As of 3 December 2025, FutureFoodS 2025 Joint Transnational Call has been officially opened for applications. With this Call, which is the second call of the Partnership, it is envisaged to support innovative, interdisciplinary collaborations aimed at developing more sustainable, resilient, and healthy food systems.
With this Call, innovative research and development projects aimed at creating a sustainable food future will be supported by 38 funding organisations from 20 countries and the European Commission, including TÜBİTAK and TAGEM from our country.
The Call will provide funding for innovative projects contributing to one of the following topics:
Topic 1: Domestic food practices for enhancing sustainable and healthy diets — systemic work at the household level covering food safety, cultures, nutritional needs and consumer behaviour.
Topic 2: Towards diverse, sustainable and circular food processing systems — improved processing/packaging, valorisation of by-products and side-streams, and compositions tailored to diverse consumer groups.
Topic 3: Importance of trust and transparency — identify leverage points; assess tools, methods, metrics, indicators and quality signals (e.g. labelling) towards a more unified framework, co-created with system actors.
Click here to access the details of the International Call announcement.
For the online application platform and all required documents: https://futurefoods.ptj.de
FutureFoodS 2025 Call, in which project proposals submitted by large international consortia will be supported, will follow a two-stage application process, and funding decisions are expected to be taken at the end of 2026:
11 February 2026: Deadline for international first-stage applications
27 July 2026: Deadline for international second-stage applications (by invitation only)
It is strongly recommended to review the FutureFoodS 2025 Call National Application Rules document before applying.
Interested candidates are encouraged to attend the webinar that will be held on 11 December 2025 between 11:00 – 13:00 CET, where valuable information will be provided regarding the preparation of applications. Click here for more information.
For information on International Application Rules:
Dr. M. Merve POLAT
Directorate for EU Framework Programmes
e-mail: futurefoods@tubitak.gov.tr
Tel: +90 312 298 1782
Çınar ÖNER
Directorate for EU Framework Programmes
e-mail: futurefoods@tubitak.gov.tr
Tel: +90 312 298 1773
For information on National Application Rules:
Arif DUYAR
International Cooperation Projects Research Support Group (UPAG)
e-mail: futurefoods@tubitak.gov.tr
Tel: +90 312 298 16 28
For detailed questions regarding international processes, you may contact the Joint Call Secretariat: ptj-futurefoods@fz-juelich.de