Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: more precise and more efficient biodiversity monitoring schemes, building on advanced technologies and more abundant data, are available; policymakers and relevant competent authorities have more efficient and user-friendly tools at their disposal to implement and evaluate results of the EU environmental legislation, leading to…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €5M–€6MEU contribution per project
- €6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 12 | 0 | BEAGLE, NextBON, SOILHARMONY |
| E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | eDNAqua-plan, BMD, RestMod |
| Universidad De Vigo Vigo Pontevedra | Spain | University | 4 | 2 | SOB4ES, BIOservicES, SoildiverAgro |
| Centro De Investigacion Ecologica Y Aplicaciones Forestales Bellaterra | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 1 | EuropaBON, BioAgora, RestPoll |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | NextBON, RestMod |
| Universidad De Murcia Murcia | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | ProPollSoil, FIREFLIES |
| Universitat De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | eDNAqua-plan, ReDiLeep |
| Consorcio Para La Explotacion Del Centro Nacional De Analisis Genomico Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | BGEplus, BGE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 10countries (median)
- 12%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- BALANCE – Biodiversity And Landscape restoration through Agricultural systems for Nature Conservation and resilient farm Economies (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10)
- BEAGLE – Biodiversity methods for advanced monitoring at large scales (BEAGLE) (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-04)
- NextBON – Next Generation Biodiversity Observation Network (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-04)
- EuropaBON – Europa Biodiversity Observation Network: integrating data streams to support policy (H2020 · 2020 · SC5-33-2020)
- ProPollSoil – Understanding and managing soil health impacts to protect soil-dependent pollinators (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-05)
- SOILHARMONY – Towards a harmonised pan-European monitoring of soil health descriptors (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MISS-2025-05-SOIL-04)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.