Additional activities for the European partnership on animal health and welfare

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-02

Call

Additional activities for the European partnership on animal health and welfare

Summary

The objective of this action is to continue to support the European Partnership for Animal Health and Welfare identified in the strategic plan “Horizon Europe” 2021-2024 and implemented for the first time under HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2: European Partnership for Animal Health and Welfare, and in particular to fund additional activities.

Detailed Call Description

The proposal submitted to this call should align with the partnership’s co-created strategic research and innovation agenda. Activities should reflect a balanced proportion of financial support to third parties and of internal activities, including research projects, integrative activities, networking, training or other activities. Through its activities, the partnership should deliver and give rise to ready-to-use tools, solutions and innovations, seek uptake of results by farmers, veterinarians and all relevant stakeholders, and provide science-based policy advisory activities. The proposal should focus on additional priority activities and when duly justified, on continuation of on-going activities.

Call Total Budget

€120.00 millio

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

Expected EU contribution per project: €120.00 million.

  • €40 million from the 2025 budget,
  • €40 million from the 2026 budget,
  • €40 million from the 2027 budget.

Thematic Categories

  • Agriculture - Farming - Forestry
  • Health
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Businesses
  • Educational Institutions
  • Legal Entities
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Services Providers
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

The proposal must be submitted by the coordinator of the consortium funded under HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2: European partnership on animal health and welfare, European Horizon Europe – Work Programme 2023-2024 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment. This eligibility condition is without prejudice to the possibility to include additional partners.

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.

Call Opening Date

06/05/2025

Call Closing Date

16/09/2025

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation

29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Emailsupport@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

Contact Persons:
Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy

Dr. Mary Economou
Scientific Officer
Emailmeconomou@research.org.cy