Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity[E8]

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Call: Transformative change towards a nature-positive economy and society. Type of action: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Expected Outcome: Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: policy and decision makers at relevant levels are better equipped to incorporate educational, cultural, societal and behavioural insights related to biodiversity – such as business dependencies, vulnerabilities and systemic risks – into future policy development, including through participatory and co-designed approaches; institutional, business, financial and economic actors have better awareness on the systemic effects of their interactions and interdependencies with ecosystems, including international trade, across value chains; the understanding and mapping of cross-actor and cross-sectoral relationships and their associated knowledge production and decision-making pathways are improved; transdisciplinary research communities from natural and social sciences and humanities (SSH), as well as cultural and creative sectors, among others, collaborate to improve understanding on the indirect drivers [1] behind biodiversity-harming practices, identify leverage points and test evidence-based interventions – including in relation to governance, incentives, narratives, norms and power asymmetries – with public and private sector actors to incentivise and strengthen collaborative, nature-positive practices that enable transformative change for biodiversity. Scope: As highlighted by IPBES, halting biodiversity loss requires transformative change [2] acros…[E3]

• ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

• RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
• UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC

   The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.

   Source document HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01-03:31094502:2026-10-14T09:31:03.922+0200

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1. E1

   The buyer is European Commission.

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2. E2

   Proposals must be submitted by 14 Jan 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1).

   “2027-01-14T00:00:00.000+0000”

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3. E3

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Expected Outcome: Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: policy and decision makers at relevant levels are better equipped to incorporate educational, cultural, societal and behavioural insights related to biodiversity – such as business…”

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4. E4

   EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.

   “EU call topic”

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5. E5

   This call is open for proposals.

   “31094502”

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6. E6

   The notice was published on 13 Oct 2026.

   “2026-10-13T00:00:00.000+0000”

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7. E7

   The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as open for submission.

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8. E8

   The notice is titled "Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity".

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9. E9

   The EU contribution per grant is up to EUR 6,000,000 (from EUR 4,000,000).

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