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Maritime regional cooperation fostering Smart Specialisation and Innovation in the Sustainable Blue Economy (Topic 1)
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Location:EU 27
Funding agency:
Contracting authority: CINEA (former INEA) - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Contracting authority type:Multilateral organization
Description
Topic updates
17 October 2025
Launch of four new projects selected under the call EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP
Please see the 'Projects & Results' tab for information on the two projects selected under this call topic and the following CINEA article https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/four-new-projects-launched-advance-sustainable-algae-farming-and-blue-innovation-hubs-2025-10-13_en
for more information on all four projects selected under the EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP call for proposals.
28 April 2025
EVALUATION results
Published: 26.09.2024
Deadline: 18.02.2025
Available budget: EUR 5 700 000
In accordance with the call conditions, the evaluation was made looking at the criteria ‘Relevance’, ‘Quality’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for per criterion was 6 points out of 10. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the three individual scores) was set at 21 points out of 30.
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
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EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP-I3 (TOPIC 1) |
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Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) |
16 |
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Number of inadmissible proposals |
1 |
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Number of ineligible proposals |
2 |
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Number of above-threshold proposals |
10 |
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Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals (EUR) |
17 026 547.26 |
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Number of proposals retained for funding |
2 |
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Number of proposals in the reserve list |
2 |
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Funding threshold |
26 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 30 and higher or equal to 26 |
2 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 25.5 and higher or equal to 24 |
3 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower than 24 and higher or equal to 22 |
1 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower than 22 and higher or equal to 21 |
4 |
19 February 2025
Call EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP has closed on the 18th February 2025.
26 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP-I3 (Topic 1): 16 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2025.
26 September 2024
An Info Day on the call for proposals will take place online on 15 October from 14:30 - 16:45. Registration is open at the CINEA website.
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/emfaf-info-day-flagships-call-proposals-2024-10-15_en
Maritime regional cooperation fostering Smart Specialisation and Innovation in the Sustainable Blue Economy (Topic 1)
TOPIC ID: EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP-I3
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme:
Call: Regional flagships projects supporting sustainable blue economy in EU sea basins - Smart Specialisation and Regenerative Ocean Farming and Algae Innovation (EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP)
Type of action: EMFAF-PJG EMFAF Project Grants
Type of MGA: EMFAF Action Grant Budget-Based [EMFAF-AG]
Status: Open for submission
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening Date: 26 September 2024
Deadline dates: 18 February 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective:
The objective of this call topic is to animate and underpin the S3 Thematic Platform for Sustainable Blue Economy with strategic interregional partnerships that develop and implement highly innovative solutions addressing priorities in the EU sustainable blue economy (i.e. decarbonisation of the blue economy sectors, energy transition, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, circular blue economy, new forms of aquaculture, including algae, coastal resilience and marine litter prevention, sustainable food systems, and green coastal and maritime tourism). This call for proposal is complementary to strand 1 (Interregional Innovation Investments) of the I3 Instrument.
Conditions
Admissibility conditions
Described in section 5 of the call document. Please see also the page limits and conditions on layout set out in the Application Form available in the Submission System.
Eligible countries
Please see section 6 of the call document.
Other eligibility conditions
Please see section 6 of the call document.
Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Please see section 7 of the call document.
Evaluation and award
The evaluation and award procedure are set out in section 8 of the call document and in the online manual.
The award criteria, scoring and thresholds are set out in section 9 of the call document.
The indicative timeline for evaluation and signature of grant agreements is set out in section 4 of the call document.
Legal and financial set up of grants
Please see section 10 of the call document.
Start submission
To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point.
To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section.
Get support
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
For help related to this call, please contact CINEA-EMFAF-CALLS@ec.europa.eu by 11 February 2025. Please include the call identifier EMFAF-2025-PIA-FLAGSHIP in the subject of your email.
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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