A stronger Global Ocean Observing System to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes, in full alignment with the OceanEye initiative: scientists, public authorities and businesses benefit from strengthened and resilient global ocean observing capacities, coordinated under the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), [1] through the deployment of ocean observation equipment, in…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €50MEU contribution per project
- €6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
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.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 23 | 1 | EuroSea, AtlantOS, AMRIT |
| Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias Telde | Spain | Public body | 12 | 0 | EuroSea, AtlantOS, AMRIT |
| Socib - Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion Del Sistema De Observacion Costero De Las Illes Balears Palma | Spain | Public body | 9 | 0 | EuroSea, GEORGE, Euro-Argo ONE |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 6 | 0 | EuroSea, EMSO EVOLVE, GEORGE |
| Fundacion Azti - Azti Fundazioa Sukarrieta | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | EuroSea, BioGeoSea, OBAMA-NEXT |
| E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | MARCO-BOLO, DTO-BioFlow, RestMod |
| Lobelia Earth Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 3 | 0 | BioGeoSea, NECCTON, OCEANITY |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | INTAROS, NextBON, RestMod |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 22partners (median)
- 12countries (median)
- 10%of partners are SMEs
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.
- EuroSea – Improving and Integrating European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems for Sustainable use of the Oceans (H2020 · 2019 · BG-07-2019-2020)
- BioEcoOcean – Co-Creating Transformative Pathways to Biological and Ecosystem Ocean Observations (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-8)
- MARCO-BOLO – MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-01)
- AtlantOS – Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System (H2020 · 2015 · BG-08-2014)
- AMRIT – Advance Marine Research Infrastructures Together (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01-04)
- ObsSea4Clim – Ocean observations and indicators for climate and assessments. (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01-8)
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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.