Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 2026 Transnational Call
“Building a sustainable Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and unlocking resilience”
The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is a Horizon Europe co-funded partnership. It constitutes a network of 30 countries and the European Commission that enables an unprecedented effort to pool research and innovation investments and align national programmes at pan-European scale.
Xjenza Malta, as one of the Research Funding Organisations launching this Joint Transnational Co-Funded Call for Malta based entities conducting R&I projects addressing challenges on the following priority areas:
- Transitioning blue economy sectors for sustainability and strategic autonomy;
- Managing sea uses through digital and ecosystem-based approaches;
- Promoting sustainable blue bioresources;
- Building resilience in coastal communities.
Malta-Based Entities are eligible for funding, with the option of requesting up to €500,000 to participate in a SBEP proposal consortium*.
Pre-proposal submission deadline – 16 November 2025, 15:00 CET
Apart from the pre-proposal submission by the Project Coordinator on the EPSS, each National applicant shall be required to submit a National Application Form to eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt by 16th November 2026 at 23:59 CET.
Please access find the call related documents here:
The national regulations will be available soon.
Click here for more information about the call.
An online information session will be held on the 7 October. Register Click here to register. The session will be recorded for future reference.
We are more than pleased to arrange one-on-one meetings to explore and discuss this funding opportunity in greater detail, kindly contact eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt.
* If more than one National partner is present in one consortium, the total amount of funding for the participating National partners cannot exceed the €500,000 capping.
