Selection of hosting sites and fellows for EFSA's European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship (EU-FORA) Programme

Home Funding Calls for proposals Selection of hosting sites and fellows for EFSA's European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship (EU-FORA) Programme Selection of hosting sites and fellows for EFSA's European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship (EU-FORA) Programme EUBA-EFSA-2027-ENREL-01 Topic Calls for proposals Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme EU Bodies and Agencies (EUBA) Call Selection of hosting sites and fellows for EFSA's European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship (EU-FORA) Programme (EUBA-EFSA-2027-ENREL-01) Type of action EUBA EUBA Type of Action Type of MGA EUBA Type of MGA [EUBA] Open For Submission Deadline model Single-stage Opening date 04 November 2026 Deadline date 24 February 2027 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Scope: Only competent organisations, based on designations by Member States, are eligible to apply to the call. The call seeks to identify consortia of hosting sites and fellow sending organisations, both of which must be competent organisations under Article 36 of the Regulation (EC) 178/2002, EFSA’s Founding Regulation. The sending organisation will propose a fellow to be trained under a work programme offered by the other consortium partner, who will act as hosting site and will be responsible for the training of the fellow. Hosting sites are expected to have a strong capacity and broad experience in one or more activities relevant to food safety risk assessment. The focus of the EU-FORA fellowship programme will be targeted to activities falling within EFSA’s remit. Show more Topic updates 04 November 2026 The submission session is now available for: EUBA-EFSA-2027-ENREL-01 Show more Topic conditions and documents Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 1. Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document 2. Eligible countries 2. Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document. o be eligible, applicants must be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) 2230/2004. This list is regularly updated by EFSA Management Board and is available for consultation using this link https://efsa.my.site.com/competentorganisations/s/competentorganisation/CompetentOrganisation__c/00B1v000009LqfIEAS 3. Other eligibility conditions 3. Other eligibility conditions as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion 4. Financial and operational capacity: as described in section 2.4 of the call for proposals document 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes 5a. Evaluation and Award criteria: as described in section 2 and 2.5 of the call for proposals document. Submission modalities: as described in section 3 of the call for proposals document 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds 5b. Evaluation and Award criteria: as described in section 2 and 2.5 of the call for proposals document 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement 5c. described in section 'Indicative procedure timetable' page 2 of the call for proposals document 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants 6. as described in section 1.5 of the call for proposals document and in the Draft Grant agreement Call document and annexes: Call for proposal Draft grant agreement Additional documents: EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2027 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants EUBA-EFSA-2027-ENREL-01 - EUBA EUBA Type of Action 825 000,00 € Single-stage 4 November 2026 24 February 2027 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Start submission Need help? 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