funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Call for Proposals: SARSEA Project Now Open!
We are pleased to share that the SARSEA Project Call for Proposals has officially launched today, offering a total budget of EUR 1.6 million to support impactful initiatives addressing Sargassum challenges across the Caribbean region.
This is a fantastic opportunity for researchers to strengthen regional understanding and contribute to evidence-based solutions.
We warmly invite the community—innovators, practitioners, researchers, and organisations across the Caribbean and beyond—to explore the call and share widely within your networks. Your engagement is essential to advancing sustainable and science-informed responses to Sargassum challenges.
This call is structured around two complementary lots aimed at boosting innovation, research, and community resilience.
🔹 Lot 1: Supporting Innovation in the Sargassum Value Chain
Open to private sector entities and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) developing and implementing innovative, sustainable Sargassum value‑chain initiatives.
This includes new technologies, processing methods, products, or business models that turn Sargassum into an opportunity for economic and environmental benefit.
🔹 Lot 2: Advancing Caribbean Scientific Expertise
Targeted at Caribbean-based scientists and research institutions working on the production, dissemination, and application of knowledge related to:
- Sargassum management
- Sargassum valorisation
- Environmental and human health impacts linked to Sargassum influxes
