GETS - Getting Everyone Together for Sustainable food systems: empowered consumers, innovative sustainable products and trusted value chains

The project running this call: FutureFoodS

European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems

The vision of FutureFoodS is to collectively achieve environmentally-friendly, socially secure, fair and economically viable healthy and safe Food Systems (FS) for Europe. FutureFoodS gather 87 partners from 22 EU Member States, 6 Associated Countries and 1 third country. FutureFoodS includes public and private actors, policy makers, foundations, locally, sub-nationally, nationally, EU-widely.All these FutureFoodS partners are fully aligned on the vision for the Partnership and the methodology for its implementation in line with SDG17 and EU Green Deal components. This vision has been broken down into general (GO), specific (SO) and operational (OO) objectives applying across the 4 R&I areas and 4 transversal activities identified by the FutureFoods consortium in its stable draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which constitutes the strategic backbone of the project. The…

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Who runs it: the consortium

20 organisations in the project. The coordinator usually manages the open call and its evaluation.

• Agence Nationale de la Recherche · FranceCoordinator
• Ministero Dell'Universita e Della Ricerca · ItalyPartner
• Ministerie van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur · NetherlandsPartner
• E-Science European Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research · SpainPartner
• Asociatia Institutul Pentru Cercetare In Economie Circulara Si Mediu Ernest Lupan Ircem · RomaniaPartner
• Agencia Estatal de Investigacion · SpainPartner
• Lepl State Laboratory of Agriculture-Sla · GeorgiaPartner
• Foodhub.hu Termeloi Agrar Szolgaltato Nonprofit Zarkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag · HungaryPartner
• Fonds Innoveren en Ondernemen · BelgiumPartner
• Flanders' Food · BelgiumPartner
• Luonnonvarakeskus · FinlandPartner
• Innovationsfonden · DenmarkPartner
• Seinajoen Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy · FinlandPartner
• Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Universitesi · TürkiyePartner
• Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao Agraria e Veterinaria · PortugalPartner
• Ministerstvo Podohospodarstva A Rozvoja Vidieka Slovenskej Republiky · SlovakiaPartner
• Elika Nekazaritzako Elikagaien Segurtasunarako Euskal Fundazioa · SpainPartner
• Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Bioresurse Alimentare · RomaniaPartner
• Agencia de Ciencia Competitividad Empresarial e Innovacion Asturiana · SpainPartner
• Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior A Cercetarii Dezvoltarii Si Inovarii · RomaniaPartner

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Cascade funding: what to know before you apply

What is cascade funding?

Cascade funding (also called financial support to third parties) is money the European Commission gives to an EU-funded project, which the project then passes on to startups, SMEs, researchers or other organisations through its own open calls. You apply to the project, not to the Commission, and the project's own call rules apply.

Who can apply?

Each call sets its own eligibility in its call document: usually organisations established in an EU member state or a Horizon Europe associated country, often startups and SMEs. Check the call's eligibility section and the official guide before you apply.

Do I need a consortium?

Most cascade calls accept single applicants, which makes them one of the easiest ways into EU funding. Some calls ask for small teams; the call document says which.

How large are the grants?

Typically tens of thousands of euros per applicant and rarely more than €200,000, because the EU rules for financial support to third parties keep amounts per recipient modest. The exact maximum is in each call.

Can I combine it with other EU funding?

Yes, as long as the same costs are not funded twice. Many startups use a cascade grant to build evidence before applying to larger programmes such as the EIC Accelerator.

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