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    HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03

    Improve the capacity to monitor and reduce air pollution from agriculture

    Opens 20 Apr 2027Live official EU data

    Call 01 - single stage (2027) · HORIZON-RIA · TRL 4 to 5 · Needs partners

    22 Sep 2027
    Deadline
    20 Apr 2027
    Opens for applications
    €6M
    Indicative, per project
    ~2
    Grants expected
    64
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds research projects that improve how farms monitor and reduce air pollution, excluding greenhouse gases. It supports developing better measurement tools, farming practices and technologies to cut emissions from manure, fertilisers, pesticides and livestock, and to train farmers and advisors on using them. The goal is better data and practical solutions that protect human health and biodiversity while supporting EU air quality policy.

    agriculture agritech · environmental monitoring · pollution control · biodiversity · internet of things

    Who wins this

    This call suits a multi actor consortium combining researchers, farmers, advisors and businesses who want to develop and test practical tools and farming practices to monitor and cut agricultural air pollution.

    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 apply the multi actor approach with a balanced mix of farmers, researchers, advisors and businesses, and projects using satellite earth observation must use Copernicus and or Galileo/EGNOS data. International organisations headquartered in a Member State or Associated Country are exceptionally eligible for funding, and the Joint Research Centre may join as a zero funding beneficiary or associated partner.
    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 Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding as a beneficiary with zero funding, or as an associated partner. The JRC will not participate in the preparation and submission of the proposal - see General Annex B. Due to the scope of this topic, relevant international organisations with headquarters in a Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country are exceptionally eligible for funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). 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 · 64 past winners

    AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · ES
    10 wins
    led 4
    LUONNONVARAKESKUS · FI
    7 wins
    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · NL
    7 wins
    UNIVERSITEIT GENT · BE
    6 wins
    led 2
    CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · IT
    6 wins
    HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ · DE
    6 wins

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