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    HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-BIODIV-08

    Fostering common farmland birds and mammals for resilient food production systems

    Opens 20 Apr 2027Live official EU data

    Call 01 - single stage (2027) · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners

    22 Sep 2027
    Deadline
    20 Apr 2027
    Opens for applications
    €6M
    Indicative, per project
    ~2
    Grants expected
    116
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds research projects that help farmers and land managers protect farmland birds and mammals while keeping agriculture productive. It supports work that studies how farming practices affect these species, tests bird friendly solutions with farmers, improves incentives for adopting them, and builds education programs to scale up biodiversity friendly farming across Europe.

    biodiversity · agriculture agritech · environmental monitoring · climate adaptation

    Who wins this

    This call suits a multi actor consortium of research organisations, farmer groups, conservation organisations and agribusinesses working together to design and test bird and mammal friendly farming practices across different regions.

    Could you win this call?

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    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €6M
    Funding model
    Lump sum. Paid per completed work package, with no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    Proposals must implement the multi actor approach, involving farmers, land managers and other stakeholders, and costs are funded via lump sum contributions.
    Sectors
    AgriTech · Circular Economy
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions The following additional eligibility criteria apply: The proposals must apply the multi-actor approach. See definition of the multi-actor approach in this work programme part. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 116 past winners

    AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · ES
    26 wins
    STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH · NL
    23 wins
    led 2
    AARHUS UNIVERSITET · DK
    22 wins
    led 5
    PENSOFT PUBLISHERS · BG · SME
    20 wins
    HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ · DE
    18 wins
    led 1
    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · NL
    18 wins
    led 4

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