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News article9 March 2022European Research Executive Agency

505 proposals submitted for the 2022 calls on healthy food, climate action and resilient communities

Evaluations are starting, and the successful consortia will be informed in June 2022. 

cluster 6 2022 calls

In response to the five calls for proposals, applicants submitted 505 proposals by the deadline of 23 February. The available indicative budget for the five calls is €380,5 million. 

These are the submission figures per call: 

Call Available budget* Number of submitted proposals
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food system from primary production to consumption - FARM2FORK / Single stage  €164 million  208 
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food system from primary production to consumption - FARM2FORK / Two-stage  €66.5 million  129
Land, ocean and water for climate action CLIMATE / Single stage  €75 million  69
Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities – COMMUNITIES / Single stage €42 million  43
Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities –COMMUNITIES / Two-stage €33 million  56
TOTAL  €380,5 million  505 

*Round figures 

Applicants were asked to explain how their research could contribute to tackling big EU challenges related with making food systems more healthy and environmentally friendly, reducing climate change impacts in land and water, and ensuring more sustainable rural, coastal and urban communities. 

The funded research projects should foster among others: food waste prevention, animal welfare, plant health, forest restoration, better labour conditions, and climate-sensitive use of natural resources. 

Next steps 

The evaluation of the eligible proposals is starting with the support of external independent evaluators drawn from the European Commission database of experts

Applicants to the single-stage calls will be informed of the results of their application in June 2022. The funded projects should start their activities as of November 2022. 

Successful proposals of the two-stage calls will be invited in June to submit a full proposal. The deadline for the second phase will be 6 September 2022.  

Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6: Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment 

Until 2027, and with a total budget of €7.4 billion, the European Commission will launch yearly calls to fund research and innovation projects in the areas covered by Cluster 6: Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment. 

The funded projects should help the EU deliver on its climate action goals set out under the European Green Deal.  

More info 

Visit the Funding and Tenders portal to see the full details, including the number of proposals per topic: 

Farm-2-Fork single-stage call  

Farm-2-Fork two-stage call 

Climate single stage call 

Communities single-stage call 

Communities two-stage call

Details

Publication date
9 March 2022
Author
European Research Executive Agency