Danube river basin lighthouse – Protection and restoration of migratory fish habitats
Actions for the implementation of the Mission Restore our ocean and waters by 2030 · HORIZON-IA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds large demonstration projects that protect and restore habitats for migratory fish in the Danube river basin and delta, combining nature-based restoration measures with monitoring, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge sharing. It aims to improve habitat connectivity and ecological status while helping other regions replicate the solutions through small sub-grants to local authorities. Two projects will be funded with a total budget of about €15.6 million.
biodiversity · water management · environmental monitoring · regional development · climate adaptation
Who wins this
A transnational consortium of research organisations, environmental NGOs, and public authorities from at least three Danube basin countries seeking to run large-scale fish habitat restoration demonstrations with replication support to other regions.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €7.8M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — from 3 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body, non-profit
- Support to third parties
- Financial support to third parties (local/regional authorities in Member States/Associated Countries) up to EUR 100,000 per 'associated region', granted once per project duration, one grant per associated region.
- Also required
- Consortium must include beneficiaries from at least three Member States/Associated Countries of the Danube River basin where demonstration activities take place; projects must engage at least 5 'associated regions'; satellite data use must rely on Copernicus/Galileo/EGNOS; in-situ data must be shared via EMODnet under FAIR principles.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System 2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. The following additional eligibility criteria apply: in addition to the standard eligibility conditions, the consortium must include as beneficiaries legal entities established in at least three Member States and/or Associated Countries of the Danube River basin (including its delta) in which demonstration activities will be taking place. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). 3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional obligations regarding open science practices: if projects collect in-situ data and marine observations, beneficiaries must make them openly available through the European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet), based on FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles. Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The concept of ‘Associated regions’ is implemented through Financial Support to Third Parties, according to the following conditions. The support to Third Parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The Financial Support to Third Parties may only be awarded to local and/or regional authorities located in Member States/Associated Countries. The maximum amount to be granted to each Third Party is EUR 100,000, to showcase the feasibility, replicability and scalability of the solutions developed within the project in the ‘associated region’. The Financial Support to a Third Party is provided only once for the entire duration of the project. Only one grant to a Third Party is awarded per 'Associated Region'. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes Specific conditions 7. Specific conditions: described in the topic conditions
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