DIGI4ECO cascading grant to address critical data gaps

The Horizon Europe Mission Ocean and Waters funded project DIGI4ECO is developing an integrated marine monitoring system combining robotic networks, virtual infrastructure, and spatio-temporal modelling. Their work aims to unlock, harmonise, and standardise ocean data whilst creating open-source tools and methodologies for distributed twin observatories in marine areas in the EU to support the objectives of Mission Ocean and Waters. 

The project has opened its Financial Support to Third Parties mechanism to address critical gaps in the DIGI4ECO Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO).  

Objectives: 

The project is offering grants of up to EUR 60 000 (total budget EUR 260 000) to external organisations holding valuable marine datasets that could enhance the DIGI4ECO DTO. The call targets data holders with biological, environmental, and socio-ecological datasets from the OBSEA, SmartBay, Kristineberg, and Ancona demonstration sites.  

Successful applicants will receive funding to digitise, standardise, and publish their data according to FAIR principles and EMODnet Biology standards. Priority will be given to datasets that improve biodiversity observations, including imagery, species records, environmental time series, and socio-economic data that can strengthen AI-based analysis and long-term ocean modelling capabilities. 

Eligible applicants: 

Contact the project for more information: https://digi4eco.eu/contact/  

Budget: 

Maximum individual grant of EUR 60 000. 

Duration: 

Contact the project for more information: https://digi4eco.eu/contact/ 

DIGI4ECO project 

DIGI4ECO cascading grant: call to address critical data gaps 

DIGI4ECO announcement on financial support to third parties 

DIGI4ECO financial support to third parties application form 

https://digi4eco.eu/contact/