2024 First Co-fund Call of the European Agroecology Partnership

Open Call - Fostering Agroecology at Farm and Landscape Levels

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) in Partnership with the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc) invites eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the 1st Open Call of the European Partnership on Accelerating Farming Systems Transition: Agroecology Living Labs and Research Infrastructure (AELLRI) - “Fostering agroecology at farm and landscape levels”

Irish financial support for the Open Call is being provided through the DAFM Research Programme and the Teagasc Walsh Scholarships Programme . Total combined DAFM/Teagasc funding for the Call is €2,372,000. Where funding from both DAFM and Teagasc is sought the total combined maximum funding per project shall not exceed €624,000 - €500,000 (DAFM) €124,000 (Teagasc).

Proposals must be written in English and meet all formal criteria in accordance to the procedure and must be submitted via the online submission platform. Incomplete proposals will be rejected.

• Pre-proposals must be submitted by 25 April 2024 2 pm CEST via the online submission platform

• Full proposals must be submitted by 19 September 2024 2 pm CEST via the submission platform

NOTE: The submission of a pre-proposal is compulsory. Applicants cannot submit a full proposal at a later stage.

Applicants seeking grant-aid from DAFM/Teagasc can apply for funding under either of the scientific themes which include:

1. Enhancing agroecology at farm level

2. Implementing agroecology at the landscape level

Submission of proposals will be carried out using an online submission platform, where applicants will find all information necessary for the preparation and submission of proposals. The submission platform is available at https://agroecology.ptj.de/

Irish applicants must read the ‘Guidelines for Irish Applicants’ in conjunction with the Agroecology 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 under the Open Call

Call Guidelines for Irish Applicants

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Table 1: Submisison and Evaluation Timeline

Call Pre-announcement	06 Dec 2023
Call launch	15 Feb 2024
Webinar & Workshop for applicants	01 – 15 Mar 2024
Deadline pre proposal submission	25 Apr 2024
Evaluation and selection on pre proposals invited for full proposal submission	May/Jun 2024
Decision letters sent to coordinators	Jun 2024
Deadline full proposal submission	19 Sep 2024
Evaluation and selection	Oct – Nov 2024
Decision letters sent to Coordinators	Dec 2024

For further queries please contact:

Email: research@agriculture.gov.ie

Phone number: +353 (0)873807504; +353 (0)874586821