EU direct management
3 open calls and 2 opening soon, with a combined budget of EUR 530 million. Recently closed calls are kept in the archive, to show how often the windows come round.
EU direct-management calls do not pass through the Member States: they are published, evaluated and contracted by the European Commission or its executive agencies, and the single entry point is the Funding & Tenders Portal. There is therefore no establishment requirement in any specific country: an Italian company competes on equal terms with any other EU entity, and the land or facility addressed by the project may be located in another Member State. The real filter is not nationality but consortium composition: most Horizon Europe topics require at least 3 independent legal entities established in 3 different Member States or Associated Countries, and agricultural topics almost always require the multi-actor approach with direct involvement of farmers and land managers. The mono-beneficiary exceptions are the EIC Accelerator (single SME) and, partly, LIFE, where a sole beneficiary is admissible but co-financing stays at 60%. Budgets are denominated in euro and payments flow directly from the EU budget to the coordinator, who redistributes them to partners.
No requirement of local establishment, tax residence or entry in national agricultural registers. What is needed: (a) a legal entity established in an EU Member State or in a country associated with Horizon Europe; (b) a PIC (Participant Identification Code) obtained through free registration in the Participant Register of the Funding & Tenders Portal; (c) legal and financial validation by the Central Validation Service. An Italian business is fully eligible in all the programmes listed here. The operational constraint is the transnational partnership (as a rule at least 3 independent entities from 3 different countries), not the applicant's nationality. For AGRIP, by contrast, the applicant must belong to one of the categories set out in Reg. (EU) 1144/2014 (trade or inter-branch organisations, recognised producer organisations, agri-food sector bodies with a public service mission): a single farming or industrial business is NOT eligible.
Spending types are inferred from the text of the call, not declared by the managing body: they narrow a search, they do not establish eligibility. Always check eligible costs in the official document.
The EIC strand for frontier research on emerging technologies at a very early stage, organised around thematic challenges defined annually by the Commission. In the 2026 edition the…
Eighth call of the Mediterranean transnational cooperation programme, dedicated to thematic pilot projects under the priorities 'A Smarter Mediterranean' and 'A Greener Mediterranean'. The…
The EU direct-management instrument most accessible to a single agricultural technology company: no consortium is required. It funds SMEs and start-ups with a high-risk, high-potential…
First 2027 round of Cluster 6, already scheduled in the biennial work programme adopted by Commission Decision C(2025) 8493 of 11 December 2025. It is the useful window for those unable to…
Fifth transnational call of the European water partnership, dedicated to sustainable water management at river basin and hydrogeological system scale. Four thematic strands: integrated…
The most agricultural round of Cluster 6 2026, now closed. It comprised fourteen FARM2FORK topics, including protein crop competitiveness, innovative phytosanitary treatments, pesticide…
The 'multi' strand of the promotion call, reserved for consortia of organisations from at least two Member States. Six topics: four for the internal market (EU quality schemes, organic…
Annual call for information and promotion campaigns on European agricultural and agri-food products, submitted by organisations from a single Member State (hence 'simple'). Seven topics…
Third transnational call of the European agroecology partnership, structured in two themes: harnessing crop and livestock genetic diversity for the agroecological transition, and…
First call of the European partnership on the use of data in agriculture, on the theme of EU-wide data-driven solutions to real sector problems: satellite and proximal monitoring…
The LIFE instrument for the large-scale implementation of national or regional Prioritised Action Frameworks for Natura 2000, with a leverage effect on other EU and national funds. It does…
Research topic on the quantitative mapping of agricultural, forest and waste biomass flows in the European Union: origin, processing, final destination and losses along the chain. The aim…
Topic on the competition between food, energy and industrial uses of agricultural and forest biomass. Projects must produce analytical tools and scenarios allowing biomass to be allocated…
Research topic on groundwater ecosystems: developing standardised methods to detect their presence, understand their ecological functions and measure their sensitivity to abstraction…
Topic on increasing biodiversity in farming systems as a lever for food security and farm competitiveness. Projects must demonstrate how crop and genetic diversification improves production…
Research and innovation topic on managed aquifer recharge in rural and agricultural areas, i.e. the underground storage of surplus water to make it available during dry periods. It is the…
Call for demonstration projects on circular economy and pollution reduction. The work strands relevant to the agri-food sector cover the reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, the…
The LIFE call with the largest budget in the 2026 round: EUR 173.5 million for projects on the conservation and restoration of habitats and species, implementation of the Natura 2000…
The LIFE strand most relevant to irrigated agriculture: it funds demonstration and best-practice projects for climate change adaptation, with explicit priority on water resilience, drought…
A coordination and support action aiming to equip farmers, advisors and laboratories with practical tools to sample soil, analyse soil health indicators and interpret results in a…
The topic closest to precision agriculture in the entire 2026 round. It funds an innovation action that collects and harmonises data from Europe's existing long-term agronomic field…
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