Updated on 16 October 2026
POLLENTIAL: Innovative Technologies for Next-Generation Pollinator Monitoring
Professor of Applied Zoology at Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
About
POLLENTIAL aims to transform European pollinator monitoring by integrating conventional surveys with DNA-based, automated, and AI-assisted technologies. The project will develop and validate accurate, scalable, and cost-effective approaches to assess pollinator diversity, abundance, and population trends. Through European demonstration studies, improved DNA reference libraries, and collaboration with monitoring authorities, POLLENTIAL will deliver practical monitoring protocols, FAIR biodiversity data, and user-friendly decision-support tools, strengthening the EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (EU-PoMS) and supporting implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation.
Topic
- HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05: Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Type
- Partner looking for consortium
- Coordinator looking for partners
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
POLLENTIAL: DNA for Next-Generation Pollinator Monitoring
- Coordinator looking for partners
- HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05: Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Oskar Rennstam Rubbmark
Senior Scientist at Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Project cooperation
Farm testing partner for cost-effective pollinator monitoring (Area A)
- HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05: Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Tünde Gyarmati
Innovation manager at Gazda Kontroll Kft
Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
Project cooperation
- Early stage
- Partner looking for consortium
- HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05: Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
Andriy Utevsky
Associate Professor at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Kharkiv, Ukraine