Open Call for Implementing Participants of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) Programme 2027-2028
Open Call for Implementing Participants of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) Programme 2027-2028 supports module providers to deliver Grow and Advance, building women's entrepreneurial capacity in agrifood.
Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: January 5, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: EUR 1,556,000 total available; tentative project period February 2027–December 2028
Summary: Supports implementing participants to deliver the Grow and Advance modules of the Empowering Women in Agrifood programme in 2027–2028.
Key Information: This call funds programme delivery, rather than a separately specified research agenda.
Description
This call recruits implementing participants for the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) Programme 2027–2028. Supported by the European Commission through an EU-funded project, it focuses on delivering Module 2 (Grow) and Module 3 (Advance). The programme’s objective is to build entrepreneurial capacities for women in the agrifood sector.
The call forms part of EITFood BP26-28, the EIT Food Business Plan 2026–2028, under the HORIZON-EIT-2025-KIC-IBA-F topic. It uses cascade funding: the EU-funded project runs the call and awards and pays the funding itself. The supported work centres on implementing these two EWA modules during the 2027–2028 programme period.
