PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
Second Joint Transnational Co-Funded Call of the FutureFoodS Partnership
FutureFoodS pre-announces the 2nd co-funded call for transnational research projects. The opening and launch of the call is expected on 3rd of December 2025.
Preliminary call topics
Domestic food practices enhancing sustainable and healthy diets — systemic work at the household level covering food safety, cultures, nutritional needs and consumer behaviour.
Towards diverse, sustainable and circular food processing systems — improved processing/packaging, valorisation of by-products and side-streams, and compositions tailored to diverse consumer groups.
Trust and transparency in sustainable food systems — identify leverage points; assess tools, methods, metrics, indicators and quality signals (e.g. labelling) towards a more unified framework, co-created with system actors.
Applicant & consortium requirements (non-exhaustive)
Minimum three partners from at least three different countries that are eligible for — and request — funding from organisations participating in this call.
Guiding elements in evaluation: transformative perspective; inter- and transdisciplinarity; multi-stakeholder engagement; sustainability.
Mandatory Impact Plan showing progress towards food-systems transformation.
Proposals may be “research-oriented” or “innovation-oriented” (self-assignment).
Who can apply
Tertiary education institutions, research institutes, non-profit legal entities, enterprises (SMEs and large), and public bodies, subject to national/regional rules.
Key dates (two-step procedure; indicative)
A webinar will be hosted on 11th of December 2025 from 11:00 am to 13:00 CET for all interested applicants. The webinar will provide an overview of all relevant aspects of the call and a short introduction to the submission platform. The webinar is open to everyone interested and no registration is required.
Access information to the webinar:
https://ptj-fzj.webex.com/ptj-fzj-en/j.php?MTID=m14a526209bda8332db9dc711ce01848a
Webinar password: FbUrdDBc264 (32873322 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Webinar number: 2780 381 0835
Details presented in this document may be subject to change before the opening of the call.
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