Horizon Europe funding for research on EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

17 February 2022

The European Commission is looking for the best innovative ideas to advance the protection and restoration of soil health in Europe. Eight topics are proposed for Research and Innovation Actions or Coordinated and Support Actions in relation the mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”.

The total available budget is € 62 million. The deadline to submit project proposals for Horizon Europe funding is 24 March.

Read more:

https://rea.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-soil-mission-call-proposals-open-2021-12-21_en.
The 8 HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 topics: Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu) portal of the Commission
You can join the “Missions” Slack EJP SOIL workspace by sending an email to: EJPCO@maapera.fi

The EJP SOIL consortium assembles a range of competences and experiences that relate to the call topics. It also produced a roadmap and stocktakes. Identify the link between the call topics and current EJP SOIL projects in the table below and explore EJP SOIL consortium capabilities.

HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 topics	EJP SOIL projects related to this topic (see ejpsoil.eu)
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01: From knowledge gaps to roadmaps on soil mission objectives	EJP SOIL roadmap & stocktakes (WP2)
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02: Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions	SIREN - Stocktaking for Agricultural Soil Quality and Ecosystem Services Indicators and their Reference Values SERENA - Soil Ecosystem seRvices and soil threats modElling aNd mApping MINOTAUR - Modeling and mapping soil biodiversity patterns and functions across Europe SensRes - Sensor data for downscaling digital soil maps to higher resolution ProbeField - A novel protocol for robust in field monitoring of carbon stock and soil quality properties based on proximal sensors and existing soil spectral libraries
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03: Linking soil health to nutritional and safe food	i-SoMPE - Innovative Soil Management Practices across Europe AGROECOsecC Ecological strategies for an efficient functioning of plant - soil biota interactions to increase SOC sequestration EOM4SOIL - External organic matters for climate mitigation and soil health
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04: Social, economic and cultural factors driving land management and land degradation	SoilCompaC- Mapping and alleviating soil compaction in a climate change context Road4Schemes - Roadmap for carbon farming schemes
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05: Incentives and business models for soil health	Road4Schemes - Roadmap for carbon farming schemes
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06: Engage with and activate municipalities and regions to protect and restore soil health	EOM4SOIL - External organic matters for climate mitigation and soil health
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07: National engagement sessions and support to the establishment of soil health living labs	EJP SOIL roadmap & stocktakes (WP2)
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08: Next generation soil advisors	EJP SOIL roadmap & stocktakes (WP2)