Research - Open Calls

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invite’s eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare, Second co-funded call for transnational research projects.

Further information can be found on: European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare https://www.eupahw.eu/

The Second Co-funded transnational research Call https://eupahw.ptj.de/

Background & Scope of the Call

The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) is committed to ensuring a sustainable production system for terrestrial and aquatic animals.

The purpose of this call is to support the future of the health and welfare of terrestrial and aquatic animals through research and innovation and the advancement of fundamental and socio-economic science.

Call Topics

This call is open to proposals addressing one of the research topics described below, focusing on terrestrial and aquatic animals, bee health, or wildlife where relevant (transmission of diseases of consequence to livestock or zoonotic diseases).

The Call, titled “Shaping the Future of Animal Health and Welfare”, will support collaborative European research to improve animal health, welfare and disease prevention across livestock and aquaculture systems.

DAFM will commit up to €650,000 to support up to two Irish-led projects, with a maximum of €325,000 per project.

Irish researchers will be eligible to apply under two research themes:

· Topic 1: Animal Welfare – improving welfare standards across the production cycle, including on-farm, during transport and at slaughter.

· Topic 2: Prevention & Control – developing innovative vaccines and therapeutics to reduce infectious disease and antimicrobial use and strengthen livestock resilience.

Please see the call specifications for full topic details, https://eupahw.ptj.de/

Who can apply?

Universities and other higher education institutions, public research institutions, Research Performing Organisations (RPO’s) can apply, subject to the national/regional regulations and eligibility criteria.

Partners ineligible to receive funding from the DAFM Research Programme https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/9bd2a-research-and-codex/ can also be part of research consortia if they bring their own resources.

The conditions for participating in the external research calls for the Research Performing Organisations that are beneficiaries of the EUPAHW will be further defined in the Call Announcement (https://eupahw.ptj.de/).

Procedure

The call will follow a two-step evaluation procedure.

The Second call for research projects is open since 26th January 2026.

Submission deadline: March 30 2026, 12:00 h (CEST)

Pre-Proposals must be submitted electronically via this EUPAHW submission tool on the call website https://eupahw.ptj.de/

Call Guidelines for Irish Applicants View the file here.

There will be a Webinar for applicant’s 2 February 2026, 10:00-12:00 CET

Please find the corresponding link below. The slides of the presentation and a FAQ document will be published after the webinar. https://ptj-fzj.webex.com/ptj-fzj-en/j.php?MTID=m6250b1a9eaebe41de6fa6b170f728daf

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) invite eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit Expression of Interest proposals under the 2026 Healthy Diet Healthy Life, Knowledge Hub Call “Establishing the link between food processing, human health, and sustainable food systems.” Policy Implementation Network.

The Knowledge Hub Call follows a two-step procedure that includes an Expression of Interest (EoI) submission step followed by the full proposal submission.

The deadline for Expression of Interest submission: 5 February 2026, 14:00 CET

The deadline for the submission of full proposals: 21 May 2026, 14:00 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: Knowledge Hub “Food Processing Policy Implementation Network” (20

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic submission system.

Irish applicants must read the ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ in conjunction with the HDHL Knowledge Hub 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 2026 HDHL Knowledge Hub Call.

Guidelines for Irish Applicants

Call Guidelines for Irish Applicants

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

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