Leveraging long-term field experiments and other datasets to develop AI-ready decision support systems for sustainable soil management
Supporting the implementation of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission · HORIZON-IA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a single large project that turns decades of soil field experiments and other datasets into standardized, connected, AI-ready data infrastructure. The goal is to give farmers, advisors and policymakers better soil-health data and AI-powered decision tools so they can adopt more sustainable soil management practices. It requires linking at least 50 long-term field experiments across many countries into one accessible, interoperable system, plus building AI/deep-learning tools on top of that data.
artificial intelligence · agriculture agritech · environmental monitoring · data analytics · bioeconomy
Who wins this
A consortium of public research institutions managing long-term agricultural field experiments, teamed with AI/data specialists and farmer advisory organisations, aiming to build a pan-European soil data and AI decision-support infrastructure.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €9M
- 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 Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — at least 7 partners.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body
- Support to third parties
- Beneficiaries may give financial support to third parties (up to EUR 60,000 each) to incentivise developers to create or improve AI-powered advisory applications for farmers and advisors.
- Also required
- Must implement the multi-actor approach involving farmers, advisors, landowners and public authorities, and build a network of at least 50 long-term field experiments involving at least 7 owning institutions; collaboration with SoilWise, EU Soil Observatory and African Union Soil Observatory encouraged.
- 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 Proposals must apply the multi-actor approach. See definition of the multi-actor approach in the introduction to this work programme part. 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 Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties to involve developers in creating or improving AI-powered applications that provide tailored advice to farmers and advisors, enhancing soil management and benefiting small-scale producers. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 60 000. 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
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