HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-12: Leveraging R&I knowledge…

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Who wins calls like this

Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.

Who leads the winning projects

Research centres63%
Universities38%

€6.0Mtypical EU grant per project

Most common lead countriesNetherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland

Projects funded on similar topics

Nature-3BNature-3B: Including Nature in decision making of central Banks, investment Benchmarks & Bond issuers
HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-4 · 2025 · Official record ↗
€5.0M
BALANCEBiodiversity And Landscape restoration through Agricultural systems for Nature Conservation and resilient farm Economies
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€6.0M
NatuRISENATURE RESTORATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-06 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€6.0M
SWIFTSupporting Women-led Innovations in Farming and rural Territories
HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-01 · 2023 · Official record ↗
€3.0M
NatureRestoreRNatureRestoreR: guiding nature restoration through integrated ecological modelling
HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-05 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€6.0M
NATURANCENature for insurance, and insurance for nature
HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-06 · 2022 · Official record ↗
€3.2M
CIRAWAAgro-ecological strategies for resilient farming in West Africa
HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-12 · 2023 · Official record ↗
€6.9M
BioMonitor4CAPAdvanced biodiversity monitoring for results-based and effective agricultural policy and transformation
HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-06 · 2022 · Official record ↗
€7.0M

Organisations that keep winning here

Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.

What this call funds

Expected Outcome

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:

provides a microbiome one-stop-shop containing resources and knowledge (information on microbiome R&I landscape, databases, best practices, risk assessments and food safety, aspects related to the environment and biodiversity, policy briefs…) for stakeholders involved in microbiome R&I (researchers, policymakers and regulators);
guidance for policymakers focusing on the integrated link between microbiome and its interconnection with human health, climate, environment, agriculture and food systems (emphasising the One Health perspective);
enhanced integration and coordination between member states and associated countries on microbiome research and innovation within a One Health context, encompassing all kinds of microbiomes.

Scope

Microbiome research, adopting a holistic approach through a One Health perspective, has gained traction recently but research remains fragmented and there is a need for a coordination body that monitors research in this sector and steer research efforts in a strategical direction. Nevertheless, regulatory requirements remain one of the biggest challenges translating microbiome research to innovative solutions and such body would reinsure continuity of regulatory harmonisation efforts, conducted by previous and existing initiatives.

The topic is relevant to the EU policies related to the Commission communication on: Building the future with nature: Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU, the EU life science strategy, the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, the zero pollution action plan, the EU strategy on research and technology infrastructure, the R&I food 2030 framework, and the digital transition policies (e.g., AI Act, etc).

Proposals should address all the following activities:

establishment of a hub acting as a resource centre and a monitoring body of the microbiome R&I and regulatory landscape; fostering and strengthening synergies between existing coordination efforts and national initiatives in alignment with EU microbiome initiatives;
mapping of all ongoing and past EU-based microbiome projects, EU research and technology infrastructures, and EU initiatives (public and private); identify overlaps, synergies, and gaps across all microbiome domains notably to inform future funding and policy directions;
collaborating with relevant ongoing initiatives (e.g. the World Microbiome Partnership), EU-funded projects (e.g. HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11), and build on outcomes of legacy EU microbiome projects, among others, to ensure coordinated action, avoid duplication of efforts, build on existing achievements, and foster financial synergies by identifying microbiome R&I funding gaps;
monitoring and assessing the microbiome R&I impact on the population, the environment, biodiversity, the EU economy and competitiveness through specific indicators targeting EU and national policies priorities with an emphasis on One Health principles and across all microbiome types.

Eligibility & conditions+

General conditions

1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other Eligible Conditions

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].

described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions

described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):

Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Standard application form (HE CSA)

Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations 

Standard evaluation form (HE CSA) 

Guidance

HE Programme Guide 

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

Lump Sum MGA 

Call-specific instructions 

Detailed budget table (HE LS) 

Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"

Additional documents:

HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction

HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 9. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes

HE Programme Guide

HE Framework Programme 2021/695

HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Official source

Confirm the current call documents and submission conditions with the funding authority.

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Who wins calls like this

Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.

Who leads the winning projects

Research centres63%
Universities38%

€6.0Mtypical EU grant per project

Most common lead countriesNetherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland

Projects funded on similar topics

Nature-3BNature-3B: Including Nature in decision making of central Banks, investment Benchmarks & Bond issuers

HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-4 · 2025 · Official record ↗

€5.0M

BALANCEBiodiversity And Landscape restoration through Agricultural systems for Nature Conservation and resilient farm Economies

HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€6.0M

NatuRISENATURE RESTORATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS

HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-06 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€6.0M

SWIFTSupporting Women-led Innovations in Farming and rural Territories

HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-01 · 2023 · Official record ↗

€3.0M

NatureRestoreRNatureRestoreR: guiding nature restoration through integrated ecological modelling

HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-05 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€6.0M

NATURANCENature for insurance, and insurance for nature

HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-06 · 2022 · Official record ↗

€3.2M

CIRAWAAgro-ecological strategies for resilient farming in West Africa

HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-12 · 2023 · Official record ↗

€6.9M

BioMonitor4CAPAdvanced biodiversity monitoring for results-based and effective agricultural policy and transformation

HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-06 · 2022 · Official record ↗

€7.0M

Organisations that keep winning here

Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.

What this call funds

Expected Outcome

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:

provides a microbiome one-stop-shop containing resources and knowledge (information on microbiome R&I landscape, databases, best practices, risk assessments and food safety, aspects related to the environment and biodiversity, policy briefs…) for stakeholders involved in microbiome R&I (researchers, policymakers and regulators);
guidance for policymakers focusing on the integrated link between microbiome and its interconnection with human health, climate, environment, agriculture and food systems (emphasising the One Health perspective);
enhanced integration and coordination between member states and associated countries on microbiome research and innovation within a One Health context, encompassing all kinds of microbiomes.

Scope

Proposals should address all the following activities:

establishment of a hub acting as a resource centre and a monitoring body of the microbiome R&I and regulatory landscape; fostering and strengthening synergies between existing coordination efforts and national initiatives in alignment with EU microbiome initiatives;
mapping of all ongoing and past EU-based microbiome projects, EU research and technology infrastructures, and EU initiatives (public and private); identify overlaps, synergies, and gaps across all microbiome domains notably to inform future funding and policy directions;
collaborating with relevant ongoing initiatives (e.g. the World Microbiome Partnership), EU-funded projects (e.g. HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-11), and build on outcomes of legacy EU microbiome projects, among others, to ensure coordinated action, avoid duplication of efforts, build on existing achievements, and foster financial synergies by identifying microbiome R&I funding gaps;
monitoring and assessing the microbiome R&I impact on the population, the environment, biodiversity, the EU economy and competitiveness through specific indicators targeting EU and national policies priorities with an emphasis on One Health principles and across all microbiome types.

Leveraging R&I knowledge on microbiome

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Leveraging R&I knowledge on microbiome

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Organisations that keep winning here

What this call funds

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Scope

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