EMFAF – Improving scientific knowledge to strengthen the science-basis of management decisions under the CFP – 2025

Objective

To develop and strengthen the scientific knowledge needed to support the science-basis for fisheries management measures.

Priorities

• Priority 1: To reinforce of policy-oriented fisheries science
• Priority 2: To make better use of the collected scientific data
• Priority 3: To improve cooperation between scientists and the fisheries sector
• Priority 4: To support of the EU scientific community in developing and maintaining the relevant expertise to provide high quality scientific advice

Among financed actions

• Developing methodologies for stock identification/definition and/or evaluation including refining of stock geographical distribution and assessment parameters,
• Modelling
• Collection and processing of samples and/or data in the field
• Harmonise and/or improve protocols of data collection, handling and management to serve the scientific advisory process
• Trials (e.g. exploring methods for improving surveys)
• Meta-analysis, data validation and/or data preparation to feed into models
• Expanding current databases or creating new databases and link with existing initiatives
• Developing new advice formats or frequencies

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
• Be research centres, institutes, universities, foundations and scientific bodies primarily active in fisheries science or in marine science applied to fisheries management
• A consortium composed of at least 2 entities, in at least 2 different EU Member States must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 18 and 30 months
• Contact: cinea-emfaf-calls@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 2.6 million euro
• Amount of the grant: between 400.000 and 600.000 euro
• Funding rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs