GETS – Getting Everyone Together for Sustainable Food Systems: Empowered Consumers, Innovative Sustainable Products and Trusted Value Chains
GETS supports research teams working across countries on trusted food value chains, consumer agency, and sustainable food processing to help transform Europe's food systems.
This grant was recently updated
The submission deadline is now explicitly January 13, 2027 at 1:00 pm Vienna local time. FWF also states that Principal Investigator Projects application guidelines apply, with an amended version taking effect November 16, 2026, and currently lists no submissions.
Funder: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Due Dates: January 13, 2027, 1:00 pm CET (Pre-proposal) | June 30, 2027, 1:00 pm CEST (Full proposal, invitation only)
Funding Amounts: €200,000–€450,000 per FWF applicant, subject to the call’s national annex; minimum duration two years
Summary: GETS funds transnational research and innovation on trusted food value chains, consumer agency, and sustainable food processing.
Key Information: FWF funds Exploratory Research only; consortia need at least three partners from three participating countries.
Description
GETS is the third co-funded call of the European Partnership FutureFoodS, supporting transnational research and innovation to transform European food systems. Austrian participation is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Fonds Zukunft Österreich, and European Union co-funding. The partnership seeks environmentally friendly, socially fair, economically viable, healthy, and safe food systems in Europe.
The call addresses three topics: trusted and transparent sustainable food value chains; consumer agency and enabling food environments; and innovative processing for sustainable, safe, and nutritious food products. Projects must take a food systems approach, demonstrate a clear transformation perspective, combine interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work, and provide an impact plan for system change. The focus is post-harvest, rather than primary production or nutrition- and lifestyle-related diseases.
