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Fund ID: S11441

Status: Open for Applications

Last updated: Not specified

European Research Area network which aims to support research and innovation in the field of organic food and farming systems through enhanced cooperation and coordination between EU member and associated states.

Fund Information

Funding body: European Commission

Application deadline: 04-11-2019 Extended Description

The ERA-NET Cofund 'Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems' (CORE Organic) is the continuation of the ERA-Nets CORE Organic I, II and Plus. It is coordinated by the International Centre for Research in Organic Food

Systems (ICROFS) in Denmark and is scheduled to run from 2017 to 2021. It is administrated under Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge H2020-SC2 (Food security,

sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy).

The overall objective of CORE Organic is to enhance quality, relevance and utilisation of resources in European research in organic food and farming. European public research and development effort in this area is characterised by small research communities, often scattered and fragmented both geographically and institutionally. This generates a need for gathering the dispersed expertise into a critical mass, to maintain and increase the competitive quality and relevance of research.

The programme's activities will aim to update and consolidate the series of transnational research calls that support the research and innovation necessary to address the most important challenges along the organic value chains, eg increasing the organic production potentials, enhancing resource efficiency, and improving animal welfare. Research will also feed into adapting to the new EU regulations on Organic Farming.

The updated CORE Organic Cofund consortium consists of 25 partners from 19 countries. Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are institutions that are involved in research / innovation and operate in accordance with national

rules, including companies.

Research consortia must comprise of a minimum of three independent legal entities from a minimum of three different partner countries participating with funding in the specific topic.

Applicants must be eligible under the Call requirements and satisfy the criteria and

conditions of the relevant national funding body. Eligibility criteria may vary even between national funding bodies and it is, therefore, mandatory for each applicant to also consider the national regulations of their funding body.

Value Notes

2019 Joint Call with ERA-NET SUSFOOD2

A total of €10.5 million is available for this Call. The requested funding cannot exceed €1.5 million per proposal. In-kind contributions may be added on top of this amount.

2016 Call

A total of €13 million of national funds was committed to the 2016 Call by the Call partners. The Call also benefitted from cofunding from the European Commission.

The maximum budget that can be requested from CORE Organic funds is €1.5 million per research proposal including the coordination costs. In-kind contributions may be added on top of this amount.

Match Funding Restrictions

It is anticipated that co-funding will be required, although this will vary as per the individual regulations of national funding organisations participating in the call.

Application Procedure

Calls follow a two-step procedure with pre-proposals (step 1) and full proposals (step 2). There will be a competitive selection at both steps. Applications are made online, using the CORE Organic Cofund online tool, templates and online forms.

A Joint Call with ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 opened on 2 September 2019 with a deadline for pre- proposals of 4 November 2019 (3pm CET). Submissions to this Call must be made using the dedicated online submission tool.

Useful links

CORE Organic Cofund webpage

http://projects.au.dk/coreorganiccofund/ CORE Organic website

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following: Arnd Bassler

International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS) Postbox 50

Blichers Allé 20, Foulum 8830 Tjele

Denmark

Tel: +49-(0)228-6845 3506 E-Mail: [email protected] Calls and deadlines

Information on future calls is indicative only and may be subject to change. CORE Organic Cofund and SUSFOOD2 Joint Call Deadline for Pre-proposals

Application start

date: 02-09-2019

Application end date: 04-11-2019

This Call will support research projects taking a system approach in the context of the following topics:

• Topic 1: Resource-efficient, circular and zero-waste food systems, considering, as far as possible, all relevant aspects in the food system and their potential to increase its sustainability.

• Topic 2: Diversity in food from field to plate. Promoting the diversity within food systems is crucial for ensuring healthy and sustainable diets, strengthening resilience and enhancing socio-economic and environmental benefits.

• Topic 3: Mild food processing. A significant number of valuable ingredients are destroyed during the processing of a food product, hence through mild food processing we aim to preserve the ingredients and to provide high quality, healthy and sustainable food (including organic) to the consumers.

• Topic 4: Sustainable and smart packaging. A major challenge food systems have to face is the increasing amount of plastic, and the need to prevent food waste and food loss. The idea underlying the development of smart packaging is to protect the food product and reduce waste before spoilage – e.g. by visualising the quality of food via packaging or by applying environmentally friendly resources.

A total of €9.48 million will be made available for this Call by 21 funding bodies, from 18 countries/regions. The requested funding cannot exceed €1.5 million per proposal. Note: some funders are only supporting specific topics.

The following countries are participating: Algeria, Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.