The submission for the pre-proposals was due 18 March 2019. The proposals were reviewed according to the call documents. We received 83 proposals in total.
Following the recommendation of the international review panel and upon a decision of the Call Steering Committee 35 proposals have been invited to submit a full proposal on 17 September 2019.
The following table shows the breakdown of the proposals that were received and that have been invited for the full proposal stage.
| PRIORITY AREAS | PROPOSALS |
| Priority area 1: Exploring new bioresources | 23 |
| Priority area 2: Exploring improvements in fisheries and aquaculture | 10 |
| Priority area 3: Exploring synergies across sectors | 2 |
| Priority area 4: Exploring Biotechnology and ICT | 0 |