The Permanent Secretariat has launched an international scientific call for tenders to finance three projects related to the following topics in 2017 and is now supporting the project:
- collisions between ships and large cetaceans;
- pollution related to plastic waste (including micro-plastics and fishing nets);
- chemical and biological pollution of land-based origins.

Another project, entitled Dolphins without borders and selected in the framework of a previous call for tender is currently supported by the Pelagos Agreement. The project is carried on by Tethys Research Institute (in cooperation with GIS3M, Fondazione Acquario di Genova, CETUS and the University of Sassari) and deals with bottlenose dolphin. The goals of the project will include: a) to support the conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Pelagos Sanctuary; b) taking advantage of the popularity of these charismatic mammals to help raising awareness within the wider public on the conservation of the marine environment; and c) strengthening the links among Pelagos and the many MPAs and National Parks existing within the Sanctuary boundaries by promoting a sustained coordination.

The aim of the calls is to enhance knowledge and to identify management measures to be applied in the Pelagos Sanctuary area.