HORIZON-MISS-2025-03-OCEAN-03: Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture

The European Commission is investing over €7.3 billion through its newly adopted Horizon Europe work programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe's research and innovation engine and global edge. This will drive cutting-edge science, accelerate the EU's green and digital transitions, and enhance Europe's competitiveness.

One of the key aspects of the Horizon Europe 2025 work programme is delivering on EU priorities. The 2025 work programme will fund digital and space technologies, support green projects and sustainable development. It also targets organised crime and terrorist threat, while helping cut carbon emissions and reduce energy costs. More than €663 million will be invested in the five EU Missions.

The Mission Ocean call "HORIZON-MISS-2025-03-OCEAN-03: Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture", with 4 projects to be awarded by the call and a budget of 23.30 million EUR. Projects under this topic will demonstrate how digital technologies can address the need to reduce energy consumption and associated economic and environmental costs in European fisheries and/or aquaculture and provide real-time, accurate, and actionable data and information to reduce energy use. This can include the use of advanced (remote) sensing technologies and monitoring devices, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, data-driven approaches and data analytics, robotics and automation.

The first calls for proposals will open on 15 May on the Commission's Funding and Tenders portal.

Further simplification of the Horizon Europe work programme is planned for 2026-27.