Ocean and Blue Economy grants — page 4
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Funding for ocean health, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and the blue economy. Backed by the World Bank PROBLUE, EU EMFAF and Horizon, the Benioff and Packard foundations, and national marine programmes. Listed below are the open ocean and blue economy grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Water and ocean funding sits mostly with development finance and national infrastructure budgets rather than with innovation programmes. The recurring sources are the World Bank and the regional development banks, the Green Climate Fund, EU LIFE and Horizon, and national water and environment agencies. Awards tend to be tied to a specific catchment, coastline or utility, so geographic eligibility is usually the first thing to check rather than the last.
This page lists open ocean and blue economy grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 322 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is ocean and blue economy work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing ocean and blue economy grants here include Terra Natural Capital, Key Carbon, 2050.do, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans SOUTH-ASIA, GLOBAL, LATAM, GLOBAL-SOUTH, AFRICA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Delta Blue Carbon
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This grant funds mangrove restoration and blue carbon credit generation projects in Pakistan, supporting nature-based climate solutions. It targets organizations working on coastal ecosystem restoration and carbon market development in South Asia.
Project Financing for Carbon Developers
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The funder provides innovative project financing and market access for high-integrity carbon projects, enabling developers to design solutions aligned with buyer demand. The programme targets carbon developers seeking capital, risk reduction, and accelerated deployment at scale.
Blue Carbon Financing
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The funder finances blue carbon projects focused on mangrove restoration and coastal ecosystem protection as nature-based climate solutions. The grant supports organizations working on large-scale mangrove planting and blue carbon sequestration initiatives globally.
Perpetual Impact Investment Fund
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A 99-year mission-driven venture fund investing in companies advancing sustainable food systems, marine ecosystems, sustainable production, education, health, and trust-based economies. Eligible for mission-aligned startups and enterprises at any stage seeking patient, long-term capital with no external shareholder pressure.
Turquoise Coast Environment Fund – Turkey
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This grant supports environmental protection and conservation initiatives along Turkey's Turquoise Coast, a biodiverse coastal region. Eligible applicants can pursue projects focused on habitat preservation, biodiversity protection, and sustainable coastal management.
Call for Projects
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The funder funds innovative field research projects addressing marine pollution, biodiversity protection, climate resilience, and ocean-system understanding through periodic open calls. Projects are selected competitively by a scientific committee and support global research across four thematic areas.
A Latin America-Focused Climate Technology Fund
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The funder Climate Fund provides pre-seed and seed stage equity investments in climate technology companies operating or expanding to Latin America across energy, mobility, blue economy, agtech, climate fintech, and industrial decarbonization. The fund targets early-stage startups developing solutions in focus verticals including renewable energy, sustainable transport, ocean-based climate solutions, and carbon technologies.
A Major Foundation's Ocean Initiative
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Bloomberg Ocean Initiative funds data-driven solutions to protect marine ecosystems, strengthen ocean governance, and build ocean resilience through partnerships with coastal communities, nonprofits, governments, and research institutions. The initiative supports projects that advance marine conservation and sustainable ocean management globally.
ReSea: A programme related to the Blue Economy, supporting coastal communities, including initiatives in Madagascar
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ReSea funds blue economy and coastal community initiatives with a focus on climate adaptation and nature-based solutions, including specific programmes in Madagascar. The grant supports projects that advance sustainable ocean and coastal resource management while building resilience in vulnerable coastal populations.
BioLit – Brown Algae and Periwinkles: A Participatory Mission
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This grant funds participatory science projects documenting ecological changes in rocky intertidal communities along Atlantic and North Sea coastlines, combining citizen science with digital technologies and global change ecology. It is open to researchers, museums, and citizen-science networks partnering with the French National Museum of Natural History.
GAGGA: Gender and environment program supporting community and women-led conservation initiatives in the MAR region
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This grant supports community-led and women-led conservation initiatives focused on gender and environment in the Mesoamerican Reef region. It funds projects that advance marine conservation and biodiversity protection while centering gender equity and community participation.
Mangroves: Program dedicated to the conservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystems within the Mesoamerican Reef…
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This grant funds conservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystems within the Mesoamerican Reef region, supporting blue-carbon sequestration and climate adaptation. Eligible organizations can apply to advance mangrove protection and restoration work in Central America and the Caribbean.
Fishing for the Future – MAR Fish
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This grant funds sustainable fisheries management, fish replenishment zones, and invasive lionfish control in the Mesoamerican Reef region. It targets organizations working to restore marine ecosystems and promote responsible fishing practices.
