ForestPathways – Building Knowledge and Solutions for Resilient Forests and Sustainable Forest-Based Futures

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Cascade funding open call run by the Horizon Europe project FOREST — European Partnership for Forests, forestry, and the forest-based sector: Research and innovation for a Sustainable Transition (FOREST). The FOREST Joint Call 2026 – ForestPathways supports transnational research and innovation activities across the spectrum from fundamental research to applied research and, where appropriate, demonstration activities. Projects are expected to generate new knowledge, develop practical solutions, and contribute to implementation in policy, management or industry contexts, while considering the diversity of forests and the forest-based sector. Applicants must select the single topic that best reflects the primary focus of their proposal. Proposals may address multiple topics but will be evaluated and ranked under one primary topic. TOPIC 1 – Climate-Resilient Forest Systems: “How forests function and respond to climate change” This topic supports research and innovation addressing the resilience, adaptive capacity, and long-term sustainability of forest ecosystems under changing environmental conditions, including climate change and increasing disturbance pressures. It aims to strengthen the scientific basis for climate-resilient forest systems and support their adaptation and mitigation to climate change, within broader environmental and socioeconomic contexts. Proposals should address, where relevant, carbon dynamics measurement, monitoring and assessment of carbon stocks and sinks; adaptation pathways and strategies; forest ecosystem processes and dynamics; disturbance regimes, including wildfires and other abiotic and biotic disturbances, pests and diseases; landscape-level interactions and spatial dynamics; and genetic diversity and adaptive capacity, including assisted migration. TOPIC 2 – Adaptive and Multifunctional Forest Management Systems: “How forests should be managed under changing conditions” This topic supports research and innovation focused on the implementation of adaptive and multifunctional forest management systems that enhance resilience, sustainability, and the provision of multiple ecosystem services. It aims to support forest management approaches capable of responding to ecological change, disturbance risks, and evolving environmental, economic, and societal demands. Proposals should address, where relevant, silvicultural systems and management approaches supporting resilient and multifunctional forests; sustainable harvesting and wood mobilisation methods; monitoring, assessment and planning tools for adaptive management; integration of forest genetic resources into management strategies; operational, digital and technical innovations; risk reduction and adaptation strategies; and trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services. TOPIC 3 – Timber and Innovative Wood-Based Products: “How wood is transformed into innovative products” This topic supports research and innovation on the development, performance, and…