Open – 2026

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.
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Opening : 2025-05-07 at 08:00 CEST
Closing : 2025-07-08 at 17:00 CEST

Please consult the PRIMA AWP 2025 and the guidelines for applicants for examples.

For projects selected for funding, each partner of the consortium will be funded directly by its respective national funding organisation. Therefore, all national regulations apply. In particular, the French applicants must read the document entitled “Appendix for French participants” available on this webpage.

ANR’s contact points : 

ANR’s Project manager
Nuria RUIZ
+33 (0)1 73 54 81 55   
nuria.ruiz(at)agencerecherche.fr

ANR’s Programme officer
Isabelle HIPPOLYTE
isabelle.hippolyte(at)agencerecherche.fr

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Consult the upcoming and current calls of the appelsprojetsrecherche.fr portal


The appelsprojetsrecherche.fr portal centralises all information on calls for proposals and calls for applications from ADEME, ANR, Inserm including ANRS, Anses and INCa. It provides a simplified access to upcoming and ongoing calls, giving a greater visibility to funding opportunities. Following their closing date, the calls remain published for a few months.

Portail appelsprojetsrecherche.fr

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