Saving Our Protected Areas – Small Grants Program
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This grant funds conservation and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems within the Mesoamerican Reef region through small grants to local organizations. It supports biodiversity protection and ecosystem management in one of the world's most biodiverse reef systems.
Animal Protection and Biodiversity
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This grant funds projects that protect animals and their welfare, as well as ocean conservation and marine habitat protection. It is open to organizations working on animal protection, biodiversity, and blue economy initiatives.
Tenerife, Conserving Whales & Dolphins
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This grant supports conservation campaigns focused on protecting whales, dolphins, and other cetaceans in the waters around Tenerife. It is open to organizations working on marine biodiversity and ocean conservation in that region.
Seychelles, Coral Reef and Marine Conservation
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This grant funds coral reef monitoring programmes and science training for park rangers in the Seychelles, supporting marine conservation and ecosystem protection. It is targeted at organisations working on marine biodiversity and conservation capacity-building in the Indian Ocean region.
Mexico, Coral Reef Restoration & Conservation
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This grant supports coral reef restoration and marine conservation projects in Mexico through the funder. It funds organizations working to protect and restore coral reef ecosystems and broader marine biodiversity in Mexican waters.
Environment – Marine Food and Livelihoods
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This grant funds projects advancing sustainable marine ecosystems, coastal food security, and livelihoods dependent on ocean resources. It targets organizations working on conservation, sustainable fisheries, and climate-resilient coastal communities.
Marine Conservation
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This grant funds marine ecosystem protection, scientific research, and community-led marine management programs in Lamu County, Kenya. It targets organizations working on ocean health and blue economy initiatives in a specific coastal region.
Mangrove Conservation
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This grant funds mangrove ecosystem protection, restoration, and sustainable use projects in the Lamu Archipelago. It targets organizations working on coastal conservation and mangrove-specific environmental interventions.
Waste Valorisation Investment
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The funder invests in high-value waste valorisation solutions for the aquaculture sector, converting waste streams into profitable products while reducing environmental impact. The fund targets entrepreneurs, SMEs, and companies developing circular-economy innovations in aquaculture waste management.
Production Investment
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The funder invests capital in high-performing aquaculture operations including fish farms, feed mills, and hatcheries that demonstrate continuous improvement and sustainability practices. The fund targets commercial aquaculture enterprises seeking production-stage investment to scale best-in-class operations.
Feed Ingredients Investment
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The funder invests in feed ingredient innovations that reduce resource demands in aquaculture production. The fund targets companies and organizations developing sustainable, nutritious feed solutions for the aquaculture sector.
A Fund for Sustainable Community Fisheries
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A private capital fund investing in sustainable fishing and seafood enterprises in Indonesia and the Philippines to improve coastal fisheries management and livelihoods for small-scale fishers. The fund targets triple bottom-line returns across people, nature, and financial performance.
Turning Tides: An international grant facility dedicated to supporting community land and resource rights
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This grant facility supports tenure rights, land rights, and resource access for local communities, small-scale fishers, fish workers, and Indigenous Peoples globally. It funds initiatives that strengthen community control over land, forests, and fisheries resources.
FISH Visayas: Sustainable fisheries development project in the Philippines supporting livelihood improvement and…
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This grant funds sustainable fisheries development projects in the Philippines that improve livelihoods while protecting marine environments. It targets fishing communities and organizations working to balance economic development with environmental conservation in the Visayas region.
Mangrove Restoration
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This grant funds mangrove ecosystem restoration in Qatar through partnerships with academic and government institutions. It supports environmental conservation and biodiversity protection in a coastal marine context.
Seagrass Restoration
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This grant funds marine ecosystem restoration focused on seagrass bed recovery in Ibiza, Spain, through partnership with local and international conservation organizations. It targets organizations working on seagrass habitat restoration and blue economy conservation.
NauticinBlu: An educational maritime and ocean conservation programme operating across Mediterranean countries
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An educational maritime and ocean conservation programme delivered in partnership with Marevivo across Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal). The grant funds educational initiatives and conservation activities focused on ocean and marine ecosystems.
Super Coral Reefs Programme
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A marine conservation grant programme funding coral reef ecosystem restoration through partnerships with universities and marine science institutions in the Bahamas and Florida. Eligible applicants include academic and research institutions working on reef conservation and marine biodiversity.
