Living Labs for the eradication and/or management of invasive alien species
Call 01 - single stage (2027) · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds research projects that set up living labs to test ways of detecting, eradicating and managing invasive alien species that threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. Projects should bring together researchers, decision makers, practitioners and local communities to co design and test real world solutions across multiple countries. The goal is stronger governance and healthier, more resilient ecosystems.
biodiversity · environmental monitoring · climate adaptation · agriculture agritech · water management
Who wins this
This call suits a consortium of research organisations, public bodies and environmental stakeholders across at least three EU Member States or Associated Countries that can jointly run multiple living labs testing invasive species detection and management solutions in real life settings.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €8M
- Funding model
- Budget-based. Reimbursement of actual eligible 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: from 3 countries.
- Support to third parties
- Financial support to third parties is allowed to involve small actors such as land managers, SMEs or civil society in living labs, up to a maximum of 30% of the EU funding, with a maximum of EUR 60,000 granted to each third party.
- Also required
- Proposals must set up at least three living labs, each with 10 to 20 experimental sites, located in at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries, and must cooperate with the Joint Research Centre and the Biodiversa+ partnership.
- 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. 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 Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 60 000. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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