Soil science funding in European Union (EU-wide)

Soil science funding calls and grant programmes in European Union (EU-wide), collected from the official EU and national registers. 18 calls on record, 4 currently open.

Latest calls

• Towards commercialization of food systems microbiome solutionsForthcoming · deadline 23 September 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €15,500,000
• Living labs to monitor and mitigate carcinogenic substances in and originating from soils: Evaluating their effects on human cancer risksForthcoming · deadline 21 September 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €24,000,000
• Living Labs for co-creating solutions to reduce eutrophication from agricultureForthcoming · deadline 8 April 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €24,000,000
• Participatory research on the health of communities in contact with polluted soilsForthcoming · deadline 8 April 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €11,000,000
• Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil healthForthcoming · deadline 8 April 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €7,000,000
• Living labs to enhance soil health in Continental, Black Sea, Pannonian and Steppic biogeographical regionsForthcoming · deadline 8 April 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €24,000,000
• Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils: developing key understanding and counteractive strategies using a One-Health approachOpen · deadline 23 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €14,000,000
• Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicatorsOpen · deadline 23 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €5,000,000
• Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in UkraineOpen · deadline 23 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €5,000,000
• Leveraging long-term field experiments and other datasets to develop AI-ready decision support systems for sustainable soil managementOpen · deadline 23 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €9,000,000
• Mission Ocean and Waters and Mission A Soil Deal for Europe – Joint demonstration of approaches and solutions to address nutrient pollution in the landscape-river-sea system in the Mediterranean sea basinClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €16,000,000
• Carbon farming in living labsClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €12,000,000
• Soil pollution processes – modelling and inclusion in advanced digital decision-support toolsClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €14,000,000
• Co-creating solutions for soil health in Living LabsClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €36,000,000
• Phyto-management; curing soil with industrial crops, utilising contaminated and saline land for industrial crop productionClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €10,000,000
• Discovering the subsoilClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €12,000,000
• Innovations to prevent and combat desertificationClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €14,000,000
• Soil-friendly practices in horticulture, including alternative growing mediaClosed · deadline 20 September 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €13,000,000

Programmes

• Horizon Europe (HORIZON) 927 calls on record
• European Defence Fund (EDF) 69 calls on record
• Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) 61 calls on record
• Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) 38 calls on record
• Euratom Research and Training Programme (EURATOM) 22 calls on record
• Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 20 calls on record
• Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) 12 calls on record
• Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) 8 calls on record
• Research Fund for Coal & Steel (RFCS) 7 calls on record
• European Social Fund + (ESF) 5 calls on record