Deadline Date: February 11, 2026
The Second Co-funded Call for Transnational Research Project invites researchers and innovators to submit project proposals that accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food systems.
The focus areas of the opportunity are change the way we eat, change the way we process and supply food, change the way we connect, and change the way we govern food systems, with specific topics including domestic food practices for enhancing sustainable and healthy diets, towards diverse, sustainable and circular food processing systems, and the importance of trust and transparency.
This call supports universities and universities of applied sciences, research institutes, non-profit legal entities such as non-governmental organisations, associations, societies, cooperatives, federations, small and medium sized enterprises, large enterprises, and public bodies including municipalities and regional or national administrative authorities, subject to national and regional eligibility criteria. A total of approximately 39 million EUR has been provisionally allocated for this Joint Transnational Call by the participating funding organisations combined with the contribution from the European Union.
Proposals must comply with both general eligibility criteria and national/regional funding regulations. Projects are required to be solution- and impact-driven, with an Impact Plan for food system transformation including a problem- and context-analysis. The diversity of European food systems should be taken into account, recognizing varying geographical, institutional, demographic, and cultural contexts.
Consortia are expected to demonstrate inter- and transdisciplinarity by bringing together scientific approaches from multiple disciplines, linking life sciences with social sciences and humanities. Multi-stakeholder engagement is essential, encompassing all stages of the research and innovation process, and including actors across the “quadruple helix”: science, policy, industry, and society. Projects should consider sustainability across environmental, economic, and social dimensions, including nutrition and health, and clearly demonstrate contributions to transforming food systems towards sustainability.
For more information, visit FutureFoodS.
