According to TÜBİTAK, FutureFoodS aims to transform Europe's food production and consumption processes into more sustainable and resilient systems. The partnership brings together leading experts, research institutions, companies and decision-makers to develop shared solutions to complex challenges facing food systems such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security.
The aim is to minimize the ecological footprint of food production, improve consumer health and ensure the economic sustainability of the food chain.
The 2025 international partner call launched by the FutureFoodS Partnership aims to develop more sustainable, longer lasting and healthier food systems.
TÜBİTAK and TAGEM also focused on projects
In this context, 38 funding agencies from 20 countries and the European Commission, including TÜBİTAK and TAGEM from Türkiye, will support innovative R&D projects aimed at creating a sustainable food future.
The call will provide financial support for systematic household-level studies on food safety, cultures, nutritional needs and consumer behavior in the context of “domestic food practices to improve sustainable and healthy diets”.
Projects are expected to include improved processing/packaging, value addition of by-products and streams, projects for components adapted to different consumer groups, assessment of methodologies, criteria, indicators and quality signals, and work towards a more holistic framework created with system actors.
The application deadline is February 11, 2026
Project applications are accepted in 2 stages. Project proposals that pass the first stage will be invited to the second stage.
In the first-stage application process, in addition to the international application, the Turkish institutions/organizations involved in the project must also submit the national first-stage application with an electronic signature via the project application system to TÜBİTAK by the specified date. The funding decisions for the projects are expected to be made at the end of 2026.
The deadline for international applications for the first stage is February 11th and for the second stage it is July 27th.
Support up to 200,000 euros
Higher education institutions, training and research hospitals, public institutions and organizations within the scope of the Higher Education Act as well as companies based in Turkey that create added value at the company level regardless of industry and size and have a commercial registration certificate can apply for the tender.
The project duration was set at a maximum of 36 months. The contribution requested by TÜBİTAK cannot exceed 200,000 euros per project, excluding institutional shares and project incentive awards, 100,000 euros for higher education institutions, training and research hospitals, public institutions and organizations, and 200,000 euros for private organizations per executing organization.
Under the tender, a maximum of 116,000 lira can be requested for travel to attend domestic/international scientific meetings and a maximum of 195,000 lira for travel for activities such as study visits and networking between project partners, for a total maximum of 311,000 lira per executive organization.
Higher education institutions, training and research hospitals, public institutions and organizations will be supported 100 percent, large private organizations 60 percent and SMEs 75 percent based on their set budgets. The support items include various items, from personnel costs to domestic and international travel, from tools, machines and equipment to advice.
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