Research - Open Calls

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invite eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the 2025 FutureFoodS second co-funded call “Accelerating Food Sustainability – through Household Dietary Shifts, Trust and Transparency, and Innovations in Circular Food Processing Systems.”

The research topic supported by DAFM under the FutureFoodS second co-funded Call is:

· Topic 2: Towards diverse, sustainable and circular food processing systems

The second co-funded Call follows a two-step procedure that includes a pre-proposal submission step followed by the full proposal submission.

The deadline for pre-proposal submission: 11 February 2026, 13:00 CET

The deadline for the submission of proposals: 27 July 2026, 13:00 CEST

Additional information on the call scope, topics, eligibility criteria, submission procedures and the national annexes are provided in the Call Documentation. The Call documentation and the electronic submission system for applicants are available at: https://futurefoods.ptj.de/

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic submission system.

Irish applicants must read the ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ in conjunction with the FutureFoodS Call Documentation, including the requirements set out in the National Annex for Ireland.

The ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ sets out in more detail the rules for Irish applicants seeking grant-aid from the 2025 FutureFoodS second co-funded Call.

Guidelines for Irish Applicants

For further queries please contact: research@agriculture.gov.ie

2025 Agroecology third co-funded call “Fostering plant and animal genetic diversity and empowering farmers to accelerate the agroecological transition"

Agriculture of Data: Call 1

The first co-funded European Partnership on call of the Agriculture of Data Partnership Agriculture of Data: Call 1

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invites eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the

The first co-funded Call of the AgData partnership is open for the submission of proposals addressing "EU-wide data-driven solutions to real problems".

This Call is organised by the European Agriculture of Data Partnership. The aim of the EU Partnership Agriculture of Data (AgData) is to “enhance climate, environmental and socio-economic sustainability and productivity of agriculture, and increase the capacity for policy monitoring and evaluation through exploiting the potential offered by Earth Observation (EO), other environmental and agricultural data, and using newly developed digital & data technologies in Europe to support the parallel digital and green transitions, with emphasis on utilising the umbrella effect”, consolidating and linking the efforts of existing initiatives.

This call addresses topics reflecting the main objectives of the partnership. The main objectives of the partnership are described in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) AgData SRIA final_version.pdf.

Irish eligible research performing organisations, seeking grant-aid from DAFM, can apply for funding under scientific Topic’s 2 & 3, which include:

Topic 2 - Data-based solutions for sustainable agriculture - intended to strengthen capacities to adapt to climate change, enhancing functionality, performance assessment and decision making.

Topic 3 - Data-based solutions for policy-making - to provide reliable indicators that reflect effects of policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and development of tools to strengthen policy performance assessment, by means of data gathering and analytical capabilities. The current national assessment approach will be improved by an EU approach. Benefits for end users like the reduction of administrative burden and support to their own decision-making tools should be explored.

The Joint Call follows a two-step procedure that includes a pre-proposal submission step followed by the full proposal submission.

The deadline for short proposals is January 21, 12:00h CET (noon).

Additional information on the call scope, topics, eligibility criteria, submission procedures and the national annexes are provided in the Call Documentation.

The Call documentation and the electronic submission system for applicants are available at: Agriculture of Data: Call 1

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic submission system: Agriculture of Data: Call 1

Irish applicants must read the ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ in conjunction Agriculture of Data: Call 1 Call Documentation, including the requirements set out in the National Annex for Ireland.

The ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ sets out in more detail the rules for Irish applicants seeking grant-aid from the Agriculture of Data: Call 1 Joint International Funding Call.

Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland are also Co-Funding, The Partnership on Agriculture of Data, Please refer to Agriculture of Data: Call 1 documentation for more details.

For further queries please contact: research@agriculture.gov.ie

Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invites eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the co-funded European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance, Joint transnational call 2026. The call "Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols", Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR

This Call is organised by the European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR) which aims to improve the treatment success rates of the patients/animals/plants affected by bacterial or fungal infections by providing new treatment options while reducing the risk of resistance in the different One Health settings.

Irish eligible research performing organisations, seeking grant-aid from DAFM, can apply for funding under scientific Topic 3, which include:

Topic 3 - Assess the impact of antimicrobials for veterinary and agricultural use on the risk of AMR transmission to humans and the environment to inform policies on the restriction of some antimicrobials for human use.

The Joint Call follows a two-step procedure that includes a pre-proposal submission step followed by the full proposal submission.

The deadline for the submission of proposals: 2 February 2026 (13.00 CET): Deadline pre-proposals

Additional information on the call scope, topics, eligibility criteria, submission procedures and the national annexes are provided in the Call Documentation. The Call documentation and the electronic submission system for applicants are available at: Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR Home - EUP OHAMR

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic submission system: Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR

Irish applicants must read the ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ in conjunction EUP OHAMR Call Documentation, including the requirements set out in the National Annex for Ireland.

The ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ sets out in more detail the rules for Irish applicants seeking grant-aid from the EUP OHAMR Joint International Funding Call.

The Health Research Board (HRB) and Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland are also Co-Funding the Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance, Please refer to Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR call documentation for more details.

For further queries please contact: research@agriculture.gov.ie

2025 Green ERAHUB Joint International Funding Call