European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW) gathers 91 partners from 19 countries, with the common goal of a future in which infectious animal diseases are effectively prevented and managed using appropriate tools, antimicrobials are used responsibly, and animal welfare is upheld throughout all stages of the production cycle.
Call Topics:
Proposals submitted under this call must focus on one of two topics:
Topic 1: Animal Welfare
Topic 2: Prevention & Control
Each proposal must address at least one core SRIA Action within the selected topic (Animal Welfare or Prevention & Control). Proposals may also include one or more socio‑economic SRIA Actions (OO9‑2 and/or OO9‑4) provided they directly support the core Action(s). Socio‑economic Actions alone are not eligible as a standalone main focus in this call.
1. Animal Welfare:
Proposals in this area should aim to improve animal welfare throughout the production cycle, including birth, rearing, transport, and slaughter. Each proposal must address one core welfare SRIA Action from the list below. Where appropriate, it is strongly encouraged to also add a supporting a socio-economic action (OO9-2 or OO9-4). For example, to explore trade-offs between welfare improvements and environmental, economic, or societal impacts. Industry involvement is also encouraged under this topic.
Core Welfare SRIA Research Actions:
OO4-1: Advance understanding of positive welfare, including identification and validation of indicators of positive emotional states via behavioural, endocrine, and neurological measures.
OO4-2: Develop technologies to assess welfare on-farm and during transport, including slaughter-line innovations and suitable animal-based measures (ABMs).
OO4-3: Improve procedures and technologies for welfare assessment during slaughter or emergency killing, ensuring reliable detection of consciousness and death.
OO4-6: Enhance welfare monitoring during transport through sensor-based technologies and decision-support tools to detect early signs of distress (e.g. lameness, heat stress, aggression, exhaustion).
OO6-4: Advance humane stunning and killing methods for livestock and fish to minimise pain and stress during slaughter.
OO6-5: Develop innovative systems for the transport of livestock and fish.
Supporting Socio-economic SRIA Research Actions:
OO9-2: Assess socio-economic implications of changes in livestock and fish farming, including shifts in public demand for higher welfare standards and new legislative requirements.
OO9-4: Develop practical solutions to integrate AID mitigation and enhanced welfare measures, addressing trade-offs within sustainable livestock and aquaculture systems in the EU.
Proposals related to sustainable farming, breeding, and feeding are within scope if directly linked to animal welfare. All production systems are considered, including organic farming, and all phases of production: on-farm, during transport, in the abattoir, and post-fishing.
2. Prevention & Control:
Proposals under this topic should support the development of innovative therapeutics and vaccines to prevent and control animal infectious diseases, reduce antimicrobial use, and enhance livestock resilience.
Each proposal must address at least one core Prevention & Control SRIA Action from the list below. Industrial partner involvement is mandatory for proposals addressing OO7-2 and OO7-3 and strongly encouraged for OO3-3 and OO5-4. Research may include socio-economic actions (OO9-2 or OO9-4) as supplementary components.
Core Prevention & Control SRIA Research Actions:
OO7-2: Develop and apply tools and models (experimental farms, in vivo/in vitro/in silico infection models) to test efficacy and safety of new therapeutics including vaccines and delivery systems, with reduced reliance on animal testing. Create bioinformatic pipelines for microbiome and pathogen data analysis.
OO7-3: Collaborate with industry to develop or improve interventions and treatments and deliver first proof of concept, where appropriate demonstrate immunogenicity and efficacy (minimum immunizing dose) in target species; representative (small scale) animal (challenge) model (TRL 3-4).
OO3-3: Develop and standardise tools to:
Differentiate between infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA).
Detect whether pathogens in the environment, including waste remain infectious.
Study transmission dynamics of pathogens and resistant variants across species, including wildlife.
OO5-4: Reinforce animal resilience to disease through research into feeding, breeding, and other biological factors that enhance natural immunity.
Supporting SRIA Socio-economic Actions:
OO9-2: Assess socio-economic implications of changes in livestock and fish farming, including shifts in public demand for higher welfare standards and new legislative requirements.
OO9-4: Develop practical solutions to integrate AID mitigation and enhanced welfare measures, addressing trade-offs within sustainable livestock and aquaculture systems in the EU.
The application rules for the call can be accessed via this link.
Call Timeline:
Submission deadline for pre-proposals to call secretariat: 30 March 2026 (12:00, CET)
Submission deadline for pre-proposals to TÜBİTAK: 3 April 2026 (23:59, UTC+3)
Submission deadline for full proposals: 16 September 2026 (12:00, CET)
TÜBİTAK application deadline for full proposals will be announced for our researchers who are successful in the second stage international scientific evaluation process.
Applications:
Click here to submit pre-proposals to the Call Secretariat.
Click here to submit pre-proposals to TÜBİTAK.
For projects involving partners from Türkiye, it is mandatory to apply to both the call secretariat and TÜBİTAK.
National project applications can only be made using electronic signature (e-signature) via the Project Application System.
Before applying, national application rules must be examined in detail. If the application rules are not followed, the application may be returned without being evaluated.
Projects to Be Submitted to the Call Must Meet the Following Criteria:
- The project duration must not exceed 3 years.
- Each consortium must include a at least three partners from three different countries, all being eligible and requesting funding from funding organisations (FOs) participating in this call . A maximum of eight partners requesting funding is allowed.
- Applicants from countries not participating as funders in this call are welcome in research consortia, but cannot receive funding. The same applies to all partners who are not eligible or not applying for national/regional funding from the FOs participating in the call.
- Total funding of partners in one country must not exceed 50% of the total funding budget of the proposal in order to achieve balanced partnerships.
- For actions OO7-2 and OO7-3 private partner involvement is mandatory.
Important Information:
Project proposals to be submitted from our country will be supported within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1071 Program.
Contact:
For information about International Application Conditions and call:
Dr. Hatice Mahur TURAN DAYAN
+90 (312) 298 12 70
Seda USLU ÖZDEMİR
+90 (312) 298 12 61
For information about National Application Conditions:
Arif DUYAR
+90 (312) 298 16 28
