The grants offered to SMEs in this blue economy window call for proposals shall help advance market-readiness of new products, services or processes. Activities could, for example, include trials, prototyping, validation, demonstration and testing in real environment conditions, and market replication.

A total number of 160 proposals were submitted in response to the BlueInvest: Grants (EMFF-BEW-2020) with deadline for submission of proposals on February 16th, 2021.

A sustainable blue economy can contribute significantly to European Green Deal objectives, including the biodiversity, circular economy, digital earth and farm to fork strat