Grants for schools
Submit your blue school project and receive funding
Grants for schools
Submit your blue school project and receive funding
Objectives
SHORE Open Calls aim to enhance the ocean literacy of elementary and secondary students, educators, and schools, by empowering youth to become agents of change and
eco-citizens.
Mobilise students, teachers and other actors from the school ecosystem and the local community to co-design, co-develop and co-implement projects that can contribute to expand and broaden youth’s ocean & water literacy in a life-long run
Support educators in developing and utilising new and innovative teaching and learning resources based on Open Schooling methodologies and Blue Skills Curricula
Support the accreditation of schools and their projects within the Network of European Blue Schools established under EU4Ocean coalition
Help achieve EU Mission Ocean objectives in the grand scale of EU initiative for reaching tangible solutions for climate neutrality, nature preservation and ocean and water’s health revival
Benefits
Serving as Country Hubs and regional experts SHORE project partners will mentor and guide the schools and students, about successful Blue Skills Curricula and project implementation through a series of meetings and best practices from targeted areas.
Get up to 10,000 €
for your blue project
Receive project mentorship and guidance
Introduce the public about your blue project on the SHORE platform
Schools supported by SHORE will be able to internationally share information about their funded projects via their profile at SHORE digital platform, an open-source virtual learning environment and education management system for Blue Skills Curricula and Ocean Literacy materials.
Receive “Ocean Ambassador of The Year” award
After each open call period, an online contest will be held at our digital platform to select the best school projects through a global, open for public competition. After the selection of the global winner, the school will be awarded as “Ocean Ambassador of The Year” and promoted as such via SHORE project website and social media.
Target Areas
The SHORE open calls cover 5 distinct regional areas.
Schools belonging to one of these areas can apply to receive funding.
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Rhine River
Danube River
Mediterranean Sea
Target Areas
The SHORE open calls cover 5 distinct regional areas.
Schools belonging to one of these areas can apply to receive funding.
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Rhine River
Danube River
Mediterranean Sea
SHORE Open Call #1
Timeline
- Submission (18 Sept. – 20 Nov .at 17:00 CET)
- Evaluation & Selection (Nov. 2024 – Jan. 2025)
- Contracting (Jan. 2025)
- Schools Project Implementation (Feb. – July 2025)
Requirements
Eligible topics
The SHORE – Open Call #2 is open to proposals that address at least one topic and subtopic of the open call
- Sea-based activities
- Biodiversity
Hazardous substances and marine litter
Climate change
Sustainable use of water resources
Eligible activities
The SHORE – Open Call #2 is open to proposals which include different types of activities aimed at elementary and secondary schools’ students, teachers and/or parents of the school(s) concerned. Projects should include at least one of the following activities
• Workshops
• Meetings
• Trainings
• Exhibitions
• Conferences
• Meetntalks
• Competitions
• Virtual educational activities
• Field trips
• Local expeditions
• Technical trips
• Boat activities
• Virtual laboratories
• Laboratory trips
• Museum trips
• Technical field trips
• Laboratory testing and analysis of results
Who can apply
Elementary or secondary schools (providing up to ISCED level 3, commonly designated as upper secondary education)
Legally registered and established in the European Union or Horizon Europe associated countries.
Schools must be located in one out of five targeted regions of the SHORE Open Call 1 – Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Rhine and Danube River Area (see here the list of eligible countries).
How to
apply
Read the Open Call Guidelines
Describe your project following the SHORE Proposal Template
- Fill in the online application form on the F6S platform
Make sure to answer all mandatory questions and upload a completed PDF of your project in English using the SHORE Proposal Template
Other requirements
Please take a look at the other requirements for your blue project
If you are a already a member that’s great, if not don’t worry, at the time of application you don’t have to be an accredited member. According to SHORE’s rules – schools applying for SHORE’s Open Calls should be accredited members of the European Network of Blue Schools or aspire to become a member and will demonstrate how they intend to meet the prerequisites to become accredited members by the time of completion of the project.
Do you cooperate with other blue schools? SHORE Open Call #1 welcomes proposals submitted by schools which are open for collaboration/twinning (for instance, with other blue schools from the Network of European Blue Schools and those aspiring to become accredited members).
