PRIMA - Section 2 2025 – Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area call for proposals

PRIMA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda identified 8 operational objectives for facing Mediterranean challenges related to Water management, Farming systems and Agro-food chains. In this context, ANR participates to the 2025 Section 2 joint transnational call for proposals to fund innovative research projects addressing the following 3 topics:

• Enhancing Policy Development through Impact-Driven Water Footprint and Virtual Water Concepts in the Mediterranean Region;
• Upscaling Agroecology Practices at the Farm Level in the Mediterranean;
• Towards a Plant-Based Protein Transition in the Mediterranean Region.

Only transnational projects will be funded. The consortia must be composed of at least four legal entities established in at least three different countries considered as PRIMA Participating States. All three legal entities must be independent of each other and established as follows:

• At least one must be established in a EU Member State or a third country associated with Horizon Europe participating to the Call for Proposals and not being a MPC (Mediterranean Partner Countries). In the frame of this Call, the countries concerned are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. This includes the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) of the related Member States listed.
• At least two must be established in one of the following MPC: Algeria, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, Türkiye.