Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area: PRIMA Calls 2025

PRIMA is a long-term European partnership aiming to foster joint research and innovation approaches among Mediterranean countries to improve water availability, sustainable agriculture, and food production in a region heavily distressed by climate change, urbanisation, and population growth. PRIMA aims to support the transition towards greener, more inclusive, healthier Mediterranean societies’ transformation, stretching the EU Green Deal to South Mediterranean countries. Topics for Section 1 (32.500.000 EUR) Thematic Area 1-Water management in the Nexus Topic 1.1.1-2025 (IA) Upscaling Nature Based Solutions for sustainable water management to address extreme events in the Mediterranean Thematic Area 2-Farming systems in the Nexus Topic 1.2.1-2025 (IA) Enhancement of Sustainable Farming Systems within Mediterranean Wetlands for Conservation and Coexistence Thematic Area 3-Food value chain in the Nexus Topic 1.3.1-2025 (IA) Transforming Mediterranean Food Systems: Empowering Consumers for Sustainable Diets. Opening of the submission: 7 April 2025 Closing date for submission: 15 July 2025 Topics for Section 2 (Multitopics - 36.175.000 EUR) Thematic Area 1-Water management in the Nexus Topic 2.1.1-2025 (RIA) Enhancing Policy Development through Impact-Driven Water Footprint and Virtual Water Concepts in the Mediterranean Region Thematic Area 2-Farming systems in the Nexus Topic 2.2.1-2025 (RIA) Upscaling Agroecology Practices at the Farm Level in...