Central to the FutureFoodS Partnership is the ambition that tackling the complex challenges making current European food systems unsustainable requires mobilizing knowledge, actors and resources through a food systems approach. An approach of this kind is important as it propounds a holistic view when addressing wicked problems, acknowledging enduring dependencies between food system actors, as well as identifying drivers and leverage points within systems. The proposals submitted to this call should clearly delineate and characterise the particular food system under inquiry.

A two-step process will apply, with a mandatory submission of pre-proposals at the first step and submission of full proposals at the second step, via an Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS). The submission platform is available at https://futurefoods.ptj.de.

Deadline for pre-proposals submission (mandatory): Wednesday 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET (local time in Brussels)

Results of the evaluation of the first step: May 2025

Deadline for full-proposals submission: Wednesday 9 July 2025, 13:00 CEST (local time in Brussels)

Recommendations for funding: late October 2025

Start of the projects: between 1 November 2025 and 1 March 2026