The Scoping Process: Blue Oceans is part of the Research Programme MARE:N of the BMBF. It's main goal is the participation of the interested public, mainly researchers, in the thematical development of national funding programmes. Gaps and targets will be indentified and adressed during the policy process to ensure that specific and tailor-made measures of funding are implemented. Following this process the most pressing scientific topics in marine research can be identified to guarantee an effective implementation of SDG 14 as a whole. Scoping Processes ("Agandaprozesse") are a major tool within the Research Programme MARE:N of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and are proven to be effective measures for a strategic and focused funding of marine resreach. A budget of 400 Mio. Euro over a period of ten years is allocated for the Research Programme MARE:N.