• contribute to building effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) across the EU;
• foster smart and resilient agricultural, forestry and rural sectors, and ensure food security;
• reinforce environmental care and climate action;
• strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.

Funding opportunities to support collaboration and turn innovative ideas into actions

Funding sources are available to support R&I, get innovative projects started and turn new ideas into actions. These include EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OG) and Horizon Europe multi-actor projects and thematic networks.

The Common Agricultural Policy provides opportunities for setting up and funding EIP-AGRI OGs. These are innovative projects that aim to explore opportunities or find practical solutions to problems that European farmers, foresters and rural communities are facing. OGs were formerly funded through European Rural Development Programmes and currently through national CAP Strategic Plans, which are developed in each Member State. More information on EIP-AGRI OGs and previous OGs.

Under Cluster 6 on 'Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment', Horizon Europe offers funding for research and innovation projects that allow researchers to develop innovative solutions together with practitioners, advisors and other stakeholders, sharing knowledge and producing results that are ready to be put into practice. In addition, it provides support for thematic and advisory networks, which collect R&I solutions and good practices and make them widely available.

Find out more about Horizon Europe and its multi-actor projects, including thematic networks and advisory networks. Or take a look at opportunities under the EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe, addressing issues that farmers, foresters and rural communities face.