On October 6 2025, the Official Bulletin of the Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) published the call for granting aid to the cooperation of Operational Groups of the European Innovation Association (AEI-Agri). Key features of the call:
- Beneficiaries: groups of entities with complementary profiles from the agri-food, forestry, and knowledge sectors
- Total budget: €18,000,000.
- Maximum budget per project: €500,000.
- Type of aid: 100% grant, except for productive investments (65%).
- Application submission deadline: until February 6 2026 at 23:59 h.
Given the importance of this instrument and the opportunities it offers for innovation in the agri-food and forestry sectors, we at BIOVEGEN have prepared a report summarizing the main characteristics of this call.