Target audience
Researchers and scientists within the field, farmers and agricultural professionals, policy makers and government agencies, NGO’s and advocacy groups, educational institutions, stakeholders and companies involved in agriculture, forestry and land management, and community organizations involved in soil health and promotion of sustainable land use practices.
The project
ollaborative consortium of at least three beneficiaries, working together around a research and innovation or coordination and support action, responding to specific challenges mentioned in the topic and implementing the expected outcomes, within a project lasting an average of 3 years.
EU funding
The EU funding covers between 70%-100% of the project costs, plus overhead of 25% of the project budget for indirect expenses. In each topic, the European commission mentions the indicative budget per project.
Open calls
Call identifier
Deadline
Type of action
Budget overview
Indicative number of grants
Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02-two-stage
Last date for submission14-04-2026
RIA
Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01-two-stage
Last date for submission14-04-2026
RIA
Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03
Last date for submission23-09-2026
CSA
Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01
Last date for submission23-09-2026
CSA
Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils: developing key understanding and counteractive strategies using a One-Health approach
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02
Last date for submission23-09-2026
RIA
Leveraging long-term field experiments and other datasets to develop AI-ready decision support systems for sustainable soil management
HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04
Last date for submission23-09-2026
IA
Living labs to enhance soil health in Continental, Black Sea, Pannonian and Steppic biogeographical regions
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-01-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
RIA
Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-06-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
RIA
Living Labs for co-creating solutions to reduce eutrophication from agriculture
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-02-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
RIA
Agroforestry for soil health at landscape level
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-03-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
IA
Innovative biotechnologies to restore soil health and improve agricultural competitiveness and resilience
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-05-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
IA
Participatory research on the health of communities in contact with polluted soils
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-04-two-stage
Last date for submission08-04-2027
RIA