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Green, circular and resilient harbours

This topic aims at directly engaging and supporting harbour/ports and their communities in demonstrating and accelerating the transitions needed for achieving one or several objectives of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”. The participation of relevant public bodies managing port authorities and their communities as partners of the consortium is strongly encouraged. Project results are expected to…

Deadline 21 Sep 2027Opens 9 Feb 2027Budget €11.9MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €5.5M–€6MSingle stageHORIZON Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €5.5M–€6MEU contribution per project
  • €7.8Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 92projects 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)
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation151AQUARIUS, REMEDIES 5.0, BlueMissionMed
Norsk Institutt For Vannforskning Sti
Oslo
NorwayResearch organisation121AQUARIUS, BlueActionAA, FutureLakes
Tartu Ulikool
Tartu
EstoniaUniversity121BlueMissionBANOS, BAB, BMB2030
Stichting Deltares
Delft
NetherlandsResearch organisation110BlueMissionBANOS, FutureLakes, DANUBElifelines
Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien
Wien
AustriaUniversity92SoS2LearnDBS, REMEDIES 5.0, DANUBElifelines
Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee
Oostende
BelgiumResearch organisation100AQUARIUS, TASC-RestoreMed, BlueMissionBANOS
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation101AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed, DANUBElifelines
Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias
Telde
SpainPublic body72AQUARIUS, REMEDIES 5.0, BlueActionAA
Syddansk Universitet
Odense M
DenmarkUniversity91BlueMissionBANOS, BlueActionAA, BlueMissionAA
Submariner Network For Blue Growth Ewiv
Berlin
GermanyOther84BlueMissionBANOS, BAB, Isla Bonita
Institut Francais De Recherche Pour L'Exploitation De La Mer
Plouzane
FranceResearch organisation81AQUARIUS, BlueMissionBANOS, BlueMissionMed
Marine Institute
Galway
IrelandResearch organisation63AQUARIUS, BlueActionAA, BMAA2030
Suomen Ymparistokeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation91AQUARIUS, REMEDIES 5.0, FutureLakes
Institutul National De Cercetare-Dezvoltare Delta Dunarii
Tulcea
RomaniaResearch organisation81SoS2LearnDBS, DANUBElifelines, DANUBE4all
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Kongens Lyngby
DenmarkUniversity80BlueMissionBANOS, MarineGuardian, Isla Bonita

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

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

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation101AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed, DANUBElifelines
Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias
Telde
SpainPublic body72AQUARIUS, REMEDIES 5.0, BlueActionAA
Gobierno De Canarias
Santa Cruz De Tenerife
SpainPublic body30REMEDIES 5.0, Isla Bonita, PHAROS
Ecorys Espana Sl
Madrid
SpainCompany20BlueMissionMed, BMAA2030
Fundacion Instituto Tecnologico De Castilla Y Leon
Villalonquejar Burgos
SpainResearch organisation · SME21REMEDIES 5.0, iMERMAID
Socib - Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion Del Sistema De Observacion Costero De Las Illes Balears
Palma
SpainPublic body20AQUARIUS, OCEANITY
E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research
Sevilla
SpainResearch organisation20MEDCONNECT, ROWER
Agencia De Residus De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainPublic body20BlueMissionMed, SEACURE

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 19partners (median)
  • 11countries (median)
  • 14%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 31%University 18%Company 18%Public body 16%Other 16%

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.

  • AQUARIUS – Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01)
  • SoS2LearnDBS – Source to Sea: Leveraging community knowledge and action for restoring the Danube River basin and the Black Sea region (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01)
  • TASC-RestoreMed – Technical assistance and support to communities of actors for the Mission Restore our ocean and waters by 2030 for the Mediterranean basin. (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01)
  • BlueMissionBANOS – BlueMissionBANOS – supporting the Mission Ocean Lighthouse in the Baltic and North Sea basins (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-04-02)
  • REMEDIES 5.0 – Integrated and People-Centred Waterfront Restoration for a Resilient European Blue Economy (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MISS-2025-03-OCEAN-05)
  • BlueActionAA – Empowering Community-Led Action in the Atlantic & Arctic (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01)

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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.