We would like to draw your attention to the specific rules of each Funding Organisation. Compliance with their eligibility criteria and regulations (e.g., eligible budget items) is mandatory. Therefore, applicants are strongly encouraged to contact their respective Funding Organisation Contact Point to ensure full adherence to all applicable requirements.
File last updated on 23 October 2025.
All participating countries have now confirmed their participation in the BiodivConnect call, including Portugal.
In the context of the Biodiversa+ 2025-2026 Joint Call (BiodivConnect), 41 funding organisations from 33 countries, together with the European Commission (EC), have provisionally reserved over 40M€.
Each participant in a funded project will be funded by his or her national/regional organisation(s) participating in the call.
Please ensure that you check the budget request limits specified in the Funding Organisations’ rules.
| Country | Funding organisation | Acronym | Reserved budget in EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung | FWF# | 1,500,000.00 |
| Belgium (Wallonia-Brussels) | Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique | FNRS# | 300,000.00 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | Fonds Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlaanderen | FWO# | 750,000.00 |
| Brazil | Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies | CONFAP## | 900,000.00 |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian National Science Fund | BNSF# | 460,000.00 |
| Czech Republic | Technology Agency of the Czech Republic | TA CR# | 1,000,000.00 |
| Denmark | Innovation Fund Denmark | IFD# | 2,000,000.00 |
| Estonia | Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusagentuur | ETAG, MoC, REM# | 550,000.00 |
| Faroe Islands | The Faroese Research Council | RCFI# | 100,000.00 |
| France | Agence Nationale de la Recherche | ANR# | 2,000,000.00 |
| Germany | German Research Foundation | DFG# | 1,500,000.00 |
| Germany | Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space) | PtJ# (on behalf of BMBF) | 2,000,000.00 |
| Greece | General Secretariat for Research and Innovation | GSRI | 1,000,000.00 |
| Hungary | Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal | NKFIH# | 250,000.00 |
| Iceland | Icelandic Centre for Research | Rannis | 300,000.00 |
| Ireland | Environmental Protection Agency | EPA# | 560,000.00 |
| Israel | Ministry of Environmental Protection | MoEP# | 120,000.00 |
| Italy | Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen | BOZEN# | 350,000.00 |
| Latvia | Latvian Council of Science | LZP/LCS# | 600,000.00 |
| Lithuania | Lietuvos mokslo taryba | LMT# | 300,000.00 |
| Moldova | National Agency for Research and Development | NARD# | 100,000.00 |
| Netherlands (the) | Dutch Research Council | NWO# | 3,000,000.00 |
| Norway | Research Council of Norway | RCN# | 2,200,000.00 |
| Poland | Narodowe Centrum Nauki | NCN | 1,000,000.00 |
| Portugal | Portuguese national funding agency for science, research and technology | FCT# | 500,000.00 |
| Romania | The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding | UEFISCDI# | 500,000.00 |
| Slovakia | Centrum Vedecko-Technický Informácií Slovenskej Republiky | CVTI SR | 1,200,000.00 |
| Slovakia | Slovak Academy of Sciences | SAS# | 360,000.00 |
| Slovenia | Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation | MVZI# | 900,000.00 |
| Spain | Agencia Estatal de Investigación | AEI# | 1,500,000.00 |
| Spain | Fundación Biodiversidad | FB# | 600,000.00 |
| Sweden | The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning | Formas# | 3,330,000.00 |
| Sweden | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | SEPA# | 420,000.00 |
| Sweden | Swedish National Space Agency | SNSA# | 1,250,000.00 |
| Switzerland | Swiss National Science Foundation | SNSF# | 2,600,000.00 |
| Taiwan | National Science and Technology Council | NSTC# | 810,000.00 |
| Tunisia | Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research | MHESR# | 500,000.00 |
| Türkiye | Türkiye Bilimsel Ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu | TÜBITAK# | 350,000.00 |
The Funding Organisations marked by “#” have defined maximum allowed budget per project and/or per research Partner.
The list of participating FAPs will be provided within the CONFAP’s (marked by “##”) rules.
