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Further funding opportunities

KoWi offers general information and advice as a first contact point on the following funding opportunities.

Complementing the calls within this Societal Challenge, the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) "Bio-based Industries" will also publish calls for specific project funding starting mid-2014.

There are also a number of joint programming initiatives of different member states that issue calls for proposals for the thematic area food, agriculture, fishery and bioeconomy:

• Joint Programming Initiative "Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change"
• Joint Programming Initiative "A healthy Diet for a Healthy Life"
• ERA-NETs: NETWATCH

The following Directorates-General (DG) of the European Commission relevant for this theme occasionally allocate funds via calls for proposals and calls for tenders: 

• DG Agriculture and Rural Development
• DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• DG EuropeAid – International Cooperation and Development
• DG Health and Food safety