New Call for Proposals of the «PRIMA» Programme (P2P/PRIMA/0324)

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new call for proposals for the “PRIMA” programme.

The PRIMA programme aims to face common challenges of the Mediterranean region such as climate change, food security, water scarcity and unsustainable agrifood systems. More specifically, it contains the following thematic areas

  • Thematic Area 1 – Water Management
  • Thematic Area 2 – Farming Systems
  • Thematic Area 3 – Agri-food value chain

The programme contains two calls split in Section 1 and Section 2 with a total budget of €62.680.000.

  • Section 1 call is fully managed by PRIMA and funded by the EC.
  • Section 2 is managed by PRIMA and funded by the Participating States.

Cypriot entities are eligible to participate in both calls.

Section 1

The total budget of Section 1 is €27.900.000.

Proposals have to be submitted to a dedicated platform found on the website of PRIMA and the deadline for proposal submissions is 2nd of April 2024, 17.00 (CET).

All Cypriot entities are eligible to participate, given that they are part of a consortium that satisfies the eligibility criteria set in the PRIMA call text.

More information can be found in the PRIMA work programme 2024 by visiting this link (hyperlink).

For further information, interested parties may contact the National Contact Point for PRIMA, Ms Savia Alexandraki: [email protected], +357 22205070.

Section 2

The total budget of Section 2 is €34.780.000, while the national total budget is €400.000, and the maximum funding per project is €200.000

Proposals have to be submitted to a dedicated platform found on the website of PRIMA and the deadline for proposal submissions is 4th of April 2024, 17.00 (CET).

Moreover, the Cypriot consortia need to submit information about their proposal through the IRIS portal and the deadline for submissions is the 11th of April 2024, 13.00 (local time).

Entities eligible to participate in this programme include Research Organisations, Enterprises and Other Organisations.

The documents for the current Call for Proposals (Call Documents) are available on the IRIS portal under the announcement of the Call.

For information regarding the RIF’s open calls, as well as useful documents and guides, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal.

For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF’s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at [email protected].

     

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