Transforming Food Systems - reshaping food system interactions, fostering food innovations and empowering sustainable food choices

Beneficiary & submission

Submission and evaluation procedures are detailed in the Call Announcement available on the FutureFoodS Partnership website and on the submission platform. CALL SCHEDULE A two-step process will apply, with a mandatory submission of pre-proposals at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step, via an Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS). The submission platform is available at https://futurefoods.ptj.de. Launch of the call: Wednesday 6 November 2024 Deadline for pre-proposals submission (mandatory): Wednesday 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET (local time in Brussels) Results of the evaluation of the first step: May 2025 Deadline for full-proposals submission: Wednesday 9 July 2025, 13:00 CEST (local time in Brussels) Recommendations for funding: late October 2025 Start of the projects: between 1 November 2025 and 1 March 2026 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Research proposals will be evaluated by independent experts against the following criteria: - At step 1 (pre-proposal stage): (1) excellence and (2) impact; - At step 2 (full proposal stage): (1) excellence, (2) impact and (3) quality and efficiency of the implementation The detailed list of evaluation criteria to be used for this call as well as resources to help you prepare your applications are available on the submission platform, at https://futurefoods.ptj.de.

Further information

Central to the FutureFoodS Partnership is the ambition that tackling the complex challenges making current European food systems unsustainable requires mobilizing knowledge, actors and resources through a food systems approach. An approach of this kind is important as it propounds a holistic view when addressing wicked problems, acknowledging enduring dependencies between food system actors, as well as identifying drivers and leverage points within systems. The proposals submitted to this call should clearly delineate and characterise the particular food system under inquiry. What are its key actors? What are the main dependencies within the system? What levers may induce enhanced sustainability of the system? How does the chosen one connect to other food systems? Applicants shall demonstrate the originality of their approach and build on the results of existing EU level initiatives. Funded projects shall foster synergies with other initiatives and shall have the capacities to take a changing policy environment into consideration - also during the life-time of the project. Each application submitted under this call should focus on one of the three call topics listed below. The topic chosen should be clearly indicated in the proposal: 1 The way towards sustainable and resilient food systems 2 New foods – Fostering innovations in food design, processing and supply via demand-and-supply reorientation 3 Empowering sustainable food choices – Enabling food environments and dietary shifts Please note that primary production (on land and sea/water), such as growing food, agricultural production and other specific aspects related to it, as well as diseases related to nutrition and lifestyle are not in focus in this partnership. These aspects are covered in other Horizon Europe partnerships. However, dependencies and impacts related to these aspects may need to be reflected upon in a project to fully embrace a food systems approach. The Call Announcement highlights the aim, expected approach and topics of the call. It also details the countries/regions participating in funding the call, the eligibility criteria, submission, evaluation and selection procedures, and modalities for projects funding and reporting. Specific funding regulations apply depending on the funding organisations: each partner applying to the call must ensure that its contribution to the overall project conforms to these regulations, as reported in the document “Annex I - National/regional regulations” available for download on the submission platform.