Preannonce – 2024

Pre-announcement of the 1stCo-funded Call for Transnational Collaborative Research Projects: "Supporting the Future of Animal Health and Welfare"

The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) is committed to ensuring a sustainable production system for terrestrial and aquatic animals. This system is designed to prevent and control infectious animal diseases, promote prudent use of antimicrobials and ensure high animal welfare throughout all stages of an animal's life.

The objectives of the EUPAHW align with the European Green Deal and its associated Farm-to-Fork Strategy, which advocates for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system.

The opening of the call is expected to be at the beginning of May 2024.

The call secretariat of the partnership organises a webinar for applicants on 14 May 2024 from 10:00 to 14:00 CET

The purpose of this call is to support the future of the health and welfare of terrestrial and aquatic animals through research and innovation and the advancement of fundamental and socio-economic science.

The call also aims to contribute to the main objectives of the EUPAHW, as outlined in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), and the research objectives of the partner Funding Organisations.

Topics

This call is open to proposals addressing one of the research topics described below, focusing on terrestrial and aquatic animals, bee health, or wildlife where relevant (transmission of diseases of consequence to livestock or zoonotic diseases).

Topic 1: Novel Technologies for Prevention, Detection, Assessment, and Management of Animal Health and Welfare

This topic includes research projects that concentrate on creating and advancing innovative technologies to enhance AnimalHealth &Welfare.

Topic 2: Fundamental Research for Animal Health and Welfare

This topic involves research to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of the biological, immunological, and physiological mechanisms influencing terrestrial and aquatic Animal Health &Welfare.

Topic 3: Animal Health and Welfare and Society

This topic covers social, economic, or ethical studies that examine how pathogens or novel technologies or improved animal welfare might impact farmers, fishers, aquaculture producers, consumers, or the production chain.

Open

Closed

Opening : Début Mai

Closing : Début Juillet

Universities and other higher education institutions, public research institutions, non-profit organisations, civil society representatives and private companies can apply, subject to the national/regional regulations and eligibility criteria.
Partners ineligible to receive funding from participating Funding Organisations(see above) can also be part of research consortia if they bring their own resources. The conditions for participating in the external research calls for the Research Performing Organisations that are beneficiaries of the EUPAHW will be further defined in the Call Announcement.

The call will follow a two-step evaluation procedure. The call launch is planned for the end of April/early May 2024, when also the partnering tool will be available on the submission tool homepage (https://eupahw.ptj.de/).

The information of this webpage should evolve before the launch of the call. Additional and updated information will be available on the EUPAHW webpage and on the submission platform.

Contacts

Austria FWF Iris Fortmann iris.fortmann(at)fwf.ac.at

Belgium F.R.S.-FNRS Joël Groeneveld joel.groeneveld(at)frs-fnrs.be

Belgium FIO Lisolette De Vos liselotte.devos(at)vlaanderen.be

Belgium FPS Health Valérie van Merris valerie.vanmerris(at)health.fgov.be

Belgium FWO Toon Monbaliu europe(at)fwo.be

Denmark IFD Thorbjorn Gilberg Thorbjoern.moth.gilberg(at)innofond.dk

Estonia ETAG Priit Kilgas Priit.Kilgas(at)etag.ee

Estonia REM Gret-Kristel Mallo Gret-Kristel.Mallo(at)agri.ee

Finland MMM Elina Nikkola Elina.nikkola(at)gov.fi

France ANR Isabelle Hippolyte isabelle.hippolyte(at)agencerecherche.fr

Germany BMEL/BL Katerina Kotzia, Johanna Brieden Katerina.Kotzia(at)ble.de Johanna.Brieden(at)ble.de

Ireland DAFM Willie Ryan willie.ryan(at)agriculture.gov.ie

Ireland TEAGASC Raymond Kelly Raymond.Kelly(at)teagasc.ie

Italy MASAF Serenella Puliga s.puliga(at)masaf.gov.it

Italy MOH Maria Longo maria.longo.ext(at)masaf.gov.it

Italy MUR Marina Bagni m.bagni(at)sanita.it

Latvia LZP Dace Tirzite dace.tirzite(at)lzp.gov.lv

Lithuania LMT Viktoras Mongirdas viktoras.mongirdas(at)lmt.lt

Lithuania ZUM Simona Bieliauskaite simona.bieliauskaite(at)zum.lt

Netherlands MINLNV Francoise Divanach, Noraly van Hemert f.t.m.divanach(at)minlnv.nl n.l.e.vanhemert(at)minlnv.nl

Norway RCN Maan Singh Sidhu mss(at)forskningsradet.no

Portugal FCT Marta Abrantes marta.abrantes(at)fct.pt

Slovakia MARD Simona Ondakova simona.ondakova(at)land.gov.sk

Slovenia MKGP Jana Erjavec jana.erjavec(at)gov.si

Spain AEI Juan Climent, Manuel Sanchez juan.climent(at)aei.gob.es era-agro(at)aei.gob.es

Spain CDTI Cristina Gracia cristinateresa.gracia@cdti.es

Sweden FORMAS Jessica Ekstrom jessica.ekstrom(at)formas.se

Türkiye TAGEM Erkan Tacbas erkan.tacbas(at)tarimorman.gov.tr

Türkiye TUBITAK Mahur Turan mahur.turan(at)tubitak.gov.tr

United Kingdom DEFRA Thomas Erritt thomas.erritt(at)defra.gov.uk

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