EU - Horizon Europe - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
INTRODUCTION AND WORK PROGRAMME
This cluster aims at reducing environmental degradation, halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea and better managing natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas.
It will ensure food and nutrition security for all within planetary boundaries through knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and food systems and steer and accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy, including forestry.
Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment - Work Programme 2025
CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
Click on a call title below to view the group of topics associated with it on the Portal, the EU funding and tenders website. On the Portal, click on a topic title to access the ‘Topic page’ where you can read the topic description and conditions, download templates and other relevant documents, and start the submission process.
- Destination 1 - Biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV: Deadline 17 September 2025
Related areas:- Consolidating biodiversity knowledge for nature and society
- Restoring ecosystems for resilient society - and economy
- Transformative change towards a nature positive economy
- Biodiversity friendly practices in agriculture
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services (Two stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-two-stage: Deadline 4 September 2025 (First Stage), 18 February 2026 (Second Stage)
Related areas:- Restoring ecosystems for resilient society and economy
- Biodiversity friendly practices in agriculture
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV: Deadline 17 September 2025
- Destination 2 - Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
- Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK: Deadline 16 September 2025
Related areas:- Enabling sustainable farming systems
- Enabling sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
- Transforming food systems for health, sustainability and inclusion
- Targeted international cooperation
- Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption (Two stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-two-stage: Deadline 4 September 2025 (First Stage), 18 February 2026 (Second Stage)
Related areas:- Enabling sustainable farming systems
- Transforming food systems for health, sustainability and inclusion
- Targeted international cooperation
- Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK: Deadline 16 September 2025
- Destination 3 - Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
- Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (Single stage-2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO: Deadline 17 September 2025
Related areas:- Enabling a circular economy transition
- Innovating for sustainable bio-based systems, biotechnology and the bioeconomy
- Innovating for blue bioeconomy and biotechnology value chains
- Safeguarding and sustainably innovating the multiple functions of EU forests
- Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (Two stage-2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-two-stage: Deadline 4 September 2025 (First Stage), 18 February 2026 (Second Stage)
Related areas:- Enabling a circular economy transition
- Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (Single stage-2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO: Deadline 17 September 2025
- Destination 4 - Clean environment and zero pollution
- Clean environment and zero pollution (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION: Deadline 17 September 2025
- Clean environment and zero pollution (Two stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-two-stage: Deadline 4 September 2025 (First Stage), 18 February 2026 (Second Stage)
- Destination 5 - Land, ocean and water for climate action
- Land, ocean and water for climate action (Single Stage-2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE: Deadline 16 September 2025
- Land, ocean and water for climate action (Two Stage-2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-two-stage: Deadline 4 September 2025 (First Stage), 18 February 2026 (Second Stage)
- Destination 6 - Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities
- Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES: Deadline 16 September 2025
- Destination 7 - Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
- Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE: Deadline 24 September 2025
Related areas:- Innovating with governance models and supporting policies
- Deploying and adding value to environmental observations
- Digital and data technologies as key enablers
- Strengthening agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS)
- Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (Single stage - 2025) - HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE: Deadline 24 September 2025
MODE OF APPLICATION
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