AgData Co-Funded Call 1

Agriculture of Data (AgData) is a large endeavour with a variety of partners bringing together in particular research funders and research providers. Digital technologies and data are integral to the future of agriculture. AgData will enhance the use of data for developing data-based solutions, methodologies, and indicators to improve climate adaptation and resilience of agriculture as well as to minimise the undesired impact of agriculture on the climate, environmental quality, ecosystem services. AgData has focus on integrating data from different sources including EO, environmental, agricultural and other relevant data in the combination with data technologies (including AI). The partnership will build on results of existing (ongoing or finished) initiatives and projects. AgData will explore the potential for achieving synergies with programmes, projects and activities on digital and data technologies in member states and between EU and its member states and associated countries. Via its unique concept of Use Cases (UCs), the AgData partnership will deploy a broad variety of activities in all relevant branches of agriculture based on modern digital-technologies and data sources. The UCs will all be based on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). Besides the UCs AgData will also implement joint calls for transnational proposals resulting in financial support to third parties (FSTP).

Entité de financement

Commission Européenne - Horizon Europe (via le MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DE LA SOUVERAINETE ALIMENTAIRE)

Clôture de l'appel

21 janvier 2026

Zone géographique

eur

Thématiques

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

Digital Infrastructure

Accéder à l'appel à projets

Objectif

The first call is an open call for transnational research projects with call topics based on the SRIA. It is expected that projects provide clear added value regarding the objectives of the AgData
partnership. The projects should address one of the following three main topics: data technologies and data management, data-based solutions for economic, social and environmentally sustainable agriculture, or data-based solutions for policy-making and thereby contributing significantly and clearly to at least one of their respective SRIA Core Research & Innovation Activities (C-R&I-A).
The Use Cases will serve as operational implementation of the actual developments of AgData, where the concepts and methods will be developed and tested in real-life application(s) or will result in real-life applications. In addition, the Use Cases will have the objective to implement and execute the C-R&I-As described in the SRIA. UCs should be an integral part of the project proposals for the first AgData Call. UCs should address a specific situation in which a product or service could potentially be developed, validated or even be used.

Critères d'éligibilité

The submission of a short proposal is compulsory. A full proposal submission is only possible following the invitation to submit a full proposal. Applicants cannot submit a full proposal if no short proposal was submitted.
Deadline for short proposal submission is 21 January 2026, 12h (noon) CET.
Deadline for full proposal submission is 21 July 2026, 12h (noon) CET.

Consortia must include at least three eligible Partners requesting funding from at least three different Members States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries and from Funders who provide funds to the call.

The funding for transnational projects will be based on a virtual common pot mechanism. This means that, although this call is co-funded by the EU, Partners (applicants) of projects that are selected for funding will receive the grant directly and only from their corresponding national/regional Funder (in France, MASA), according to their legal terms and conditions for project funding (see https://agdata.ptj.de/call1?genericModule=callDocuments&action=download&id=781).

Technologies clés

Topic 1 - Data technologies and data management focused on identification, access, storage, integration and processing of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data, tackling the diversity of relevant data to achieve i) interoperability, ii) data sharing in data marketplaces and data cooperatives and iii) enable application of AI techniques to develop robust AI models for the sector.
Topic 2 - Data-based solutions for sustainable agriculture intended to strengthen capacities to adapt to climate change, enhancing functionality, performance assessment and decision making.
Topic 3 - Data-based solutions for policy-making to provide reliable indicators that reflect effects of policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and development of tools to strengthen policy performance assessment, by means of data gathering and analytical capabilities. The current national assessment approach will be improved by an EU approach. Benefits for end users like the reduction of administrative burden and support to their own decision-making tools should be explored

More details in the catalogue of Core Research and Innovation Activities: https://agdata.ptj.de/call1?genericModule=callDocuments&action=download&id=779

Typologie de consortium

The first call should provide a first group of EU-wide data-driven solutions to real problems. Projects that seek to capitalize on 1) EO data, environmental data, agricultural production data, sensor data, etc. 2) data spaces and 3) digitalization (e.g. AI) capabilities put into place at EU and national level though solutions to one or more C-R&I-A of those proposed in this call. The solutions will provide stakeholders and end users with tools to tackle daily challenges regarding 1) CAP application from public administration up to end users point of view, 2) climate change adaptation and mitigation and production cost vs benefits improvements.
Data and users are at the core of the call. Accessibility to reference data sets, data sharing schemes (including the necessary agreements) or the compatibility of common data spaces should be part of the solutions

The minimum project duration is 24 months and the maximum is 36 months with the earliest possible start date for projects recommended for funding being Jan 2027.

French applicants can receive up to €400K (40% to 100% funded) from the French Funder MASA.