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This round is closed. Synced from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal on 9 November 2026.
Only competent organisations, based on designations by Member States, are eligible to apply to the call.
In the context of this call, process-based models refer to simplified mechanistic models that estimate the environmental suitability for the growth, development, and persistence of plant pest and diseases. These models do not simulate or quantify explicitly population abundance but instead assess how favourable environmental conditions are for the establishment of the species.
Such models typically use climate-based thresholds or continuous response functions to represent the effects of temperature, moisture, or other abiotic factors on species-specific processes such as development rates, survival during adverse conditions (e.g., overwintering), or phenological development. The outputs often combine multiple suitability components to indicate overall potential for pest or pathogen presence or activity under given climatic conditions.
This lot include also the development and testing of solutions for running Species Distribution Models (SDMs) informed by process-based models and/or by indices derived from the organism’s physiology.
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document
2. Eligible Countries
Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document. o be eligible, applicants must be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) 2230/2004. This list is regularly updated by EFSA Management Board and is available for consultation using this link https://efsa.my.site.com/competentorganisations/s/competentorganisation/CompetentOrganisation__c/00B1v000009LqfIEAS
3. Other Eligible Conditions
Other eligibility conditions as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Financial and operational capacity: as described in section 2.4 of the call for proposals document
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Evaluation and Award criteria: as described in section 2 and 2.5 of the call for proposals document. Submission modalities: as described in section 3 of the call for proposals document 
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation and Award criteria: as described in section 2 and 2.5 of the call for proposals document 
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 'Indicative procedure timetable' page 2 of the call for proposals document
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
as described in section 1.5 of the call for proposals document and in the Draft Grant agreement
See section Call documents and annexes below.
Call document and annexes:
Call for Proposals Corrigendum 1
Draft Direct Agreement Corrigendum 1
Corrigendum 1
Clarifications 1-2
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Applicants asked the EU 3 questions about this call and the EU published the answers. They clarify the call documents but do not replace them.
QUESTION: Can EFSA provide information on case studies mentioned in the call?
How and by whom will the case studies be selected?
If case studies are proposed by the contractor should they be included in the proposal submission?
If case studies will be selected by EFSA, can EFSA clarify what type of datasets are expected to be made available for calibration and validation purposes (population abundance data, presence/absence data, or other observations)?
ANSWER: Case studies will be selected jointly by EFSA and the scientific contractor during WP1 (Task 1 – Scoping and Planning), as part of the collaborative stakeholder engagement foreseen in that work package. This is consistent with the iterative approach described in the call, which explicitly anticipates ongoing coordination between EFSA Scientific Officers and the beneficiary throughout WP2.
Applicants are not required to propose specific case studies in their submission. Case studies will be selected jointly by EFSA and the scientific contractor during WP1, as part of the collaborative stakeholder engagement foreseen in that work package.
Regarding datasets: consistent with the typical data landscape in plant health risk assessment, case studies will be selected among organisms for which EFSA has previously conducted Pest Risk Assessments, as well as newly emerging pests meeting a minimum data threshold. Presence data combined with ecophysiological parameters represents the standard baseline expected for model calibration and validation, as illustrated by recent EFSA scientific opinions such as the physiologically-based demographic model applied for Thaumatotibia leucotreta (EFSA, 2023). Population abundance data should not be assumed to be routinely available. Absence data are generally very scarce in this domain and are not expected as a standard input requirement.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 21 May 2026
As per section 1.8 the form of grant awarded under this Call is based on financing not linked to costs of the relevant operations in accordance with Article 125 (1)(a) of the EU Financial Regulation. For this type of grant the principles of transparency, equal treatment and best value for money in relation to subcontracting are applicable. As per section 1.7, subcontracts must be awarded to the entity offering best value for money or the lowest price (as appropriate), avoiding conflicts of interest. Identified subcontractors can be mentioned already in the proposal.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 19 May 2026
As per section 1.8 the form of grant awarded under this Call is based on financing not linked to costs of the relevant operations in accordance with Article 125 (1)(a) of the EU Financial Regulation. The grant amounts paid to the beneficiary are based on the pre-defined sums which are not linked to the actual costs of the action. The payment of agreed sums from EFSA will be carried out based on the acceptance by EFSA of the delivered work. Therefore, no financial reporting is requested from the beneficiary, and EFSA will not check the rate of overheads. Any information on beneficiary, partners and subcontractors should be included with the application via Annex 2, available to download in the Funding and Tenders Portal under Part B Templates (page 20 of the Call for Proposals).
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 19 May 2026
Confirm the current call documents and submission conditions with the funding authority.
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