Deadline: 27 March 2018
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) has launched its calls for research and innovation proposals to fund collaborative research projects that should have an impact and contribute to demand and policy driven research.
The overall objective of the PRIMA programme is to build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems, to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area, to make those systems and that provision and management more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally and socially sustainable, and to contribute to solving water scarcity, food security, nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream.
Themes
- Sustainable water management for arid and semi-arid Mediterranean area:
- Water resources availability and quality within catchments and aquifers
- Sustainable, integrated water management.
- Irrigation technologies and practices.
- Sustainable farming systems under Mediterranean environmental constraints:
- Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change
- Preventing and Controlling Emergence of Animal and Plant Diseases
- Developing Farming Systems Able to Generate Income, to Create Employment and to Contribute to a Balanced Territorial Development
- Territorial Development
- Mediterranean Food Value Chain for regional and local development:
- Valorising food products from traditional Mediterranean diet
- Food Safety in local food chains
- Implications of dietary shifts and sustainable diets for the Mediterranean populations and food industry
Note: Detailed supporting information about the challenge, scope and the expected impacts for each topic is provided in the guidelines for applicants that is available on the PRIMA website.
Funding Information
- Total indicative amount allocated to this call is EUR 30 million
Eligibility Criteria
- Legal entities established in the following countries and territories will be eligible to receive funding through PRIMA grants:
- The PRIMA Participating States (PS) :
- The following Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU): Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia.
- It includes the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to these Member States.
- The following Third Countries associated to Horizon 2020 (AC): Israel, Tunisia, and Turkey.
- The following Third Countries not associated to Horizon 2020 (TC), upon condition that they have concluded international agreements for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions of their participation in PRIMA: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
- The PRIMA Participating States (PS) :
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Israel, Tunisia, and Turkey.
For further information, please visit PRIMA Section 2 Calls 2018.