INTEGRATION OF INNOVATIVE OCEAN SOLUTIONS INTO EDITO

The project running this call: EDITO 2

EUropean DIgital Twin Ocean phase 2

EDITO (European Digital Twin Ocean) enters Phase 2 with a bold vision to scale up its capabilities, broaden its user base, and establish itself as the cornerstone for co-creating the European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO). Central to the EU Mission ""Restore our Ocean and Waters,"" EDITO aims to empower decision-makers, researchers, and communities with cutting-edge tools and actionable knowledge, fostering collaboration across public, private, and civil society sectors.In Phase 1, EDITO validated its potential by integrating diverse data, models, and tools, collaborating with leading marine initiatives such as EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service. Building on this foundation, Phase 2 will expand the platform’s reach, ensuring accessibility for non-experts while enhancing its services for researchers and institutional contributors.The service model comprises three tiers, explore, create…

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Who runs it: the consortium

2 organisations in the project. The coordinator usually manages the open call and its evaluation.

• Mercator Ocean · FranceCoordinator
• Vlaams Instituut Voor de Zee · BelgiumPartner

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What is cascade funding?

Cascade funding (also called financial support to third parties) is money the European Commission gives to an EU-funded project, which the project then passes on to startups, SMEs, researchers or other organisations through its own open calls. You apply to the project, not to the Commission, and the project's own call rules apply.

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Do I need a consortium?

Most cascade calls accept single applicants, which makes them one of the easiest ways into EU funding. Some calls ask for small teams; the call document says which.

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Typically tens of thousands of euros per applicant and rarely more than €200,000, because the EU rules for financial support to third parties keep amounts per recipient modest. The exact maximum is in each call.

Can I combine it with other EU funding?

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