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AGROECOLOGY - European Partnership on Accelerating Farming Systems Transition through Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructures

AGROECOLOGY - Advance notice of an upcoming call for proposals

European agriculture faces multiple and interconnected crises that require a systemic transition towards more resilient and sustainable agricultural and food systems, with agroecology providing a key pathway for achieving this transition.

The 4th joint call of the AGROECOLOGY Partnership supports research and innovation projects to accelerate this transition towards resilient and sustainable agricultural and food systems.. Building on previous calls and European initiatives, it aims to develop scalable knowledge and solutions adapted to Europe’s diverse agricultural, environmental and socio-economic contexts.

Research and innovation proposals are to apply the multi-actor approach and exhibit co-creation and co-implementation structures, via Living Labs or similar approaches.

Applicants can apply for either topic 1 or topic 2:

Topic 1 Systemic redesign pathways for agroecological transition 

Topic 2: Agroecology for resilience, food security and enabling transition frameworks

Temporary call deadlines:

  • The call for proposals opens early December 2026
  • Deadline for pre-proposals: mid-February 2027
  • Deadline for main proposals: early July 2027  

Amount of funding provided by the Research Council of Norway in this call: 1.300.000 Euro
Minimum and maksimum funding available for each proposal: more information to come
Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals: indicatively 25.000.000 Euro

Information about state aid: For undertakings the state-aid rules apply. Read more about state aid here.

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