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Innovative Solutions for mitigating the environmental impact of waterborne transport in marine and aquatic Ecosystems (ZEWT Partnership)

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes. Improved water resilience and good environmental and good ecological status in European waters and contribute to the achievement of the European Union's environmental targets, including the European Water Resilience Strategy and the European Ocean Pact. A comprehensive understanding of the future environmental impacts of waterborne…

Deadline 14 Apr 2027Opens 15 Dec 2026Budget €14MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €7MSingle stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €7MEU contribution per project
  • €4.5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 174projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Sintef Ocean As
Trondheim
NorwayResearch organisation93LOWNOISER, AUTOFLEX, DYNAPORT
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation80AquaPLAN, AquaINFRA, GES4SEAS
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation80RESHIP, LOWNOISER, GATERS
University Of Strathclyde
Glasgow
United KingdomUniversity61MarLEN, RESHIP, GATERS
Marine Institute
Galway
IrelandResearch organisation52MarLEN, EMSO-Link, GES4SEAS
Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion
Athina
GreeceUniversity60FASTWATER, H4PERION, AUTOFLEX
Suomen Ymparistokeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation61AquaINFRA, GES4SEAS, AQUARIUS
Waterborne Technology Platform
Brussel
BelgiumOther51STEERER, MarLEN, LASTING
Norsk Institutt For Vannforskning Sti
Oslo
NorwayResearch organisation51AquaINFRA, GES4SEAS, AQUARIUS
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Registre International De Classification De Navires Et De Plateformes Offshore
Courbevoie
FranceCompany60RESHIP, LOWNOISER, GATERS
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis
Thermi Thessaloniki
GreeceResearch organisation51IDEATION, AQUAMON, PathoCERT
Balance Technology Consulting Gmbh
Bremen
GermanyCompany · SME50STEERER, FASTWATER, H4PERION
Forschungsverbund Berlin Ev
Berlin
GermanyResearch organisation50AquaPLAN, AquaINFRA, AQUACROSS
Ilmatieteen Laitos
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation41EMERGE, REALCHEM, AQUARIUS
Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh
Julich
GermanyResearch organisation41MarLEN, BMAA2030, AquaticPollutants

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 15partners (median)
  • 8countries (median)
  • 16%of partners are SMEs
Company 37%Research organisation 29%University 21%Other 8%Public body 4%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • STEERER – Structuring towards zero emission waterborne transport (H2020 · 2019 · LC-MG-1-11-2019)
  • AquaPLAN – Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-2)
  • MarLEN – Maritime Low Emission Network (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-17)
  • EMERGE – Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shippinG Emissions (H2020 · 2020 · MG-BG-02-2019)
  • RESHIP – Redefine energy Efficiency solutions for hydrogen powered SHIPs in marine and inland waterway (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10)
  • LowC – Safe and sustainable LOW-Carbon fuels for heavy-duty, aviation, and maritime sectors (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-18)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.