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    HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-08

    AI-powered foodome characterization

    Opens 20 Apr 2027Live official EU data

    Call 02 - single stage (2027) · HORIZON-IA · TRL 5–7 · Needs partners

    23 Sep 2027
    Deadline
    20 Apr 2027
    Opens for applications
    €7.8M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected
    132
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds development of an AI tool that can rapidly analyze complex food chemistry data (the 'foodome') to identify, characterize, and quantify the huge number of chemicals present in food beyond the small set currently known. It also supports building a European research network on food exposome research linking academia, research infrastructures, and industry.

    artificial intelligence · machine learning · data analytics · food systems · public health

    Who wins this

    A consortium combining academic/research institutions with AI expertise and industry partners (including startups and SMEs) working in food science, foodomics, and food safety, taking a technology from TRL5 to TRL7.

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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)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    Multi-actor approach encouraged, with industry, academia, startups, SMEs and international initiatives in the consortium; subject to restrictions for protection of European communication networks.
    Sectors
    AgriTech · Circular Economy
    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 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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. 3. Other Eligible Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. 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. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 132 past winners

    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · NL
    36 wins
    led 2
    STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH · NL
    32 wins
    led 5
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · FR
    27 wins
    led 4
    AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · ES
    16 wins
    led 1
    ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA · IT
    16 wins
    TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY · IE
    14 wins
    led 3

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