Research - Open Calls

This Call features four Themes, each Theme has a central mission of enabling Ireland to excel in sustainable agri-food, forest and bio-based systems which is organised around four broad inter-related themes. Each Theme is broken into more specific subtopics. Applicants must familiarise themselves with the Thematic Call Guidelines and Call Specification documents and the key dates outlined within.

FutureFoodS is an innovative European partnership focused on transforming Europe's food production and consumption towards more sustainable and resilient systems. This partnership brings together leading experts, research institutions, businesses and policymakers to develop joint solutions to the complex challenges facing our food systems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security.

Its first co-fund call brings together 36 funding organizations from 19 countries and the European Commission, jointly committing up to 40 million Euros to support innovative research and development projects focused on creating a sustainable food future.

The call offers funding for innovative projects that contribute to one of the following topics:

Topic 1: The way towards sustainable and resilient food systems

Topic 2: New foods – Fostering innovations in food design, processing and supply via demand and supply reorientation

Topic 3: Empowering sustainable food choices – Enabling food environments and dietary shifts

More details are available at https://www.futurefoodspartnership.eu/

• All relevant documents and starting point to set up a proposal is the online submission platform: https://futurefoods.ptj.de.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to the Call Office at: ptj-futurefoods@fz-juelich.de

Additional Call Guidelines for Irish applicants can be found in the document below or if you need assistance, please contact helen.murphy@agriculture.gov.ie