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    HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03

    Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine

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    Supporting the implementation of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission · HORIZON-CSA · Needs partners

    23 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €5M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected
    70
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds coordination and support activities to help Ukraine tackle soil degradation caused by the war and other pressures. It supports mapping stakeholders, building skills and knowledge-sharing networks, creating regional knowledge hubs, and giving practical recommendations to farmers, land managers and policymakers on sustainable soil management. The goal is stronger research-practice-policy cooperation and better soil health outcomes in Ukraine, aligned with EU Green Deal and Ukraine reconstruction goals.

    agriculture agritech · environmental monitoring · climate adaptation · biodiversity · regional development · circular economy

    Who wins this

    A consortium of research, innovation and stakeholder-engagement organisations experienced in participatory R&I and soil science, able to work with Ukrainian partners on capacity building and knowledge transfer in areas unaffected by active military conflict.

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    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €5M
    Funding model
    Lump sum — paid per completed work package, no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    Activities must take place only in areas without ongoing or active military actions to ensure participant safety; funding uses lump sum costs; eligibility and admissibility details are deferred to Work Programme General Annexes.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 70 past winners

    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · NL
    18 wins
    led 3
    STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH · NL
    15 wins
    led 1
    AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · ES
    14 wins
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · FR
    14 wins
    led 2
    AARHUS UNIVERSITET · DK
    14 wins
    led 4
    EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW- EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK · BE
    12 wins
    led 2

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