Regional Projects
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This grant supports regional organizations implementing nature-based solutions across Pacific Island Countries and Territories to build climate resilience and preserve biodiversity. Eligible applicants are organizations working on ecosystem protection, climate adaptation, and biodiversity conservation in the Pacific region.
Seed-stage program stream for companies developing ocean-related technologies and sustainable ocean economy
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CDL Oceans is a seed-stage accelerator program for companies developing ocean-related technologies and sustainable ocean economy solutions. It funds early-stage startups building innovations in blue economy sectors.
Conservation Fellowship
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A biennial fellowship for current and past grantees of Save Our Seas Foundation from developing countries, supporting marine conservation research, education, and conservation activities over 24 months with USD 16,000 funding. Eligible applicants must have prior SOSF grant experience and be based in developing nations.
Ocean Storytelling Grant
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This grant funds emerging and early-career conservation storytellers (photographers, writers, filmmakers) through paid, mentored assignments of up to 12 months focused on marine conservation. It supports media professionals in telling ocean-focused sustainability stories.
Small Grant: Annual grant for early-career scientists, educators, and conservationists focusing on threatened marine…
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Annual grant of up to $10,000 for early-career scientists, educators, and conservationists working on threatened marine megafauna conservation. Projects must run up to 18 months and integrate at least two of three components: research, conservation, and education.
Plastic Free: Mountain to Sea
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This grant funds conservation projects addressing plastic pollution across mountain-to-marine ecosystems, aligned with EOCA's two-year thematic priorities. Eligible projects must demonstrate measurable conservation impact and typically target nonprofits, charities, and conservation organizations working on pollution reduction and biodiversity protection.
Ocean-Focused Circular Economy Fund
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The funder's Ocean Fund invests in early- to growth-stage companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastic pollution and advance circular economy models for plastics in high-growth markets. The fund targets South and Southeast Asia with a focus on circular plastic supply chains.
Marine Education Comic Books
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This grant funds the creation and distribution of comic book series focused on ocean conservation and marine debris reduction aligned with UN SDG 14, designed for integration into national education curricula. It targets educational organizations and media partners working to raise awareness of ocean issues among students and drive behavioral change toward marine conservation.
Where's the Fish
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This grant funds civil action and campaigns to address overfishing and reform international fisheries paradigms, with a focus on raising awareness about the scale of fish depletion and ecosystem collapse. Eligible applicants likely include nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and civil-society groups working on marine conservation and fisheries policy change.
Fly Without Fins
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This grant funds a build-operate-transfer campaign led by Shark Guardians and partner NGOs to pressure airlines into stopping the transport of shark fins as cargo. The funding supports advocacy and operational work to eliminate shark fin trade via air transport.
Fair Carbon: an initiative focused on protecting and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems
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This grant funds Fair Carbon, an initiative that provides science-based guidance and support for designing, registering, and accrediting nature-based carbon projects in marine and coastal ecosystems. It targets organizations working on blue carbon investment and ecosystem restoration by reducing the complexity and cost barriers to project development.
EbA Facility: Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects for nature-based solutions in coastal resilience
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The EbA Facility funds projects that implement nature-based solutions to strengthen coastal resilience and climate adaptation in Caribbean protected areas. Eligible grantees work with communities and protected area managers to manage coastal marine ecosystems and deploy ecosystem-based adaptation plans.
European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)
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EMFAF supports sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, maritime policy, and blue economy initiatives across Europe, managed by CINEA. Eligible applicants can seek funding for projects advancing sustainable ocean and coastal resource management.
Restoring Habitats Grants
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Grants from Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund supporting habitat restoration and ecosystem protection through innovation and collaboration, targeting threats to animals and nature across forests, watersheds, and coastal ecosystems. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, research institutions, and conservation organizations working on biodiversity and natural resource restoration.
Blue Economy Fund
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A specialized investment vehicle focused on blue economy themes including marine and aquaculture sectors, co-built with strategic partners through Beyond Impact's advisory platform. The fund targets companies and projects advancing sustainable ocean and marine-based economic activities.
Coastal Management Funded Projects from a US federal agency
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NOAA's Office for Coastal Management is distributing $2.2 million through the funder to fund regional collaboration projects that advance coastal resilience, data monitoring, and habitat priorities identified by five Gulf states. Eligible applicants are organizations working on coastal management and environmental issues in the Gulf region.
KÖrallenriff Coral Reef Project
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This grant funds coral reef restoration and marine conservation work in Mozambique through partnership with The Coral Planters. The project targets habitat protection and biodiversity conservation in a marine reserve off the Mozambique coast.