Build the European food safety knowledge ecosystem, ensuring safe food as the basis for healthy diets and sustainable food systems.

EFSA aims to enhance the capacity for risk assessment at the European Union level by further developing partnerships among the European institutions that hold this competency. By  establishing long term collaborations and harmonisation of the approaches to carry out risk assessments, EFSA aims to reinforce the development of science that can support decision making  in the area of vector-borne diseases.

The call will be divided  into the following 4 lots:

Lot 1 – Risk Assessments in northern EU
Lot 2 – Risk Assessments in southern EU
Lot 3 – Risk Assessments in western EU
Lot 4 – Risk Assessments in eastern EU

The total envelope EFSA has available to award grants under this call for proposals is €6.000.000 and the total per lot is €1.500.000.

Applicants should note that in the Funding and Tender opportunities portal submission service under Administrative Form (Part A) there is an obligatory field regarding the budget (section 3). Applicants must insert the total envelope for the lot applied for in the ‘Requested grant amount’ field.

This Call is divided into lots with financial ceilings available for specific agreements under each lot as follows:

Lot 1 – Risk Assessments in northern EU €1.500.000 over 4 years
Lot 2 – Risk Assessments in southern EU €1.500.000 over 4 years
Lot 3 – Risk Assessments in western EU €1.500.000 over 4 years
Lot 4 – Risk Assessments in eastern EU €1.500.000 over 4 years

• Environment and Climate Change
• Health
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• Central Government
• Educational Institutions
• Large Enterprises
• Legal Entities
• Other Beneficiaries
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Semi-governmental organisations
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• State-owned Enterprises

In order to achieve the main objective of the call, proposals can be submitted by one eligible organisation or by a consortium of eligible organisations. In case of a consortium, one of the partners must be identified in the proposal as the consortium leader. The applicant (consortium leader) is responsible for identifying consortium partners.

If you are searching for consortium partners, please contact your Focal Point at the following address: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/eumembers (section: Focal Points members and observers).

The beneficiary:

• Communicates with EFSA;
• Receives and answers all claims EFSA might have in relation to the implementation of the project;
• Requests and reviews any documents or information required by EFSA and verifies their completeness and correctness before passing them to EFSA;
• Informs EFSA of any event that is likely to substantially affect the implementation of the project;
• Submits the deliverables and reports to EFSA;
• Requests and receives payments from EFSA.

Proposals submitted by consortium:

• The Applicant submits the proposal to EFSA on behalf of the consortium. The applicant is the leading entity of the consortium.
• The Partner is the other entity in the consortium. There can be a minimum of one partner or more partners.

For assistance with this invitation, please contact: EFSAProcurement@efsa.europa.eu

• Call document
• Funding & Tenders - Lot 1
• Funding & Tenders - Lot 2
• Funding & Tenders - Lot 3
• Funding & Tenders - Lot 4