Under Horizon Europe, the European Commission funds research and innovation projects to restore and protect the health of soils in Europe and beyond, to ensure safe food and water, ecosystems and resilience towards natural disasters.
Funding opportunities
EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe
Next call for proposals opens soon
EU Missions Ocean & waters and Soil
This call closed on 20 September 2023
EU Missions Climate, Oceans & waters and Soil
This call closed on 20 September 2023
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Gender in EU research and innovation
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News
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Meet the winners of the Mission Soil photo competition
The competition inspired over 50 people to show us their love for soil in their beautiful photos with soil as the protagonist. Read on to learn more about who the three winners and nine runners up are.
Healthy Municipal Soils (HuMUS) Project: Call for Proposals in support of EU Mission Soils now open!
The call is a significant step towards the HuMUS project’s aim to support the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ (Mission Soil) in promoting participatory processes at the local and regional level that will result in Territorial Management Agreements.
Publications
What is the EU mission: a soil deal for Europe?
The Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ is an ambitious, innovative instrument launched in 2021 by the European Commission to accelerate the development and large-scale deployment of solutions for sustainable land and soil management as part of a wider, green transition.
List of projects - EU Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' - Call for proposal 2022
17 new research projects are receiving €90 million funding to contribute to the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’. The projects gather 314 participants from 32 countries to deliver a wide variety of benefits for the restoration and protection of soil by 2030.
Communicating about your research project using social media
How to make the most of your research project with social media
EU Missions - Soil deal for Europe : what is the EU mission : a soil deal for Europe
The Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ is an ambitious, innovative instrument launched in 2021 by the European Commission to accelerate the development and large-scale deployment of solutions for sustainable land and soil management as part of a wider, green transition.