After the  approval of EC of the Annual Work Plan for 2019, PRIMA is glad to announce that  2019 Calls are NOW open.

The aim is to build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems, to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area.

The calls have a budget of approximately 63 million euro for 12 topics.

Call: Section 1 – Management of Water 2019
   THEMATIC AREA: Management of water
   TOPIC: Topic 1.1.1 Sustainable groundwater management in water-stressed Mediterranean areas
   TYPE OF ACTION: RIA Research and Innovation action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 6.4 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals - 16th July, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open

Call: Section 1 – Farming Systems 2019
   THEMATIC AREA: Farming systems
   TOPIC: Topic 1.2.1 Conserving water and soil in Mediterranean dry-farming, smallholder agriculture
   TYPE OF ACTION: RIA Research and Innovation action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 4.5 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals - 16th July, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open

Call: Section 1 – Farming Systems 2019
   THEMATIC AREA: Farming systems
   TOPIC: Topic 1.2.2 Sustainability and competitiveness of Mediterranean greenhouse and intensive Horticulture
   TYPE OF ACTION: IA Innovation action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 6.4 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals - 16th July, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open

Call: Section 1 – Agro-food Value Chain 2019
   THEMATIC AREA: Agro-Food value chain
   TOPIC: Topic 1.3.1 Implementation of analytical tools and digital technology to achieve traceability, authenticity control of traditional Med
   Miterranean foods.
   TYPE OF ACTION: Innovation action (IA)
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 6.4 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals - 16th July, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open

Call: Section 1 – Nexus 2019 RIA
   THEMATIC AREA: Nexus
   TOPIC: Topic 1.4.1 Assessing social, technical and economic benefits of a cross-sectoral governance of the Water-Ecosystems-Food Nexus
   TYPE OF ACTION: RIA Research and Innovation action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 3.2 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals - 16th July, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open

Call: Section 1 – Nexus 2019 CSA
   THEMATIC AREA: Nexus
   TOPIC: Topic 1.4.2: Platform for mapping and capitalisation of results and best practices from past and on-going projects related to farming
   system, water and food in the Mediterranean Area
   TYPE OF ACTION: (CSA) Coordination and Support Action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: € 1.1 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Single Stage Full proposals - 28th February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open


Call: Section 2 – Multi-topic 2019
   THEMATIC AREA: Agro-Food value chain, Farming systems, Management of water
   TOPIC: Transnational call funded by Participating States
   TYPE OF ACTION: RIA Research and Innovation action
   TOTAL INDICATIVE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THIS CALL: EUR 34.9 million
   OPENING DATE: 17 December 2018
   DEADLINE Stage 1 Pre-proposals – 21st February, 2019 (17:00h CET)
            Stage 2 Full proposals – 4th September, 2019 (17:00h CET)
   STATUS: Open


Site web
    http://prima-med.org/calls-for-proposals/
    http://prima-med.org/calls-for-proposals/