In the project proposal, please describe cooperation activities with other teachers and their students, designed to enable them the exchange of experiences, best practices and successful stories stemming from their blue projects and ocean literacy-driven actions.
SHORE – Open Call #1 is open to schools whose proposal includes a commitment to the European Climate Pact, leading to decarbonisation or at least to carbon neutrality of the project and school activities.
Important Information and Open Call Documents
Annex 1
Annex 2
Annex 2.1
Annex 3
Annex 4
Annex 5
Need More Info?
Help Desk: opencalls@shoreproject.eu
Frequently Asked Questions: Download FAQ here
Frequently Asked Questions
Primary schools or Secondary schools up to ISCED level 3, commonly designated as upper secondary education. See a more detailed explanation here.
Schools which are accredited members of the European Network of Blue Schools at the time of application and provide certificate OR aspire to be members of the European Network of Blue Schools and will demonstrate how they intend to meet the prerequisites to become accredited members by the time of completion of the project.
To apply, click on this link.
For more guidelines, check out Handbook for Teachers – European Blue Schools.
The school should be legally registered and established in:
- The Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU)
- Horizon Europe Associated Countries (check this link)
Additionally, it must be located in one out of five targeted regions of the SHORE Open Call – Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Rhine and Danube River Area.
Eligible Countries from each target area involve Contracting Parties according to respective conventions governing a specific region (click on the hyperlinked target areas):
- Baltic Sea Area: Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Finland;
- Black Sea Area: Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Türkiye;
- Mediterranean Sea Area: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Spain, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye;
- Danube River Area: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine;
- Rhine River Area: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands.
If the school is established in the country which is part of more than one target area (e.g., Austria is eligible both in the Rhine and Danube River Area), the applicant should select the area according to the focus and implementation location of their funded activities.
- Access the website page https://shoreproject.eu/open-calls
- Read the document the Annex 1 – SHORE Guidelines for applicants)
- Prepare your Annex 2.1 – SHORE Proposal Template. according to the template provided (Available at the above linked website page)
- Start your online application at the F6S Platform: https://www.f6s.com/shore-open-call-2/apply
- Fill the form, upload the template.
- Submit your application.
If the school has applied and has been accepted in the previous open call, then it is not eligible to apply again since the school shall benefit from the financial support to third parties provided under SHORE project only once under one school – one funded project rule.
Applicants are advised to select the most relevant topic and subtopic in line with their proposed activities and regional / local context, e.g., environmental challenges. In case more than one topic is relevant, applicants are encouraged to choose the one more suitable for proposed activities.
Applicants are advised to choose at least one activity from the list and describe it in the Annex 2.1 – SHORE Proposal Template.
The cooperation can be established with schools from the Network of European Blue Schools and those aspiring to become accredited members of the Network of European Blue Schools.
To find suitable partners for cooperation/twinning, please refer to the EU4Ocean Platform or eTwinning portal, (Community for schools in Europe for teachers to run on-site or online activities with their students along with colleagues from other European countries).
Yes, the cooperation can already be established, or schools can intend to establish cooperation during implementation of the project.
Twinning can include examples such as capacity building through knowledge sharing, enabling both partner schools to adopt best practices from each other, twinning visits, etc.
SHORE – Open Call #2 is open to schools which participate in climate actions and support values of the European Climate Pact.
Additionally, the proposal should demonstrate funded activities having a high degree of circularity, carbon neutrality and positive environmental impact that will be evaluated during the evaluation phase.
Selected school projects will last up to 6 months in total.
At the end of the project, the selected school will be required to submit a final report that outlines the activities undertaken in the project, the results achieved, and the lessons learned.
The total budget per project may not exceed €10,000. The total amount requested can not exceed 100% of the total project costs. The funds will be disbursed in a form of a lump sum.
Please summarise the expected project costs in Annex 2.1 – SHORE Proposal Template.
At least 20% of the funded proposals must involve migrants or Ukrainian citizens under temporary protection in funded activities. If needed such proposals will be selected from lower ranked positions to meet this quota.
Schools shall benefit from the Financial Support to Third Parties provided under SHORE project only once.
