PRIMA 2024 Calls are Open for Applications

The 2024 calls for the PRIMA Program (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area), which will support multilateral projects on water management, food systems and agri-food value chain themes in the Mediterranean region, are open for applications.

Projects to be supported within the scope of PRIMA Program are divided into 2 Sections.

• Project proposals submitted under Section 1 will be supported by PRIMA allocated funding from the HORIZON 2020 Programme. Applications under Section 1 of the PRIMA Program must be made only to PRIMA. For detailed information and international applications: https://prima-med.org/what-we-do/sections/section-1/

Section 1 - 2024 Call Topics:

Topic 1.1.1-2024 (IA): Sustainability of Mediterranean irrigated agriculture through the implementation of WEFE Nexus approach.

Topic 1.2.1-2024 (IA): Transformative Adaptation of Mediterranean dry farming systems using water harvesting techniques to address extreme drought in arid and semi-arid environments.

Topic 1.3.1-2024 (IA): Developing cost-effective and sustainable technologies adapted to Mediterranean Food Systems to decrease food loss and waste.

• Project proposals submitted within the scope of Section 2, will be supported by the funds that the national funding agencies have committed to PRIMA, without the contribution of the EU. In the framework of the Section 2, in addition to the joint application to the PRIMA Program, research teams in project consortia are required to apply to their national funding agencies. For detailed information and international rules: https://prima-med.org/what-we-do/sections/section-2/ Research teams that will take part in the consortiums from Turkey will make their national applications to TÜBİTAK via online application portal: https://uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/. Project proposals to be submitted from Türkiye within the scope of the PRIMA Program will be supported within the scope of 1071 Program.  Since the application is returned without being evaluated in case of non-compliance with the application rules, the national application rules should be examined in detail before the application.

Section 2 - 2024 Call Topics:

Topic 2.1.1-2024 (RIA): Effective water accounting approaches under crisis conditions: climate change and external shocks.

Topic 2.2.1-2024 (RIA): Revitalizing agroforestry practices for sustainable land use and climate resilience in the Mediterranean region.

Topic 2.3.1-2024 (RIA): Leveraging urban and local food systems for sustainable food systems transformation.

Timetable

Contact:

TÜBİTAK

Ayşe SAYIN ÜKE

International Cooperation Directorate – Bilateral and Multilateral Relations Division

E-mail: ayse.sayin@tubitak.gov.tr

Dr. Ebru İMAMOĞLU

Academic Research Funding Program Directorate – International Cooperation Projects Research Grant Committee

E-mail: ebru.imamoglu@tubitak.gov.tr

PRIMA

https://prima-med.org/who-we-are/contact-us/