Online event on the funding opportunities in the EFSA 2025/26 workplan
Background
Scientific cooperation with external partners contributes significantly to EFSA’s scientific work. For a large part, such cooperation is implemented through the outsourcing of scientific tasks via calls for grants or tenders. In line with EFSA’s Strategy 2027, partnerships with Competent Organisations in EU Member States, Norway and Iceland are becoming increasingly important. This strengthened cooperation is key to achieving two of EFSA’s strategic objectives:
- Delivering scientific advice: ensuring timely and robust scientific advice for EU risk managers and policy makers
- Preparing for future challenges: building preparedness to tackle emerging risk assessment challenges and meet evolving regulatory needs
The scope of EFSA’s outsourced work spans a wide range of scientific activities, including:
- Drafting scientific reports and opinions on regulated product assessments
- Supporting the collection and sharing of critical data
- Enhancing risk assessment methodologies and developing or updating guidance documents
EFSA invites interested parties to join an exclusive 2.5-hour online event, which will provide insights into EFSA’s partnership strategy and an overview of EFSA’s funding opportunities for 2025/26.
Objectives of the meeting
The online event is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of EFSA’s evolving partnership strategy and upcoming opportunities. Specifically, the session will offer:
- Insights into EFSA’s Partnership Strategy and its implementation
Learn more about EFSA's plan to strengthen scientific cooperation with Competent Organisations across the EU Member States, Norway and Iceland, in line with EFSA’s 2027 Strategy, its grant and procurement mechanism, and the EFSA’s network of Focal Points. - Funding opportunities plan
Get an early look at EFSA’s draft work plan for 2025/26 and the calls for grants and procurement that it includes.
Structure of the meeting
The first part of the event will focus on the administrative and financial aspects of partnership projects. The second part will provide a high-level overview of the areas in which EFSA expects to launch calls for grants and procurement in 2025/26. The event will last 2.5 hours. After each part of the webinar there will be time to address questions from the audience, which will be collected via a dedicated chat.
Who should attend?
The event is primarily intended for scientists and administrative staff of Competent Organisations, i.e., organisations in the Member States, Norway and Iceland that are currently on the list of Art. 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002.
The event is also relevant to organisations and regulatory bodies that are in the process of being designated as ‘Competent Organisations’ or simply have an interest in exploring the partnership opportunities that EFSA will provide in 2025/26.
Online registration
The registration form can be found at this link.
Please note that the registration deadline is 4 December 2024 at 12:00 CET.
After closure of registration and in case the number of registrations exceeded the webinar tool capacity, EFSA reserves the right to select registrants to attend the live event. Registrants who might not be selected to attend the live event, will be notified once the recording is made available on the EFSA website, ensuring they have the opportunity to access and follow the content at their own convenience.
The link to connect will be sent out to selected participants a few days before the event.
Organisational details
The event will be held online on 6 December 2024 from 10:00 to 12:30 CET. English will be the language of the event, and no translation will be provided. Participation in the event is free-of-charge but prior registration is needed.
Contact
Do not hesitate to contact the organising committee at events [at] efsa.europa.eu (events[at]efsa[dot]europa[dot]eu) for more information.