New and emerging risks to plant health

Call Updates:

Jan 14, 2020 10:29:45 AM

The second and last wave of stage 2 of call H2020-SFS-2019-2 has closed on 30 October 2019.

22 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: 6

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in February 2020

Nov 12, 2019 12:32:32 PM

“The previous version of the Work Programme (European Commission Decision C(2018)4708 of 24 July 2018) is the one applicable for the evaluation of the 2019 second stage calls.”

Oct 2, 2019 2:28:14 PM

The stage 2 of call H2020-SFS-2019-2 has closed on 4 September 2019.

54 proposals have been submitted.

NB: Submission figures for the following topic:

· SFS-05-2018-2019-2020

will be communicated after the updated call deadline of 30 October 2019

Apr 30, 2019 4:58:56 PM

The generalised feedback, resulting after the 1st stage evaluation of this topic, is published on this page. To download the document, just expand the "Topic conditions and documents" section (i.e. click on 'show more'), scroll down until "Additional documents" and the generalised feedback can be downloaded in pdf.

Apr 23, 2019 3:17:05 PM 

H2020-SFS-2019-2 first stage call

The Research Executive Agency (REA) has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the H2020- SFS-2019-2 first stage call. The following overall thresholds were applied:

SFS-05-2018-2019-2020 - New and emerging risks to plant health 9.5

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

SFS-05-2018-2019-2020 – RIA: 32 submitted proposals. 6 proposals are above threshold

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals. The Generalised feedback will be published around beginning of May 2019 on the topic page under "Topic conditions and documents" section.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed around April 2020.

Letters informing on the results of the evaluation are being sent to applicants.

Under the tab 'Topic conditions and documents' the following document is available in section 8. "Additional documents":

· SFS-2019-2 first stage flash info_en

28 January 2019

The H2020-SFS-2019-2 call was closed on the 23rd of January 2019. 251 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below: SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: 32

The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to the applicants in April 2019.

16 October 2018

The submission session is now available for: SFS-05-2018-2019-2020(RIA)

TOPIC : New and emerging risks to plant health

Horizon 2020
Pillar: Societal Challenges
Work Programme Year: H2020-2018-2020
Work Programme Part: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Call : H2020-SFS-2018-2020
Topic Description

Specific Challenge:
Trade and the movement of goods and people have facilitated the introduction, spread and establishment of plant pests and diseases. While new pests and diseases are likely to arise, existing ones might become more severe as a result of intensification, climatic variations and changes in agricultural and forest management practices. They can have a significant impact on agricultural and forest productivity. Appropriate and rapid responses from decision-makers need to be informed by scientific knowledge which addresses pest and disease management in a comprehensive manner.

Scope:
Proposals will target one or more new or emerging plant pests and/or diseases (regulated or non-regulated, introduced or native) that are causing, or likely to cause, significant (socio-)economic and/or environmental losses to EU agriculture/forestry. The choice of target pest and/or disease will consider the potential threat in terms of development and spread, its potential exacerbation under climate change as well as the potential impact on agricultural production, forestry, trade and the wider environment. Proposals will increase knowledge of the biology, development and spread of pests/diseases. They will improve methods and strategies for early detection, prevention and control as well as enlarge the range of tools for integrated and sustainable pest/disease management. International cooperation with countries affected or threatened by the same pest(s)/disease(s) is encouraged. Proposals should fall under the concept of the ‘multi-actor approach’[1] including a range of actors to ensure that knowledge and needs from various sectors such as research, plant health services and the farming/forestry sector are brought together.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 7 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact:
Activities will contribute to finding adequate responses to new and/or emerging plant pests/diseases. More specifically knowledge and solutions generated by these actions will contribute to:

the understanding of drivers of plant pest/disease emergence including the influence of climate change;
the development of efficient tools for the prevention, detection and control of pests/diseases;
the development of environmentally sound solutions for pest/disease management in farming and forestry in line with the principles of Integrated Pest Management;
the reduction of economic, social and/or environmental losses by the farming/forestry sector;
support for relevant EU plant health policies.
In the longer term, project outputs will help the agricultural/forestry sector to remain productive and contribute to sustainable agriculture and/or forest health.

Delegation Exception Footnote:
It is expected that this topic will continue in 2020

Cross-cutting Priorities:
RRI
International cooperation

[1]See definition of the 'multi-actor approach' in the introduction of this Work Programme part.