The LEAP-Agri Call for Preliminary Proposals on ‘Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture for Nutrition and Food Security in Africa’ will be published soon. NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development and the Ministry of Economic Affairs organize a meeting for potential applicants in the Netherlands to provide information on the call.

Aim of the meeting is to provide more information about:

• the LEAP-Agri partnership, an ERA-NET co-fund financed by institutes and ministries from nineteen African and European countries with additional finances from the European Commission;
• the LEAP-Agri Call for Proposals which aims to support joint research and innovation projects in food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture;
• the specific requirements and regulations for the Netherlands parties (research, private, NGOs) interested applying to this call.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday March 21 from 14.00-17.00 hrs. at the NWO offices. Please find more information on the call as well as the official announcement via the LEAP-Agri website.

In preparation for the LEAP-Agri meeting, you are kindly asked to read the Call for Proposals and Frequently Asked Questions as well as page 16 of the Individual Eligibility Criteria and Funding Regulations, which provides specific information for applicants from the Netherlands, available via the link above.

Please RSVP no later than Friday 17 March, by emailing Miriam de Jonge at .