Purpose
RethinkBlue has a grant awarding framework. Please click on documents for more information:
- Year 2 - Second year extraordinary open call for applications for Grant Awards - UPDATED 26/9/25
- Grant Awarding Strategy - This document outlines the grant awarding strategy of the COST Action CA22122
- COST documents and guidelines - Please check in COST website (www.cost.eu)
- Am I eligible? - Find out what opportunities are available depending on your location.

Grant Awards
In this section you’ll find links to the different grants we are awarding.
Year | Applicant | Title of the project | Type of grant |
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2025 | Natasa Rogelja, ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts
| Ports: Memories and Futures
| ITC Conference
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2025 | Irmak Ertor, Bogazici University – The Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History (istanbul, Turkey)
| New paradigms to address the blue economy: shifting horizons in approaching justice and equity
| ITC Conference
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2025 | Jerneja Penca, Mediterranean Institute for Environmental Studies, Science and Research Centre Koper,
Slovenia | Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating Social Science for Equitable and Sustainable Outcomes
| Dissemination Conference
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2025 | Brakemi Egbedi, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
| Killing two birds with one stone: Waste shells as low-cost materials for nutrient and bacteria removal in wastewater.
| Dissemination Conference
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2025 | Laila Hassan Hassanein, Maenza (Italy)
| Visual Narratives for Climate Adaptation: Engaging Youth in Scenario-Based Futures?
| Short Term Scientific Mission |
2025 | Malgorzata Bielenia, Uniwersytet Gdanski (Gdansk, Poland)
| Green and Sustainable Port Strategies: Port of Gdansk and port of Split
| Short Term Scientific Mission |
2025 | Kurt Rachlitz, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway)
| The Creation of Ecosystem Overviews within ICES: From a View From Nowhere to a View From Everywhere?
| Dissemination Conference
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2025 | Ekinsu Devrim Danis, Bogazici University – The Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History (istanbul, Türkiye)
| Navigating the waters of waste: Marine social metabolism and the impact of shipbreaking on workers and coastal ecosystems in Aliaga, Izmir, Turkey
| ITC Conference |
2024 | Likay Unay-Gailhard | Food security in the EU islands
| Short Term Scientific Mission |
2024
| Robert Bartłomiejski
| Performativity of Port Cities in the Context of the Blue Economy: Navigating Cultural, Technological, and Environmental Dimensions
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Merim Kasumović
| Understanding the economic, social and environmental impact of climate change
| Short Term Scientific Mission |
2024
| Birgit Pauksztat
| Analysis of data on work-related injuries on Danish vessels
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Helen Devereux
| Analysing existing injury data from Danish vessels
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Hanna Barbara Rasmussen
| Accident and occupations health risk within Danish merchant fleet
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Cristina Pita
| Supply chain of octopus fisheries around the world
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Priscila Silva
| Comparison of Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery in European countries
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Tadas Sarunas
| Coordination of research programmes in urban studies of coastal cities
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Agnieszka Kolodziej-Durnas
| Port cities – where seafarers meet land and coastal communities meet sea
| Short Term Scientific Mission
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2024
| Carla Gonçalves
| The governance of the coastal region in Portugal: landscape as a catalyst for change
| Inclusiveness Target Countries Conference Grant
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2024
| Colette Szczepaniak
| A Partner At “high-risk” Or A Risky Partner? How Seafarers’ Partners Navigate Uncertainties Related To Their Spouses’ Work
| Inclusiveness Target Countries Conference Grant
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