Funding provided under previews programmes.

This call aims to set up pilots for long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites across Europe. Current long-term forest monitoring networks provide important information on the impact of climate change on forests. Still, most monitoring networks are not particularly focused on assessing climate change impacts. With this call, the aim is thus to increase the potential of existing forest monitoring sites – especially but not inclusively ICP Forests, ICOS or LTER sites (i.e., sites which already provide a basic set of monitoring data) – to assess the impact of climate and climatic extremes on trees and forests.

Proposals can request a contribution of max. €145.000 which will allow establishing infrastructure on existing monitoring plots where additional information on the impact of climate change on forests can be gained.

It is expected that around 5 projects will be funded under this call.

• Agriculture - Farming - Forestry
• Environment and Climate Change
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• Legal Entities
• Other Beneficiaries
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Applications can be submitted by one legal entity or a consortium of legal entities. Applicants must, meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for the grant:

• Applicant is a legal entity (legal person). If the application is submitted by a consortium (grouping of legal persons represented by a coordinator), this criterion applies to all the participants. This call is not open for applications from natural persons.
• Applicant eligible for funding under the European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. If the application is submitted by a consortium, this criterion applies to all the participants.
  

To ensure that all European regions are covered, proposals must indicate the European and biogeographic region(s) targeted by the project. European regions follow country groups as defined by Forest Europe in its State of Europe’s Forests reports.

• Lot 1: North Europe, Central-East Europe and South-East Europe
• Lot 2: Central West and South West Europe.
• Lot 3: Central-East Europe
• Lot 4: South-West Europe
• Lot 5: South-East Europe

It is possible to include gradients combining country groups from the different lots. It is then important that one focus area is defined by scientific criteria (i.e. it needs to be described why the main site(s) of a gradient is located in a given lot and why an extension of the gradient with (an) other site(s) across the borders of that lot is justified) to allow allocation to one of the lots.

Applicants are advised to visit https://efi.int/grants-training/grants/G-06-2024regularly before the deadline for the submission of applications for any Q&A, and updates or modifications regarding this grant process.

All applicants may contact to ask questions and clarify any points on general or technical procedures and call content by sending an email message to: forwards@efi.int.

• Funding&Tenders
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