Tag: Funding opportunities

The EU recently published the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018, 2019 and 2020. For these last three years of Horizon 2020 an investment of around € 30 billion will be represented. Various Calls for proposals set out upcoming funding opportunities for the forestry, woodworking and processing industries. FTP is currently analysing the available information and opportunities for the forest-based […]

The FP7 ERA-NET Sumforest pre-announces the upcoming call for transnational collaborative research projects. The call "Sustainable forests for the society of the future" will open on 21 March 2016 with a closing date for proposal on the 17 June 2016. This call for proposals focuses on basic and applied research that aims to support policy decisions regarding […]

The Joint Call NKJ-SNS Networks, launched by the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ) together with Nordic Forest Research (SNS), is calling for proposal applications for networking activities that foster cross-sectorial cooperation among stakeholders from the forest and agricultural sectors in the Nordic countries. The network grants are for a period of 1-2 […]

Breakthrough business ideas with substantial impact on climate change mitigation and adaptation find funding opportunities in the various budget lines of Climate-KIC. Under the thematic priority Sustainable Land-Use, Climate-KIC currently supports 16 research projects and start-ups that carry out forest-related innovation activities to reduce carbon emissions, substitute fossil-based materials or adapt to the impacts of […]

During the BBI InfoDay and Brokerage Event that took place in Brussels on 28 April 2017, the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) delivered a strong message on the increasing importance of describing the impact of research proposals submitted in the competitive Calls of the BBI JU Call 2017. Providing convincing statements to explain how […]

BBI JU FTP played a key advisory role in establishing the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the EU and its partner representing industry, Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), designed to support the coherent development of Europe’s biobased economy. After the successful completion and positive results of the EU-funded research project […]

A resourceful tool to track the progress of the sector’s research and innovation agenda ​The FTP database is a comprehensive open source data infrastructure that compiles ongoing and concluded research and innovation activities carried out within the European forest-based sector, as well as providing details of relevant funding opportunities. Recently updated, with a more user-friendly […]

FTP Call Topics Manual 2023-2024 Statistics on EU funding After a small decrease in 2019, the funding for the projects that started in 2020 amounted to 183 million €, which is aligned with 2017. For projects started in 2021, the funding reached 301 million €, which corresponds to the biggest funding observed so far. With […]