Bavarian Research Alliance is searching for partners for Horizon Europe calls
The Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), consisting of 32 universities, including 20 applied sciences and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK) together with the Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, is looking for partners for a number of calls within the EU Mission «Soil Agreement for Europe», clusters 6 «Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment» and 5 «Climate, energy and mobility»: HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03, HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02, HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-06, HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-10, HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05.
We invite interested Ukrainian participants to join in filling out the form.
Information about the calls for proposals:
- Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
Deadline date: 23 September 2026.
Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:
- strengthened regional R&I ecosystems and enhanced capacities for participatory, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary R&I approaches, allowing for effective cooperation between research, practice and policy to tackle soil health challenges in Ukraine arising from military actions and other indirect pressures;
- increased uptake and application of soil related and practice-oriented knowledge by farmers, land managers, foresters, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders for improved soil health and related ecosystem services;
- deepened awareness among policymakers of local needs and constraints regarding soil health, sustainable management practices and innovative technologies to address soil degradation, including those arising from military actions, supports effective and tailored policy design.
- Bioremediation of Ukraine’s ecosystems contaminated by conflicts
HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
Deadline date: 17 September 2026.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- innovative biotechnology and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are developed and made available to communities, land managers, local administrators and policy makers in Ukraine to progress towards the targets of biodiversity protection and the clean environment and zero-pollution ambition;
- contribution to the reconstruction, recovery, circularity and upgrading of economy and environment of Ukraine is provided through the remediation of severe ecosystems pollution – due to conflicts – and restoration of ecosystem services.
- Towards a Europe of Bioeconomy Places
HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-06
Deadline date: 22 September 2027.
Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome:
- set up at least three “Bioeconomy Place” pilot sites, which are expected to be located in at least three different EU Member States/Associated Countries. At least one of the pilot sites should be located fully or partially in Ukraine.
- Strengthening forest research for the support of Ukraine
HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-10
Deadline date: 22 September 2027.
Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome:
- successful proposals should support the recovery, resilience, and EU integration of Ukraine’s forest sector, addressing the compounded impacts of climate change and Russia’s war of aggression.
- Demonstration of solid biofuel supply and conversion to high efficiency CHP from fully sustainable regional value chains
Deadline date: 01 December 2026.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- provide replicable solutions, where bioeconomy stakeholders can benefit from the knowledge generated for the development of their strategies aligned with energy and environmental policy objectives and which can contribute to the objective of decreasing the EU’s and Ukraine`s dependence on fossil fuels and increasing energy security;
- projects are expected to include at least one relevant local economic business case, outlining local value and supply chains and the expected number of local jobs including the overall industrial ecosystem at the place of deployment. Projects are encouraged to support the reconstruction of Ukraine by covering regional value chains in Ukraine and/or Ukrainian beneficiaries.