Apr 09, 2026

PRIMA-Call about water management and agriculture in the Mediterranean area!

The PRIMA - Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area launched a call for proposals 2026. The focus is on developing sustainable solutions to key challenges in the Mediterranean region, particularly in the areas of water management, agricultural systems, and value chains in the agri-food sector. Funding is provided for transnational research and innovation projects involving more than 20 countries from Europe and the southern and eastern Mediterranean regions.

Section 1 of the PRIMA work program includes three separate funding priorities, each with approximately 10.8 million euros in project funding:

Thematic Area 1 - Water management in Nexus: Decentralised Brackish Water Desalination for Climate-Resilient and Resource-Efficient Mediterranean Agriculture
Thematic Area 2 - Farming systems in Nexus: Next Generation of Sustainable and Alternative Animal Feeds for Circular and Resilient Mediterranean Farming Systems
Thematic Area 3 - Agri-food value chain in Nexus: Sustainable on-site transformation of perishable Mediterranean agri-products

Section 2 includes three funding priorities in a single call for proposals with a total budget of approximately 36 million euros:

Thematic Area 1 - Water management in the Nexus: Leveraging Ecosystem Functions and Enhancing Water Allocation for the Protection and Restoration of Non-Perennial Watercourses in the Mediterranean
Thematic Area 2 - Farming systems in the Nexus: Novel remote and non-invasive ICT monitoring and control systems against disease and pest infestation
Thematic Area 3 - Food value chain in the Nexus: Empowering Mediterranean Food Value Chains through Context-Aware Digital Traceability

Important facts:

21.04.2026 – Info-webinar
15.05.2026 – full-proposals
BMFTR provides 2.85 Mio. EUR of funding for German participants
Joint projects involving at least 3 partners from 3 participating countries, including at least 1 EU country and at least 1 Mediterranean country that is a non-EU third country

Participating countries:

EU member states: Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain

Non-EU countries from the Mediterranean Area: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye

Important LINKs:

https://prima-med.org/submit-your-project/

https://www.nks-bio-umw.de/aktuelles/news/prima-2026-foerderaufrufe-fuer-nachhaltige-loesungen-im-mittelmeerraum-gestartet

https://prima-med.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/C_2026_1799_F1_ANNEX_EN_V2_P2_4681089.pdf

Contact at EPC: