Why the EU supports research and innovation in oceans and seas
Europe and the world depend on the ocean and seas for food, as a buffer to the impacts of global warming and to provide opportunities for new human activities.
Marine littering, pollution, climate change and overexploitation are threatening our ability to sustainably use the ocean, seas and coasts.
Research and innovation are critical so we can better monitor, understand, protect, preserve and harness our ocean and seas. We can also create sustainable value from traditional and new marine and aquatic value chains and sectors.
The EU Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030 is set to
- protect and restore marine and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems,
- eliminate pollution, and
- make the blue economy carbon-neutral and circular
Marine and aquatic research and innovation is part of the EU's bioeconomy strategy
Policy focus
- Integrated Maritime Policy
- International policy
- Plastics in a circular economy
- EU Common Fisheries Policy
- EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- Food 2030
- European Digital Twin of the Ocean (European DTO)
- Polar and ocean research
Funding opportunities
Calls for proposal related to marine resources are spread across numerous schemes in Horizon Europe
Some marine research related calls may be found in this programme.
Projects and results
The Commission's primary portal for results of EU-funded research projects.
Stories of particularly successful EU-funded research projects.
The platform, currently in its pilot stage, shares available research data and key results from EU funded projects related to the marine and maritime research sectors.
Blue Economy was one of first three P4P pilot showcasing how research and innovation project results shape policy making.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results
A synergy info pack by CORDIS
Success stories
The EU-funded Nunataryuk project assessed the impacts of thawing coastal and subsea permafrost on the global climate.
- Project locations
- Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom
Collaboration and jobs
Search and view profiles of all organisations that have received funding via the funding and tender opportunities portal.
Partnerships with EU countries on marine research programmes.
Major facilities, resources and services used by the science community.
Researcher jobs in related fields.
Scientific publications, tools and databases
Scientific publications produced by the European Commission (JRC)
The Commission's Joint Research Centre compiles databases and develops software and modelling tools. You can access marine related ones here.
Single point of access to open data produced by the EU institutions. All data free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
You can access all scientific publications from Horizon 2020 via OpenAIRE.
Access to marine data from the Copernicus programme.
Data e-Infrastructure initiative for fisheries management and conservation
Data publisher for earth and environmental science.
Ocean and marine data management infrastructure.
Access to marine data in Europe.
Commission (JRC) data collection on fisheries
Everything you wanted to know about the Baltic Sea is now available in one place. You can access the Data services (open data service) and Learn and study (for schools)
Latest
Emilia-Romagna, an Italian region, is the first in Europe that will work closely with the European Commission, using regional funding to support the goals of the Mission’s objectives.
20 projects, spanning from fishery communities to ports and islands, start receiving technical assistance from top-notch experts in their field. This technical assistance will help communities across the different sea-basins to scale up and further develop their project with tailor made support.
The assistance will include feasibility studies, business model development, creating funding strategies, conducting regulatory analyses, and...
