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Additional funding resources for research and innovation in the agriculture and food sector in order to accelerate the transition towards sustainable agriculture and flexible food systems were allocated to the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) for the organisation of a thematic call for research projects in the domain of "Innovation in the Agriculture and Food Sector." The budget available for this first call is 10 million euros (funds for 2023 & 2024 combined).
A research project within the thematic call "Innovation in the Agriculture and Food Sector" involves innovative strategic basic research that, in case of scientific success, provides prospects for future economic or societal applications (in the form of a new products, processes and/or services). The scientific research is expected to offer practical solutions or policy support to facilitate the transformation and innovation within the agriculture and food sector, including aspects such as profitability, environmental impact, climate, agro-ecology, short food supply chains, biodiversity and scalability.
Based on the outcome of the "FIT4Food" research agenda and the objectives of the "Flemish Food Strategy," the following eligible research themes have been defined. These are clustered under three overarching domains.
These themes are further explained in the applicant's guide.
This thematic call follows the program 'Strategic Basic Research' in terms of the type of research, duration, budget, and evaluation procedure.
The available budget for this call is 10 million euros (budget from 2023 & 2024 combined).
Each application must be pre-registered by 6 November 2023, 5PM. This pre-proposal should contain at least the following information 1) project title and duration ('General' tab), 2) non-confidential summary and detailed scientific and valorisation innovation objectives ('Summary' tab), 3) full composition of the project consortium ('Applicants' tab), 4) specification of the research topic and experts to be avoided (optional, max. 3) ('Peer Review' tab). In addition, consent should be given by accepting the declaration ('Consent' tab).
Pre-registration is required for the application to be valid. This information is needed to allow the FWO staff to prepare the evaluation process as efficiently as possible. The information should be submitted to the main host institution through the e-portal.
The final project proposal must be submitted by the promoter's main host institution to the FWO by Monday 20 november 2023, 5PM.
For questions regarding the modalities of this thematic call, please contact us at agrifood@fwo.be