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Call Updates
May 29, 2020 12:35:45 PM
Call for proposals: H2020 – Food and Natural Resources (H2020-FNR-2020-1, single stage)
The Commission and the Research Executive Agency have now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants on 28 May 2020.
An overview of the evaluation results ('flash call info') is now available in the section "Additional documents" of the "Topic conditions and documents" tab of the correspondent topic page:
FNR-04-2020: Sustainable Land and soil.
The grant agreements are expected to be signed by September 2020.
Jan 29, 2020 4:22:16 PM
The H2020-FNR-2020-1 call was closed on the 23rd of January 2020. 110 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
FNR-04-2020: 2
The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to the applicants in May 2020.
Oct 15, 2019 4:20 PM
The submission session is now available for: FNR-04-2020(CSA)
Towards a European research and innovation roadmap on soils and land management
ID: FNR-04-2020
Type of action: CSA Coordination and support action
Deadline Model : single-stage
Planned opening date: 15 October 2019
Deadline: 22 January 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time
Horizon 2020
Work programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Work programme year: H2020-2018-2020
Call name: Food and Natural Resources
Call ID: H2020-FNR-2020
Specific Challenge:
Land and soils perform a number of vital functions including the production of food and the provision of ecosystem services such as water purification, nutrient cycling, carbon storage and the support to biodiversity. Pressures on land and soils continue growing as a consequence of competing demands for the delivery of food, energy and biomaterials or the development of industries, infrastructures and urbanisation. Finally, soils are also at the center of climate mitigation efforts.
A new level of ambition is needed to tackle Research and Innovation (R&I), thereby generating the necessary knowledge, solutions to enhance the delivery of soil functions and develop capacities for a more sustainable land management across Europe and beyond.
Scope:Activities will create an effective framework for action which will allow pooling resources, coordinating efforts and developing a coherent portfolio of R&I activities (programme) in the wider area of soils and land management. This will include mapping and assessing existing soil/land related European and international R&I activities and promoting their coordination
analysing the needs for R&I on soils/land management as expressed through stakeholder/citizen consultation and on-going research projects
identifying gaps, priority areas and types of action for intervention
proposing methodologies to monitor and review a portfolio of soil related R&I activities
The details of coordination activities will be defined during the grant preparation phase with the Commission.
Proposals fall under the concept of the "multi-actor approach"[1], thus bring together main players such as from research, research funding, policy and land management and land. Transdisciplinary and integration of SSH and RRI are also encouraged. Activities will be implemented in close cooperation with EU Commission services. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU up to EUR 1 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:Funded activities will increase European capacities (technical, organisational) for implementing a major R&I programme on soil/land management. This will result in
a roadmap for R&I on soils/land management developed following the concept of "co-creation" with a wide range of stakeholders
improved coordination with existing activities in Europe and globally, thereby raising visibility and effectiveness of R&I funding
identification of potential "flagships" for testing and demonstrating solutions on key strategic domains such as boosting organic carbon content of soils in agriculture and forestry
Cross-cutting Priorities:
RRI
Socio-economic science and humanities
[1]See definition of the 'multi-actor approach' in the introduction to this Work Programme part.
Horizon 2020 - is a Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and is created by the European Union in order to support and encourage research in the European Research Area (ERA). This is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 is helping to achieve this with its emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation. The Horizon 2020 programme running from 2014 to 2020 has a €79 billion budget (a 46% increase over FP7).
It is structured around three core pillars:
Type of projects: mostly grants, no supplies, no works.
In order to see Horizon 2020 opportunities on DevelopmentAid, please click here.
Focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, promoting sustainable resource management, enhancing climate resilience, and mitigating the impacts of climate change through conservation, adaptation, and low-carbon initiatives.
Encompasses geographic information systems, mapping, and land information activities used for spatial analysis, planning, and land administration.
