European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Emerging and future risks to plant health
HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-01-two-stage
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
04/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Emerging and future risks to plant health Call?
Grant Description
This research and innovation action targets new and emerging plant pests to enhance plant health in agriculture and forestry by understanding pest biology, entry pathways and spread mechanisms, and by developing rapid, cost-effective detection, surveillance, prevention and control tools within integrated pest management. It supports sustainable, efficient, circular farming and forestry systems, promoting strategic autonomy, food security, biodiversity, climate neutrality and resilience, and prov...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Projects will contribute to:
• Increased understanding of drivers of plant pest emergence, including the influence of climate change, ecosystem degradation and globalisation;
• Development of cost-effective preventive and/or curative measures for new and emerging plant pests;
• Creation of economic, social and environmentally sound IPM-based solutions for effective pest management in farming and/or forestry;
• Provision of scientific support, recommendations and policy advice to strengthen EU plant health policies;
• Advancement of Common Agricultural Policy objectives, European Green Deal goals for resilient and sustainable agri-food systems and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
• Enhanced EU strategic autonomy through food security and long-term sustainability via multidisciplinary, One Health approaches;
• Empowerment of farmers and sector actors to manage sustainable, efficient, profitable and circular low-GHG farming systems contributing to climate-neutrality and resilience.
• Increased understanding of drivers of plant pest emergence, including the influence of climate change, ecosystem degradation and globalisation;
• Development of cost-effective preventive and/or curative measures for new and emerging plant pests;
• Creation of economic, social and environmentally sound IPM-based solutions for effective pest management in farming and/or forestry;
• Provision of scientific support, recommendations and policy advice to strengthen EU plant health policies;
• Advancement of Common Agricultural Policy objectives, European Green Deal goals for resilient and sustainable agri-food systems and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
• Enhanced EU strategic autonomy through food security and long-term sustainability via multidisciplinary, One Health approaches;
• Empowerment of farmers and sector actors to manage sustainable, efficient, profitable and circular low-GHG farming systems contributing to climate-neutrality and resilience.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Target one or more new or emerging plant pests (regulated or non-regulated, native or introduced) posing significant socio-economic and/or environmental threats to EU and Associated Country agriculture and/or forestry, including impacts on trade, soil and water, and consider potential climate-driven exacerbations;
• Justify pest selection in alignment with topic objectives and expected impacts;
• Address pests exhibiting altered probabilities of entry, establishment or spread due to biological changes or evolving management practices;
• Incorporate analyses of pest biology, introduction pathways, crop-soil interactions and spread mechanisms under climate change, biodiversity loss and globalisation scenarios;
• Develop preventive and curative measures—early detection, surveillance, treatment and (bio)control—consistent with sustainable IPM and agro-ecological innovation;
• Assess and mitigate social, economic and environmental impacts on primary producers;
• Contribute to identification of resistant/tolerant traits and agro-ecological regulation processes;
• Follow a One Health framework and promote transnational cooperation;
• Implement the multi-actor approach and benefit both conventional and organic farming systems;
• Define and apply a transparent selection process for third-party beneficiaries (FSTP);
• Allocate no more than 10% of EU funding to third-party grants (max EUR 60 000 each);
• Consider, where relevant, services from ESFRI research infrastructures and accredited laboratories;
• Ensure complementarity with ongoing Horizon Europe projects and include a dedicated collaborative task in the workplan.
• Target one or more new or emerging plant pests (regulated or non-regulated, native or introduced) posing significant socio-economic and/or environmental threats to EU and Associated Country agriculture and/or forestry, including impacts on trade, soil and water, and consider potential climate-driven exacerbations;
• Justify pest selection in alignment with topic objectives and expected impacts;
• Address pests exhibiting altered probabilities of entry, establishment or spread due to biological changes or evolving management practices;
• Incorporate analyses of pest biology, introduction pathways, crop-soil interactions and spread mechanisms under climate change, biodiversity loss and globalisation scenarios;
• Develop preventive and curative measures—early detection, surveillance, treatment and (bio)control—consistent with sustainable IPM and agro-ecological innovation;
• Assess and mitigate social, economic and environmental impacts on primary producers;
• Contribute to identification of resistant/tolerant traits and agro-ecological regulation processes;
• Follow a One Health framework and promote transnational cooperation;
• Implement the multi-actor approach and benefit both conventional and organic farming systems;
• Define and apply a transparent selection process for third-party beneficiaries (FSTP);
• Allocate no more than 10% of EU funding to third-party grants (max EUR 60 000 each);
• Consider, where relevant, services from ESFRI research infrastructures and accredited laboratories;
• Ensure complementarity with ongoing Horizon Europe projects and include a dedicated collaborative task in the workplan.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Mandatory application of the multi-actor approach.
• Two-stage blind evaluation for first-stage proposals.
• Lump sum funding model (HORIZON-AG-LS) under the Horizon Europe MGA decision.
• Financial support to third parties only via grants, up to 10% of the project’s EU funding and a maximum of EUR 60 000 per third party; consortia must predefine selection criteria and processes.
• Proposals must include a dedicated task and resources for collaboration with projects funded under this topic.
• Eligibility and admissibility conditions as per General Annexes A–E and country eligibility in Annex B.
• Compliance with Annexes C–G for financial and legal setup, including use of ESFRI infrastructures and accredited labs.
• Two-stage blind evaluation for first-stage proposals.
• Lump sum funding model (HORIZON-AG-LS) under the Horizon Europe MGA decision.
• Financial support to third parties only via grants, up to 10% of the project’s EU funding and a maximum of EUR 60 000 per third party; consortia must predefine selection criteria and processes.
• Proposals must include a dedicated task and resources for collaboration with projects funded under this topic.
• Eligibility and admissibility conditions as per General Annexes A–E and country eligibility in Annex B.
• Compliance with Annexes C–G for financial and legal setup, including use of ESFRI infrastructures and accredited labs.
Important dates
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:04/09/2025
Application period has ended
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