Second Joint Transnational Co-funded Call
Accelerating Food Sustainability - through Household Dietary Shifts, Trust and Transparency, and Innovations in Circular Food Processing Systems
Welcome to the Second Joint Transnational Co-funded Call from the European partnership FutureFoodS. We invite researchers and innovators to submit project proposals that accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food systems.
The Call Topics: Accelerating Food Sustainability
This call focuses on three crucial areas essential for achieving food sustainability:
Domestic food practices for 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.
Importance of trust and transparency — identify leverage points; assess tools, methods, metrics, indicators and quality signals (e.g. labelling) towards a more unified framework, co-created with system actors.
Both Exploratory Research Projects (TRL 3–5) and Accelerating Innovation Projects (TRL 6–8) are eligible.
Key Dates (two-step procedure)
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
Universities, research institutes, SMEs, large companies, NGOs, and public bodies, depending on national/regional eligibility rules.
Budget
A total of ~39 million EUR is available through a virtual common pot funded by participating countries and the European Union.
Submission Platform & Partner Search
Proposals must be submitted via:
A built-in partnering tool is available for organisations seeking consortium partners. The slides, the recording and FAQ document of the webinar are online on our submission website.