Funding Call
Status open
Diversifying aquaculture production with emphasis on low-trophic species
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Scope
This call falls under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6, which focuses on food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture, and environment. It aims to support sustainable fisheries and aquaculture by promoting innovation, environmental resilience, and competitiveness. It aligns with the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy and seeks to enhance aquaculture diversification, improve production methods, and reduce the sector’s environmental footprint. The initiative encourages the development of low-trophic species farming and supports integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) as well as organic aquaculture. Additionally, it aims to strengthen consumer awareness, improve market access, and foster international cooperation to ensure a more sustainable and competitive aquaculture industry in the EU.
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General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Specific conditions
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Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
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