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Purpose & Target

The core objective of this grant is to provide continued financial and operational support to the existing European partnership on animal health and welfare, specifically the consortium previously funded under HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2. The grant aims to fund additional activities and potentially integrate new partners, strengthening the partnership's strategic research and innovation agenda.

Target Recipient Type: The existing consortium coordinating the European partnership on animal health and welfare (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2), which typically includes research organizations, public bodies, and potentially enterprises and NGOs.
Target Size: Not explicitly defined for the coordinator, but SMEs are promoted as partners.
SECTOR-SPECIFIC: Animal Health and Welfare, Agriculture, Food Systems.
Geographic Scope: European partnership, specifically EU Member States and Associated Countries. International collaborations are also encouraged.
Key Filtering Criteria: Prior funding under a specific Horizon Europe topic (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2) is a mandatory requirement for the lead applicant.
Grant Frequency: This is a continuation of an existing partnership, indicating long-term program support.

Financial Structure

The total budget for this specific topic is EUR 120,000,000.
This grant is intended as a single award to the existing partnership, with a minimum and maximum individual grant amount of EUR 120,000,000.
The funding rate is 50% of the eligible costs. This rate is justified by the pooling of proposers' in-kind contributions and in-house activities.
Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) is a primary activity of this action.
The maximum amount of FSTP to be granted to an individual third party is EUR 10,000,000 for the duration of Horizon Europe. This threshold may be higher if duly justified and if the action's objectives would otherwise be impossible or overly difficult.
The EUR 60,000 FSTP threshold provided in the Financial Regulation does not apply to this action.
Costs incurred from the starting date of the action may be considered eligible if the need for a retroactive starting date is justified in the application.

Eligibility Requirements

Organizational Type and Status

The proposal MUST be submitted by the coordinator of the consortium that received funding under the specific topic 'HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2: European partnership on animal health and welfare'.
Additional partners may be included in the proposal.
Applicants must meet the financial and operational capacity requirements as described in Annex C of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Participation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is particularly promoted within the broader 'destination' (Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption).

Geographic Requirements

Eligible countries are those described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. This typically includes all EU Member States and countries associated with Horizon Europe.
The partnership is encouraged to include additional partners, especially from Member States and Associated Countries not currently part of the consortium funded under HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2.

Technical and Experience Requirements

The existing consortium is recognized as having 'unique expertise' relevant to the partnership's objectives and planned activities.
The proposal must align with the partnership’s existing co-created strategic research and innovation agenda.

Application Process

Application Deadlines and Submission

The application submission deadline is 2025-09-16 00:00:00+00.
The application is submitted via an amendment to the existing grant agreement concluded under topic HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2.
Applications must be submitted through the Funding & Tenders Portal's Submission System.

Required Documentation and Materials

Standard application form (HE COFUND TOP-UP) specific to this call is available in the Submission System.
Applicants must submit a separate document detailing the additional activities and any additional partners to be covered by the award, and how these would be reflected in the grant agreement.

Project Implementation Timeline

The starting date of the grant may be retroactive to the submission date of the application, provided there is a justified need for it in the application.

Evaluation Criteria

Since this grant is an amendment to an existing grant agreement, the evaluation process focuses on the proposed additional activities and partners within the established framework of the European partnership on animal health and welfare. The evaluation will consider the existing context and the scope of the initial evaluation. Project Quality and Relevance

Alignment of proposed activities with the partnership’s co-created strategic research and innovation agenda.
A balanced proportion of financial support provided to third parties (FSTP) and internal activities (e.g., research projects, integrative activities, networking, training).
Potential to deliver 'ready-to-use tools, solutions and innovations'.
Strategies for the uptake of results by key stakeholders including farmers, veterinarians, and others.
Provision of science-based policy advisory activities.
Justification for any continuation of ongoing activities and clear focus on additional priority activities.

Impact and Added Value

How the proposed activities strengthen complementarities with other relevant Horizon Europe partnerships.
How the activities enhance the partnership’s collaborations at an international level.
Contribution to the expected outcomes originally specified in the HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2 topic.

Consortium Composition and Implementation

Efforts and plans to include additional partners, particularly from Member States and Associated Countries not yet part of the existing consortium.
Capacity and strategy for pooling financial resources from participating national/regional research programmes to organize joint calls for transnational proposals.
Justification for any requested retroactive starting date.

Compliance & Special Requirements

Regulatory Compliance

Admissibility Conditions (proposal page limit and layout) are described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
General conditions for eligible countries are in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Financial and operational capacity and exclusion criteria are described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Evaluation and award criteria, scoring, and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
Legal and financial set-up of the grants, including intellectual property policies, are described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Technical Specifications

If projects utilize satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation, and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries are required to use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS.

Unique Aspects and Considerations

This action is specifically intended as a continuation and amendment to an existing grant agreement (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01-2), not a new, open competitive call for all.
The existing consortium coordinator is considered 'uniquely placed' to continue this partnership due to their established expertise and ongoing activities.
The evaluation will take into account the existing context and the scope of the initial evaluation.
The action emphasizes pooling financial resources from national and regional research programs to organize joint calls for transnational proposals.

Cross-Cutting Themes

The project should incorporate a multi-actor approach and integrate Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) to apply a human-centred approach to research and innovation.
Social innovation is encouraged at regional and local levels to meet needs and co-create solutions.
The 'One Health' approach should be applied where relevant.

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