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Horizon Europe opens a €230 million nature research call

The European Commission announced a €230 million Horizon Europe call intended to increase biodiversity research. The call contains 10 topics.

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The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a €230 million nature research and innovation call on 2 October under the Horizon Europe 2026–2027 work programme. It said the call is intended to increase biodiversity-related research activity in the programme's second pillar.

The 10 topics range from PFAS effects and biodiversity impacts of clean and digital industries to living labs for ecosystem restoration, action on invasive alien species and biodiversity monitoring. An online information day is scheduled for 16 October. The announcement gives the overall call amount and topic count; it does not break down funding by topic, name selected projects or report completed research outcomes.

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Horizon Europe nature research call

Funding and topic count for the nature research and innovation call announced by the European Commission on 2 October 2026.

Nature research call funding
230 million EUR
2026-10-02 · Target
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10 count
2026-10-02 · Observed
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The call sits within Horizon Europe's 2026–2027 work programme and aims to increase biodiversity research. The source reports a €230 million call with 10 topics but does not give a budget allocation for each topic. Areas include PFAS effects, biodiversity impacts of clean and digital industries, living labs for ecosystem restoration, invasive alien species and biodiversity monitoring. An online information day is scheduled for 16 October. The announcement opens the call; it does not identify grant recipients or report completed project outcomes.

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