This document summarizes potential funding sources for agricultural research from the EU and globally. It outlines various Horizon 2020 calls related to sustainable agriculture, food security, and climate change. It also discusses Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions for funding PhD students and opportunities through ERANet+, FACCE JPI, and the Belmont Forum. Additional global collaborations are mentioned along with the importance of taking a broad, multi-actor approach to project development.

1. Potential funding streams — EU and global
Martin Köchy
Thünen Institute, Braunschweig
Anthony Wilson
The Pirbright Institute, UK
2014-10

2. EU: H2020
•upcoming deadlines Feb, Mar, Apr, June 2015
•expect one year of preparation for proposal
•next round of calls with deadlines 2016 and 2017
•»Multi-actor approach« in SC2 (food sec) and SC5 (climate)
—SFS-01c-2015: Assessing sustainability of terrestrial livestock production
—SFS-02b-2015: Assessing soil-improving cropping systems
—SFS-18-2015: Small farms but global markets: the role of small and family farms in food and nutrition security
•WATER-2b-2015: Integrated approaches to food security, low- carbon energy, sustainable water management and climate change mitigation opens 2014-12-10
•WATER-4b-2015 Water management solutions for agricultural sector, thematic networks [CSA]
•WASTE-7-2015: Ensuring sustainable use of agricultural waste, co-products and by-products

3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)
•Now part of H2020
•Objective: to support career development and training of researchers through worldwide and cross-sector mobility
•Main EU programme for funding PhDs (25000 per year)

4. MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITNs)
•Competitive doctoral training programmes
•Involvement of industry encouraged
•Involvement of non-EU partners encouraged
•Deadline: January
•http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/ h2020/calls/h2020-msca-itn-2015.html

5. Other MSCA schemes
•Individual fellowships (IF): 2 years + costs for international movement
•Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE): short-term international movements at all levels
•COFUND: co-funds regional, national and international programmes for research training & career development

6. ERANet+
•monitor existing or upcoming ERANets
—Sustainable and resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems (call closed June 2014)
•ERANETMED, joint call on Renewable Energies, Water Resources and their connections for the Mediterranean Region (opens 1 Nov.)
—http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home
—http://www.eranetmed.eu/index.php/eranetmed-news/42-call-pre-announcment

7. ERANET+, forthcoming calls
•2016 calls planned on livestock and climate adaptation and mitigation
•Calls likely to be announced Feb-Mar 2016
•Estimated budget: approx EUR20M

8. FACCE JPI
•2nd Knowledge Hub on Plant disease epidemiology under climate change
•Knowledge Network on the develop- ment of options for sustainable intensification of European crop (both major and minor crops) and livestock systems

9. Belmont Forum
•Projecting Changes in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Decision-Making => 2017?

10. Look for project partners
•EIP-Agri Share point
—http://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/share-interesting-projects

11. global (often through EU)
—GRA Global Research Alliance on GHG
—Belmont Group
—BiodivERsA
—companies (contracts: Yara, BASF, K+S, …)
—consulting
—related to development
•FAO, World Bank, OECD
•CGIAR Consultative Group on Intern’l Agric. Res.
•CCAFS Climate Change, Agric. and Food Security
•ILSI, CIMSANS
—bi-national funding programs (US, Israel, Brazil, Russia, India, China, African countries)

12. how to know?
•newsletters, facebook etc., twitter
•share with colleagues
•keep your eyes open
•http://netwatch.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home
•http://www.welcomeurope.com/europe-funding-opportunities.html €!

13. Join or start a COST action
•network funding
•Food and Agriculture
—http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fa/in_detail
—FA1308 | DairyCare | 21 March 2014 - 20 March 2018
•Earth Syst. Science & Environ. Manag.
—ES1106 | Assessment of EUROpean AGRIculture WATer use and trade under climate change (EURO-AGRIWAT) | 18 April 2012 - 17 April 2016

14. For further information
please visit: www.macsur.eu and ojs.macsur.eu

15. think broadly
•grasslands
—soil carbon, methane, wetlands
—feed production, grazing grounds
—biodiversity, environment, nature conservation
—landscape, tourism, flooding areas
—climate
—erosion protection, evapotranspiration
—allergens, mosquitos, pests

16. think broadly
•farms
—rural-city, climate-smart agriculture
—income, bioeconomy, family farming
—land management, environmental management
—land ownership
—statistics and reporting duties
—tourism, conservation management, greening
—biofuels, power generation (wind, solar, methane)
—GHG management, electricity consumption
—technical innovation

17. buzzwords
•Sustainability
•Circular economy
•Food security
•Zoonosis

18. Multi-actor approach
•Approach aims at more demand-driven innovation through the genuine and sufficient involvement of various actors (end-users such as farmers/farmers' groups, fishers/fisher's groups, advisors, enterprises, etc.) all along the project: from the participation in the planning of work and experiments, their execution up until the dissemination of results and the possible demonstration phase.
•Facilitation between actors and openness to involve additional actors/groups of actors during the project, for instance relevant EIP operational groups, are strongly recommended.
•Calls: SFS-1A; SFS-1C; SFS-2A; SFS-2B; SFS-3A; SFS-4; SFS-5; SFS-7A; SFS-13; SFS-19; ISIB-2; ISIB-4B, WASTE 2, WASTE-7.