies to restore soil health and improve agricultural competitiveness and resilience
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Agroforestry for soil health at landscape level
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Participatory research on the health of communities in contact with polluted soils
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Living Labs for co-creating solutions to reduce eutrophication from agriculture
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health
Opens 4 Feb
8 Aprin 156 days
Living labs to enhance soil health in Continental, Black Sea, Pannonian and Steppic biogeographical regions
Opens 4 Feb
14 Aprin 162 days
Autonomous vessels in short sea shipping and inland waterways
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Data-driven circular economy for e-mobility ecosystem (2ZERO Partnership)
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Assessing the effect of airport operations on air quality and noise in nearby communities
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Sustainable aircraft circular design and additive manufacturing, towards a climate neutral aviation
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Innovative Solutions for mitigating the environmental impact of waterborne transport in marine and aquatic Ecosystems (ZEWT Partnership)
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Prospective evaluation of nuclear power potential for shipping (ZEWT Partnership)
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Enhanced electric operation and battery durability (ZEWT Partnership)
Opens 15 Dec
14 Aprin 162 days
Onboard renewable energy solutions and energy saving measures to reduce the fuel consumption of ships by at least 55% (ZEWT Partnership)
Opens 15 Dec
11 Mayin 189 days
Strengthening the resilience of European farmers through improved capacity in coping with risks and crises
Opens 4 Feb
11 Mayin 189 days
International dimension of the circular bio-based economy: seeking win-win opportunities
Opens 4 Feb
11 Mayin 189 days
Increasing knowledge flows to practice within AKIS via EU thematic knowledge hubs
Opens 4 Feb
11 Mayin 189 days
Improving analytical capacity for sustainable competitiveness of the agricultural sector
Opens 4 Feb
11 Mayin 189 days
Fostering generational renewal in agriculture via EU advisory network
Opens 4 Feb
15 Septin 316 days
Thermal energy optimisation and waste heat recovery of high energy demand IT rooms in buildings or small edge data centres
Opens 5 May
15 Septin 316 days
Reducing soil sealing through sustainable urban and territorial design in the New European Bauhaus
Opens 5 May
15 Septin 316 days
R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Clean Technologies for Climate Action
Opens 12 Jan
15 Septin 316 days
R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships)
Opens 12 Jan
16 Septin 317 days
Advancing interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity- health interface under a One Health approach
Opens 3 Jun
21 Septin 322 days
Large-scale demonstration of protection, restoration and management of blue forest ecosystems in European sea basins
Opens 9 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Towards community-driven business models: coastal and freshwaters sustainable tourism
Opens 9 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Green, circular and resilient harbours
Opens 9 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Increasing riparian and coastal areas resilience to climate change, including in waterfront cities and islands.
Opens 9 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Demonstrating transformative solutions to increase cross-border climate resilience
Opens 9 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Living labs to monitor and mitigate carcinogenic substances in and originating from soils: Evaluating their effects on human cancer risks
Opens 4 Feb
21 Septin 322 days
Circularity of seafood supply chain
Opens 9 Feb
22 Septin 323 days
Standalone projects
Open
22 Septin 323 days
Framework Loans
Open
22 Septin 323 days
Enhancing ecodesign and circularity of construction products
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Science-policy support to the implementation of EU and global biodiversity policies and strategies
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Enhancing ecodesign and circularity of consumer electronics
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Health of ecosystems and wild species, predictions and impacts on human health, in the face of existing and emerging stressors, from a One Health approach
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Innovative circular solutions for end-of-life footwear through collection, sorting and recycling
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Living labs driving transformative change via knowledge integration and inclusive governance
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Fostering common farmland birds and mammals for resilient food production systems
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Developing novel recycling technologies for complex plastic materials applying biotech solutions
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Europe-wide environmental benchmarking system of the industrial bioeconomy sectors
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Strengthening forest research for the support of Ukraine
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Developing effective air quality planning strategies through innovative multi-scale modelling
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Increasing the circularity of bio-based sector: upcycling and recycling for higher value and environmental benefits
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Integrating Remote Sensing and in-situ observations of Biodiversity, towards a fully interoperable observation and data framework
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Living Labs for the eradication and/or management of invasive alien species
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Towards a Europe of Bioeconomy Places
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Urban nature: supporting restoration of urban ecosystems, along urban transport networks and in the built environment
Opens 9 Feb
22 Septin 323 days
Deploying innovative wastewater management, treatment and valorisation solutions in European cities and regions in the context of climate change
Opens 9 Feb
22 Septin 323 days
Enhancing the competitiveness of organic crop breeding: focus on intercropping adapted varieties
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Capacity building for extending product lifecycles through repair and refurbishment
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Improve the capacity to monitor and reduce air pollution from agriculture
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Replacing hazardous substances in biocidal products
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Improving biomass flows for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Technical innovation to protect ecosystems and to scale up their restoration
Opens 20 Apr
22 Septin 323 days
Accelerating the transition to a nature positive economy: Integrating biodiversity into the private sector
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Towards commercialization of food systems microbiome solutions
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Improving understanding of the contribution of the organic farming sector to sustainability
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Unleashing the potential of sustainable small-scale aquatic food production and recreational fisheries for prosperous local communities
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Strengthening evidence-based policies for the resilience of European agriculture and forestry and related supply chains against crises and systemic risks
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Increasing the resilience of agriculture in water and nutrient-scarce environments through digital innovations
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Safeguarding & transmission of intangible cultural heritage
Opens 13 May
23 Septin 324 days
Impact of access to nature-positive environments in promoting social cohesion and reducing inequalities in urban and peri-urban settings
Opens 13 May
23 Septin 324 days
Enhancing farmer's profitability and resilience through innovations for diversified crops and value chains
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Increasing mitigation of GHG emissions and feed efficiency through feed additives
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Unlocking a safe operating space for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Governance, sustainable development and international politics of a future ice-free Arctic
Opens 20 Apr
23 Septin 324 days
Future-proofing sustainable cultural tourism
Opens 13 May
23 Septin 324 days
Rethinking sustainable competitiveness beyond traditional perspectives: role and contribution of the Social Economy
Opens 13 May
23 Septin 324 days
Crafting routes to a circular economy
Opens 13 May
7 Octin 338 days
Inclusive and climate resilient multimodal passenger hubs enhancing modal shift towards sustainable transport and shared mobility
Opens 9 Feb
7 Octin 338 days
Hydrogen cities
Opens 9 Feb
7 Octin 338 days
Advancing circular logistics solutions in cities
Opens 9 Feb
1 Decin 393 days
Integrated Approaches for Retrofitting Infrastructures with Innovative Energy Storage Technologies
Opens 4 Aug
1 Decin 393 days
Demonstration of hydropower technologies for efficient and forward-looking refurbishment of existing hydropower plants
Opens 4 Aug
1 Decin 393 days
Revitalising neighbourhoods around existing railway and motorway corridors
Opens 5 May
1 Decin 393 days
Intergenerational neighbourhoods and communities aligned with the New European Bauhaus
Opens 5 May
1 Decin 393 days
Combining conventional and innovative construction materials, products and techniques for sustainable and beautiful buildings
Opens 5 May
1 Decin 393 days
The transformative potential of co-governance in the green transition of neighbourhoods
Opens 5 May
1 Decin 393 days
Sustainable, beautiful and healthy construction and renovation sites
Opens 5 May
1 Decin 393 days
Enabling environments for a sustainable and circular construction sector
Opens 5 May