Support to EFSA in the risk assessment of alternative methods for the use and disposal of animal by-products and derived products
EU Bodies and Agencies · Grant topic
Summary
Not an R&D call a Polish company can use, by Scindu's rule.
Funds designated competent organisations supporting EFSA scientific assessments of alternative methods for using or disposing of animal by-products.
- Who can apply
- Unclear from the source: other.
- Amount
- €300,000Indicative budget
- Deadline
- 10 Dec 2026 01:00 CETin 47 days
- Status
- Openopened 8 Oct 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
Objective:
Only competent organisations, based on designations by Member States, are eligible to apply to the call.
Scope:
Support the evaluations carried out by the EFSA Scientific BIOHAZ Panel and the ad hoc Working Group on applications for alternative methods of use or disposal of animal by-products or derived products, performing work related to the development of the draft scientific opinions.
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- Other
- Purpose
- Procurement or service
- R&D relevance
- 1 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- Organisations designated by EU Member States
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Unclear
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Topics
- Animal by-products
- Alternative disposal methods
- Biological risk assessment
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Conditions
Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Applicant type
- Only Article 36 competent organisations designated by Member States are eligible; a proposal may be submitted by one organisation or a consortium of eligible organisations.
- Consortium allowed
- Yes
May apply singly or as consortium of eligible Article 36 organisations; consortium partners are identified and one is consortium leader.
- Eligible project scope
- Select partners to support EFSA BIOHAZ evaluation of applications for alternative methods to use or dispose of animal by-products (ABPs) or derived products, including preparatory assessment work and development of draft scientific opinions. Full and partial assessment options exist.
- Other condition
- Applications opened 8 October 2026.
- Other condition
- Applicants do not submit an estimated budget under this call; per-call/per-application task sums are predefined and payment is linked to accepted work.
- Other condition
- Grant uses financing not linked to costs: pre-defined sums are paid on EFSA acceptance of delivered work, are not linked to actual action costs, and do not require partner co-financing, estimated budgets or timesheets. This is not a salary or payroll reimbursement schedule.
- Other condition
- The applicant, or consortium as a whole, must demonstrate organisational expertise in basic/applied scientific research relevant to food microbiology, food technology and biological-hazard risk assessment/management, plus project formulation/management, technical/scientific reporting, monitoring deliverables and collaboration with multiple partners. Evidence includes at least one relevant ongoing or completed research project conducted by the organisation within the previous seven years, with dates, title/topic, task/responsibility details and public result links if available.
- Project duration, maximum
- 48 months for the Framework Partnership Agreement
Maximum FPA duration four years; each later specific agreement has its own maximum of eight months, so FPA length does not describe individual service duration.
- Project duration, maximum
- 8 months for each Specific Agreement
Maximum individual specific-agreement duration; it is distinct from the FPA maximum of four years.
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €300,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
- Call allocation
- €300,000
Total ceiling for specific agreements under this framework call; not an amount per applicant, per specific agreement, or a guaranteed award. The FPA framework lasts up to four years.
- Cost item funding, maximum
- €37,000
All-inclusive price for support for one ABP application under Option 1; EFSA may order specific agreements under the FPA during its validity based on assessed demand. This is a task/service price, not a beneficiary salary rate or employee pay award.
- Cost item funding, maximum
- €13,500
All-inclusive price for support for one ABP application under Option 2; a task/service price, not beneficiary salary or employee pay.
- Ineligible cost
- Subcontracting is not allowed for any of the tasks under this call.
Personnel and services
Researcher
Required staff
Call requires a proposed team and CVs; if team members are not assigned yet, applicant supplies necessary staff profiles. No salary, daily rate or payroll eligibility was found in the reviewed Biohaw call/FPA agreement; payment is fixed per assessment service and not linked to actual costs.
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 8 Oct 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- EU Bodies and Agencies · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- EUBA-EFSA-2026-BIOHAW-01 · Support to EFSA in the risk assessment of alternative methods for the use and disposal of animal by-products and derived products
- Types of action
- EUBA Type of Action
- Keywords
- Risk assessment
- alternative methods
- animal by-products
- biological hazards
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 7 Oct 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Reviewed
- 23 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.