Specific topics - RIBES

June 2023

13.06.2023 NWO-Merian Fund call: Water disaster management (cooperation India (DST)-the Netherlands (read)
The current call focusses on the development of scientific knowledge and innovative solutions in the field of water disaster management (i.e., flood and drought), in order to contribute to realising and supporting resilient societies. Budget per project from NWO: EUR 700,000.
15.06.2023 NWO Safe and healthy food and food systems – submission of full proposals (read). Prior submission of a pre-proposal (deadline 17 January 2023) is required to proceed at this stage. Budget per project: EUR 525,000-1,250,000 (70% funding rate).

July 2023

06.07.2023 NWO KIC-call Biodiversity and biotic stress in primary production systems – submission of full proposals (read)
You can submit a full proposal only if you have previously submitted a pre-proposal (deadline 17 January 2023). Budget per project: EUR 1,200,000-1,600,000 (70% funding rate)

September 2023

01.09.2023 PPP Call 2023 — Knowledge and Innovation Agenda (KIA) for Agriculture, Water and Food (read)
Parties are invited to submit proposals across the full scope of the KIA. The guiding principle for this is the “KIA for Agriculture, Water and Food 2023 PPP Call Guidance”, which can be found on the KIA website, https://kia-landbouwwatervoedsel.nl/regelingen/. This document lists the knowledge gaps that have been identified as part of recent portfolio analyses and the progress made on the KIA challenges. Urgent and/or structurally underexplored knowledge gaps have been marked as ‘priority’; good proposals in relation to these are 3 especially welcome and will, in case of equivalent suitability, be given priority during the assessment phase.
20.09.2023 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-02: Production of safe, sustainable, and efficient bio-based fertilisers to improve soil health and quality (read) Innovation Action – EUR 15 million assigned to the topic.
20.09.2023 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-07 High performance, circular-by design, bio-based composites (read). Innovation Action – EUR 15 million assigned to the topic.
20.09.2023HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-R-01 Phyto-management; curing soil with industrial crops, utilising contaminated and saline land for industrial crop production (read)
Research and Innovation Action – EUR 10 million assigned to the topic.
20.09.2023 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-R-03 Robust and optimised industrial biotech and chemical/industrial biotech processes (read)
Research and Innovation Action – EUR 10 million assigned to the topic.
20.09.2023 HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-S-02 Supporting the capacity of regions in environmental sustainability assessment for the bio-based sectors (read)
Coordination and Support Action – EUR 3 million assigned to the topic.
Subsidies van de Hoogwaterbescherningsprogramma (HwBP) (read)
Het HWBP is een programma met een lange Het Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma (HWBP) verstrekt subsidie voor dijk versterkingsprojecten. Houd er bij het aanvragen van deze regeling rekening mee dat de betrokkenheid van een waterschap als penvoerder bij het project nodig is. Continuous application.

Topics in Horizon Europe’s Missions (with a deadline for submission in 2023)

20.09.2023 HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-01: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions increasing climate resilience of the agriculture and/or forestry sector
Innovation Action – Budget per project: EUR 8-10 million – Expected projects to be funded: 3
20.09.2023 HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-04: European natural lakes: demonstration of integrated approaches for protection and restoration of natural lake ecosystems and their biodiversity
Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 4 million – Expected projects to be funded: 3
20.09.2023HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-01: Discovering the subsoil
Research and Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 6 million – Expected projects to be funded: 2
20.09.2023 HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-08: Co-creating solutions for soil health in Living Labs
Research and Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 12 million – Expected projects to be funded: 3
20.09.2023 HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-09: Carbon farming in living labs
Research and Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 12 million – Expected projects to be funded: 1

Topics in Horizon Europe’s Pillar II (with a deadline for submission in 2023)

Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

26.09.2023 HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-2-two-stage: Novel, sustainable and circular bio-based textiles – Second Stage
Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 7 million – Expected projects to be funded: 2
26.09.2023 HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-3-two-stage: Non-plant biomass feedstock for industrial applications: technologies and processes to convert non-lignocellulosic biomass and waste into bio-based chemicals, materials and products, improving the cascading valorisation of biomass – Second Stage
Research and Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 4 million – Expected projects to be funded: 2
26.09.2023 HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-2-two-stage: Safe-and-sustainable-by-design bio-based platform chemicals, additives, materials or products as alternatives – Second Stage
Research and Innovation Action – Budget per project: around EUR 4 million – Expected projects to be funded: 2

Updated: 26 May 2023