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The actions in higher education and capacity building under the EJP SOIL program have provided a baseline for capacity building needs and initiated a set of cross-European activities to strengthen especially early career soil scientists skills and knowledge.

Since April 2021, it has been possible to apply for EJP SOIL grants for travels in relation to workshops, summer schools, conferences and more - and almost all of the applications have been successful. Furthermore, applications for funding used for getting access to infrastructure have often received a positive response, since the first call opened back in September 2021. This is of specific importance to early-career researchers.

A great number of young soil talents from all over Europe have taken part in the EJP SOIL PhD courses, where they have been presented with the latest knowledge in the field by leading experts and had the opportunity to meet like-minded early-career researchers and get hands-on experience. Meet two of them here!

Do you plan on an autumn getaway to the Emerald Isle? Then you might want to swing by the Irish Agricultural Museum at Johnstown Castle, situated near Wexford Town in the southeastern part of the country, where a new art exhibition has opened with soil as the main theme.

The European Commission wants to ensure that the general public interest across the EU is well-reflected in the impact assessment and the proposal for a soil health law by collecting feedback, ideas, information and opinions including policy briefs, studies, data on the drivers and the extent of the problem, costs and impacts, policy objectives and options. You can contribute to the Soil Health Law by filling in an online questionnaire.

Read the call text and apply for the three new Focus Groups - Deadline Monday, 19 September

EJP SOIL framework WP7 leaders are presenting the key on-going and upcoming activities and how various synthesis activities are feedback into other…

The Annual Science Days 2022 demonstrates that major steps have been made in developing new knowledge, gaining insight and seizing opportunities of research outputs. EJP SOIL is an integrated and interconnected community of researchers effectively addressing a broad variety of issues within soil science: from access to data and infrastructure to capacity building and innovation.

Working remotely during the pandemic often felt a bit isolating, and there was little opportunity for knowledge exchange with our EU-wide colleagues. The beauty of the Virtual Academy lies in its simplicity: monthly online 30-minute-meetings with presentations followed up by open fruitful discussions.