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HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04 is a Horizon Europe Cluster 6 topic funding artificial intelligence that supports informed advice for farmers and foresters in order to improve competitiveness and sustainability. The indicative budget is approximately 5 to 6 million euros per project for 2 projects, a total of roughly 10 to 12 million euros, under a single-stage call that opens 4 February 2027 with a deadline of 11 May 2027.
The topic sits in the Cluster 6 governance destination, which is the key to reading it correctly: this is not a call for better agronomic prediction models in the abstract but for AI that improves the advice function itself, the chain from data through advisory services to a decision a farmer or forest manager actually makes.
That framing makes advisory bodies, extension services, farm advisory networks and forest owner organisations central consortium members rather than optional stakeholders, and it means evaluators will look for evidence of uptake and behavioural change rather than only model accuracy.
The inclusion of forestry alongside agriculture is notable and comparatively rare in agricultural AI funding; forestry advisory contexts involve much longer decision horizons, different data regimes dominated by remote sensing and inventory data, and different ownership structures, so a bid that treats forestry as an afterthought appended to a farming proposal is unlikely to be competitive.
This is one of only two Cluster 6 2026-27 topics with AI explicitly in the title, the other being HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-08 on data availability and AI solutions in food, which makes the pair the main entry points for AI work in the EU's food, bioeconomy and natural resources cluster.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe eligibility applies. Proposals must come from a consortium of at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, including at least one established in a Member State, and in practice a bid at the 5 to 6 million euro level requires substantially more partners than the minimum. Eligible entity types are broad and include universities, research and technology organisations, public bodies, SMEs, large companies, farm and forestry organisations, advisory services and NGOs, with UK participants eligible under the UK's association to Horizon Europe. The action type is a Research and Innovation Action, funded at 100 percent of eligible direct costs for all participant types plus a 25 percent flat-rate indirect cost allowance. Topical eligibility is the real filter and is narrower than the title suggests: work must target AI supporting informed advice for farmers and foresters with the goal of improving competitiveness and sustainability, which means a consortium needs genuine advisory-sector partners such as extension services, farm advisory bodies or forest owner associations, and needs to cover forestry as well as agriculture substantively rather than nominally. Proposals should expect to address data access and interoperability, trust and explainability for end users, and multi-actor engagement, since Cluster 6 applies the multi-actor approach under which practitioners must be involved in co-designing the work rather than consulted at the end. The call is single-stage, so a complete full proposal is required at the first submission with no outline round, opening 4 February 2027 and closing 11 May 2027. With only 2 projects expected, consortium formation should start well before the opening date. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the indicative EU contribution is approximately 5 to 6 million euros per project with 2 projects expected, giving a total topic budget of approximately 10 to 12 million euros. Converted at roughly 1.08 US dollars to the euro, amount_min is recorded as 5,400,000 and amount_max as 6,480,000. This is consortium-scale rather than single-institution funding and the award size dictates the shape of a viable bid: a 5 to 6 million euro Horizon Europe project typically involves eight to fifteen partners across multiple member states, a dedicated coordinator with EU project management experience, and a three to four year workplan. The practical consequence for the AI work is that only a minority of the budget reaches model development. Substantial shares go to multi-country field trials with farmers and foresters, advisory-service partners, data governance and interoperability work, dissemination, and the coordination overhead that EU consortia carry. Applicants should also plan for the funding profile: Horizon Europe reimburses costs against a grant agreement with pre-financing, so partners need working capital, and small organisations or startups joining a consortium should confirm their cash position can absorb the lag. Because the topic is about advice that farmers and foresters actually use, in-kind contribution from advisory bodies, farm networks and forest owner associations is effectively required, and budget needs to compensate those partners for real participation rather than treating them as letter-of-support signatories. Only two projects will be funded, so the effective competition is severe and a bid needs a distinctive, defensible angle rather than broad coverage. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04 AI Supporting Informed Advice for Farmers and Foresters to Improve Competitiveness and Sustainability are due May 11, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04 AI Supporting Informed Advice for Farmers and Foresters to Improve Competitiveness and Sustainability is funded by European Commission (Horizon Europe Cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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