New transnational Core II organic call

A new pilot call has been launched with six countries participating. The call is using the funding mechanism called the real common pot. The real common pot allows the applicant to freely build a consortium with partners from the countries involved without being constrained by the funding contributions of the respective country. The funding bodies will pool the funds within a common and centrally administered pot and distribute from there to the partners of the project granted the funds. Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom are taking part.
 

The thematic research area is “Sustainable and efficient management of phosphorus and use of secondary fertilizers within organic agriculture”. 860,000 euros of funds are available. The call has a one-step procedure with a deadline of 7 November 2012. More details are available here: Call announcement and here: Guideline for applicants. The Core Organic research seminar will take place in Paris on 30 November 2011.

The European transnational research cooperation project, the ERA-net named CORE Organic II, consists of a network of 26 partners from 21 European countries. The main aim of CORE Organic II is to agree on common research priorities and to select transnational research projects to be funded by the partners. The ERA-net started in March 2010 and runs for three years. It launches transnational calls, initiates research projects, organises project monitoring and the dissemination of results, and considers funding models.
 

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