GroundWork Open Call
Run by GroundWork · Can apply alone
What this call funds
This call gives farmers money and support to try regenerative livestock grazing on part of their land for three years. It funds soil, animal welfare and environmental monitoring, plus mentoring to help farmers redesign how their animals graze. Selected farms get up to 27,000 euros, paid in installments as they complete programme stages, as part of an EU project tackling soil degradation caused by intensive farming.
agriculture agritech · environmental monitoring · climate adaptation · internet of things · sustainable materials · bioeconomy
Who wins this
A farmer or farming entity with livestock in Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Sweden or Serbia who owns or leases land long term and wants to dedicate three to ten hectares to a three year regenerative grazing experiment.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €27k
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- Cascade funding
- Partners
- Not required. You can apply on your own.
- Eligible applicants
- farmer, non-profit
- Support to third parties
- Financial Support to Third Parties of up to 27,000 euros per farming project, distributed to up to 33 farms across five Living Labs.
- Also required
- Applicants must be located in Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Sweden or Serbia, own or lease livestock farmland with 3 to 10 hectares of experimental plots, and commit to a 3 year programme including data sharing and hosting events.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Who has won calls like this
Organisations that most often win this call family · 70 past winners