Call for proposals: Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners is currently accepting short applications for innovative technologies with significant scaling or commercialization potential. Funding focus areas include: 

• Sustaining fisheries: Technologies that reduce bycatch, reduce ghost gear, survey fish populations, increase seafood supply-chain transparency, increase transparency at sea, redesign gear for increased sustainability, monitor protected marine areas, and improve enforcement, along with any other technology that increases the sustainability of the world’s wild-caught fisheries.
• Habitat health: Technologies that restore balance to ocean ecosystems. This includes technologies for the restoration and/or protection of key marine species, such as seaweed, seagrass, shellfish, and coral. We are also looking for technologies that monitor, mitigate, or prevent coastal pollution or reduce the harm caused by invasive species.
• Ocean observing: Technologies that significantly expand ocean monitoring capabilities for restoration work or related research. This includes novel sensor technologies, technologies for ocean data collection, processing, and sharing, or any other technology that allows researchers to do their work more cheaply, longer, or over a larger geographic scope.
• Network support: Groups building services and tools to support the operational backbone of the marine tech community. This includes ocean challenges and competitions, incubators, accelerators, community infrastructure, and more. We also fund certain community groups that are deploying new technologies to address ocean conservation issues within their region.

Proposals from all geographic regions across universities, for-profits, and non-profits are welcome. 
🗓️ Important Dates: 
June 1 - July 31, 2026: Accepting Initial Proposals 
August 1 - September 15, 2026: Proposal Review Period 
Fall 2026: Funding Awarded 

Learn more: https://schmidtmarine.org/proposals/