Lincoln Agritech is an experienced consortium partner in Horizon Europe, and a member of the 14-strong STELLA Horizon Europe programme consortium aiming to develop a holistic digital system to aid in early warning of plant diseases and pests. Our contribution focuses on presymptomatic sensing of fungal diseases and digital decision support in bull’s eye rot in apples.
We are a specialist research and demonstration site partner in New Zealand contributing innovative science and strong industry and indigenous knowledge links to support global climate, food, and circular economy goals.
Below is a list of calls where we can add value to a consortium. If you are looking for partners we would love to hear from you.
HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-31
Digital enablers and building blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions
Destination
Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructure, Services, Applications and Data
Action
Research & Innovation Actions
Led by Eva Anton
Lincoln Agritech offers their expertise in miniaturised antenna design using beyond state-of-the-art design principles and manufacturing methods.
Our antennas maintain their bandwidth at 1/10th of the footprint, ideal for earth observation and satellite telecommunications applications.
Our experienced team is seeking a consortium to contribute their antenna research expertise.
HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-04
Monitoring, reporting, verification and mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and related air pollutants from agriculture
Destination
Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action
Research & Innovation Actions
Led by Dave Rankin
Lincoln Agritech has performed high-accuracy, low-level (~2–100 ppm) environmental monitoring of methane from pastoral and barn-based dairy applications, and has recently developed a theoretical technique to estimate spatially-determined methane flux (at low levels) in pastoral farming using open-path spectroscopy and micrometeorological inverse dispersion techniques. This approach can also be applied to N₂O measurements, potentially simultaneously. We are interested in testing this novel concept in this or other Horizon Europe research programmes.
HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-03
Overcoming the barriers for scaling up circular water management in agriculture
Destination
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action
Innovation Actions
Led by Simon Pollock
Lincoln Agritech brings deep expertise in resilient water systems, recently leading pioneering research on braided river dynamics and groundwater-surface water interactions to support and understand climate adaptation. With a strong track record in multidisciplinary, impact-driven science, we’re an ideal Horizon Europe partner for tackling complex water resilience challenges across changing socio-economic and climatic contexts.
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-02
SSbD bio-based solutions to replace hazardous conventional chemicals for textiles production
Destination
N/a
Action
Innovation Actions
Led by Matt Jones
Lincoln Agritech’s New Materials Group has developed a pioneering chemical textile recycling process that selectively dissolves and separates hazardous synthetic fibres from blends and enables bio-based alternatives. Built on robust IP, this method transforms recycled or biobased materials into high-quality fibres via wet spinning, ready for re-manufacturing. This approach offers a clean, scalable solution to replace toxic chemicals in textile production and complements existing mechanical and biochemical recycling technologies.
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IAFlag-03
Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties
Destination
N/a
Action
Innovation Actions – Flagship
Led by Matt Jones
Lincoln Agritech’s New Materials Group offers advanced chemical processing techniques that enable the creation of fibre-based packaging from recycled or bio-based materials, designed for full circularity. Their selective fibre separation and wet spinning technologies allow for tailored material properties (strength, flexibility, and biodegradability) without relying on hazardous chemicals. This makes us an ideal partner for developing next-generation packaging solutions that are safe, sustainable, and engineered for reuse or recycling from the outset.
HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-02
Open topic: Innovating for on-farm post-harvest operations, storage and transformation of crops into food and non-food products
Destination
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action
Innovation Actions
Led by Eva Anton
Lincoln Agritech is researching innovative sensing technology for post-harvest fruit quality. Our technology is envisioned to allow cost-efficient non-destructive sensing of fruit quality on a per-fruit basis, as well as quality tracking, to aid storage and processing decisions. We would like to contribute this research to the work programme of a consortium, but are open to other research that will contribute to the consortium outcomes.
Our expertise comprises:
- Electromagnetic sensing and imaging, including occluded fruit, to aid crop management decisions, and post-harvest electromagnetic fruit quality sensing
- Postharvest fruit quality assessment experience, particularly non-destructive, spectral and image-based sensing technologies
- Biomaterials, including from waste products
We are also well connected with the New Zealand agricultural industry like Kiwifruit, Apple and Pears, and Wine.
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