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"Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-02 Thematic Networks of Excellence for AI in Science Focused on Agriculture and Environmental Pollution" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
RAISE is the European Commission's initiative to build durable capacity for AI in science, and HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-02 funds a Thematic Network of Excellence dedicated specifically to agriculture and environmental pollution - a pairing that puts crop and food systems AI alongside environmental monitoring and pollution modelling in one network. At 12.
8 million euros for a single project it is the largest dedicated agriculture-and-environment AI funding instrument in the 2026 European work programme.
The Network of Excellence model is what distinguishes this from a research grant: the funded consortium is expected to build and sustain a European community of practice - connecting AI researchers with agricultural and environmental domain scientists, coordinating shared datasets, benchmarks and methods, running training and mobility, and reducing the fragmentation that has kept European AI-for-agriculture work distributed across dozens of small national projects.
A proposal that reads as a research programme with a dissemination work package attached will not compete; the network-building has to be the substance. The topic sits within RAISE's broader 90 million euro AI in science call supporting trustworthy AI applications across advanced materials, agriculture and healthcare.
Prospective applicants should look at the whole RAISE family before committing: HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-01 funds a general AI in Science Thematic Network of Excellence at 15 million euros with the same 21 April 2026 deadline, HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 funds doctoral networks at 30 million euros across three tracks closing 24 November 2026, and the 2027 RAISE topics fund automated scientific discovery in materials science (30 million euros across 3 projects) and food research (3 million euros, one project), both closing 2 February 2027.
The deadline for this topic was 21 April 2026 and the round has closed.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe consortium eligibility applies: a minimum of three independent legal entities established in three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, with at least one in an EU Member State. For a Thematic Network of Excellence at 12,800,000 euros the practical expectation is a broad pan-European consortium spanning AI and machine learning research groups, agricultural research institutes, environmental science organisations, and bodies capable of sustaining community coordination, training and data infrastructure beyond the funded project. Universities, research and technology organisations, companies and public bodies are eligible; UK and other associated-country entities participate under their association agreements. The expected EU contribution is 12,800,000 euros with 1 project funded, drawn from a 90,000,000 euro call on AI in science. The deadline was 21 April 2026 and this round has closed. Proposals are submitted through the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. Because this is a single-award topic, organisations that are not coordinating should seek partner roles in forming consortia. Applicants should verify the type of action, funding rate, expected outcomes and any specific conditions on the topic page of the Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Horizon Europe 2026-2027 Horizontal Activities work programme, as indicative budgets and project counts can be revised. Related RAISE topics: 2026-01-01 (AI in Science network, EUR 15 million, 21 April 2026), 2026-01-03 (doctoral networks, EUR 30 million total, 24 November 2026), 2027-01-01 (automated scientific discovery, EUR 10 million per project, 3 projects, 2 February 2027) and 2027-01-02 (food, EUR 3 million, 2 February 2027). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the expected EU contribution is 12,800,000 euros for a single project, approximately 14,976,000 US dollars at 1.17 dollars to the euro, so amount_min and amount_max are both set to that figure rather than to a range - only one network will be funded under this topic. That single-award structure is the most important fact about the opportunity: it is not a grant several agriculture-AI groups will share but one network that a large pan-European consortium will coordinate, with everyone else participating as partners or through the network's own downstream activities. The topic sits within a 90 million euro call on AI in science covering trustworthy AI applications in sectors including advanced materials, agriculture and healthcare. Its sibling topic HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-01 funds a broader Thematic Network of Excellence for AI in Science at 15,000,000 euros, also a single project, with the same 21 April 2026 deadline, and HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 funds doctoral networks training researchers in AI-driven scientific methods with a total budget of 30,000,000 euros across three tracks and a 24 November 2026 deadline. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was April 21, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-02 Thematic Networks of Excellence for AI in Science Focused on Agriculture and Environmental Pollution is funded by European Commission, Horizon Europe RAISE (Resource for AI Science in Europe) Horizontal Activities. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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