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Funding Initiative: Pesticide Avoidance Grant

In context

This call is open to non-profits, research institutions and universities and 3 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Germany and the European Union. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.

Summary

This grant funds innovative projects that reduce or eliminate pesticide use in agriculture and land management. It is open to organizations working on sustainable farming practices and environmental protection in Germany and potentially the EU.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 4 Sept 2026Accurate?

About this grant

This grant supports innovative projects that reduce or eliminate pesticide use in agriculture and land management. Applicants must demonstrate how their work will deliver environmental benefits and align with conservation and sustainability objectives. Nonprofits, research institutions, universities, small and medium-sized enterprises, social enterprises and local authorities may apply. Projects may be at any stage of development. Eligible applicants are based in Germany or elsewhere in the EU. Grant funding is available through the call. Applications are assessed on the innovation of the approach and the measurable environmental outcomes the project will achieve.

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Key requirements

  • ✓Project must focus on reducing or avoiding pesticide use in agriculture or land management
  • ✓Innovation and demonstrable impact on environmental outcomes required
  • ✓Alignment with German Federal Environmental Foundation's conservation and sustainability mission

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for Funding Initiative: Pesticide Avoidance?
Eligibility covers organisations in DE, EU; nonprofit, research-institution, university, sme, social-enterprise, local-authority.

How this compares

  • Compared with 28 similar grants (regen ag in Germany) listed in the last 12 months.
  • The same organisation listed 1 other similar grant here in the last 12 months.

Figures are computed from notices listed on Raise Lens in the same sector and country over the last 12 months.

About this sector

Regenerative agriculture funding supports soil health, cover cropping, reduced tillage, agroforestry and grazing practices that store carbon and restore land. It comes through agricultural support schemes, research programmes and supply-chain initiatives run with food companies. Applicants often need farmer partners, field trial plans and a way to monitor soil outcomes.