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https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/11082COMPETITIVE_CALLen

Grant Analysis

Purpose & Target

This grant aims to establish pilot projects for long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites across Europe, utilizing and enhancing existing monitoring networks to assess climate change effects on forests using 'nowcasting' techniques. The primary objective is to prototype the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool. - Target recipient type and size: Not explicitly defined, but implied to be research organizations, academic institutions, or forest management bodies with experience in environmental monitoring. - SECTOR-SPECIFIC - Geographic scope and location requirements: Projects must be implemented in forest monitoring sites located 'across Europe'. - Key filtering criteria: Focus on existing forest monitoring sites (e.g., ICP Forests, ICOS, or LTER), application of 'nowcasting' approaches (like point dendrometers for tree water deficit), and linking new measurements with existing long-term data. - Grant frequency and program context: This is a specific competitive call within the 'FORWARDS' Horizon Europe project (Project ID: 101084481). It appears to be a one-time opportunity within the broader project, which runs from 2021-2027.

Financial Structure

  • Funding amount: The overall budget for this competitive call is 580,000.0.
  • Currency: The currency is implicitly EUR, as it's a Horizon Europe project managed by the European Forest Institute (EFI).
  • Minimum grant amount per project: Not specified.
  • Maximum grant amount per project: Not specified.
  • Funding rate: Not specified.
  • Co-financing requirements: Not specified.
  • Eligible and ineligible costs: Not specified.
  • Payment schedule and mechanisms: Not specified.
  • Financial reporting and audit requirements: Not specified.

Eligibility Requirements

Due to the ambiguity of the provided supporting document (it relates to a different grant, G-05-2025), concrete, hard eligibility criteria are largely not specified within the target grant's metadata. However, based on the grant's description, the following are implied: Organizational Type and Focus
  • Eligible organizations are expected to have access to and experience with existing forest monitoring sites such as ICP Forests, ICOS, or LTER sites.
  • Implied eligibility for research institutions, universities, governmental forest agencies, or environmental monitoring organizations.
Project Requirements
  • Projects must focus on setting up 'pilots' for long-term climate impact forest monitoring.
  • Projects must integrate 'nowcasting' approaches (e.g., measuring tree water deficit with point dendrometers in response to drought).
  • Projects must link new measurements with existing long-term assessment data from the monitoring sites.
Geographic Scope
  • Activities must take place in Europe, specifically at designated forest monitoring sites.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Not specified in the provided information.

Application Process

Application Timeline
  • Application submission deadline: 2025-09-21 23:00:00+0000.
  • Project duration: 18 months.
  • Overall project start date (FORWARDS project): 2025-06-19. (Note: This is the overall Horizon Europe project's start date, not necessarily the individual grant project's start date, which would be post-deadline and evaluation).
Application Process
  • Submission model: Single-stage application process.
  • Required documentation: Not specified in detail in the primary grant information. The primary grant links to a website for 'submission and evaluation process', but the content at that specific link is for a different grant (G-05-2025). Therefore, concrete documentation requirements for this grant (11082COMPETITIVE_CALLen) are not available in the provided data.
  • Submission platform: Not specified, but typically via the EU's Funding & Tenders Portal for Horizon Europe calls.
  • Application assistance: Not specified.
Post-Award Requirements
  • Project implementation: Focus on establishing pilot forest monitoring sites.
  • Reporting obligations: Not specified in the provided data.
  • Compliance obligations: Not specified in the provided data.

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation criteria are not specified in the provided target grant information. Based on the grant's purpose, it's highly probable that criteria would include: Technical Soundness and Methodology
  • Quality and feasibility of the proposed 'nowcasting' approach.
  • Robustness of the methodology for linking new data with existing long-term datasets.
  • Scientific rigor and potential for innovation in forest monitoring.
Impact and Contribution
  • Potential contribution to understanding climate change impacts on forests.
  • Relevance to guiding decision-making for practical forest management.
  • Contribution to the prototyping of the 'ForestWard Observatory'.
Capacity and Expertise
  • Demonstrated expertise of the team in forest ecology, climate science, environmental monitoring, and data analysis.
  • Access to and experience with relevant existing long-term forest monitoring networks (ICP Forests, ICOS, LTER).
Project Management and Sustainability
  • Feasibility of the project plan within the 18-month duration.
  • Potential for the pilot monitoring site to contribute to long-term data collection.

Compliance & Special Requirements

The specific compliance and special requirements for this grant (11082COMPETITIVE_CALLen) are not detailed in the provided information. However, as a Horizon Europe project, general EU regulations and standards are expected to apply. Expected Implicit Requirements
  • Ethical standards: Compliance with EU ethical guidelines for research, especially concerning environmental data collection and potential impact.
  • Data protection: Adherence to GDPR and other relevant data protection regulations for any collected data.
  • Intellectual property: Policies related to intellectual property generated from the research (common in Horizon Europe projects).
  • Environmental compliance: Projects must naturally adhere to relevant environmental regulations given their focus on forest monitoring.
  • Risk management: Implied requirement for sound risk management, especially given the 'pilots' nature and focus on climate impacts.
Unique Aspects
  • Emphasis on leveraging and enhancing existing long-term forest monitoring networks (ICP Forests, ICOS, LTER).
  • Requirement to integrate nowcasting approaches and link new data with historical assessments.
  • Contribution to the development of the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European tool for climate impact assessment and forest management.

Grant Details

climate change forest monitoring nowcasting forest resilience environmental research europe horizon europe forest management ecosystem remote sensing dendrometers drought long-term monitoring ICP Forests ICOS LTER pilots observatory
Pilots of long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites: Providing temporally resolved ecosystem-level information on the effects of climatic drivers on forest structure and function in near real-time
11082COMPETITIVE_CALLen
Horizon Europe
OTHER
AT BE BG HR CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE GR HU IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SI ES SE IS LI NO AL BA MD ME MK RS TR UA DZ EG IL JO LB LY MA PS SY TN BY AM AZ GE XK FO GI MD VA
ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE
DEVELOPMENT PILOT_PROJECTS
OTHER
SDG13 SDG15
FUNDING RESEARCH_DEVELOPMENT PILOT_PROJECTS CAPACITY_BUILDING
580000.00
None
None
EUR
None
Sept. 21, 2025, 11 p.m.
None