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HORIZON EUROPE – Supporting the implementation of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission – 2026

Horizon Europe aims to strengthen the EU's science and technology base and the European Research Area (ERA), to boost Europe's innovation capacity, competitiveness and employment, and to deliver on citizens' priorities, supporting our socio-economic model and values.

2026-09-23
33 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-MISS-2026-05
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Health Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities

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HORIZON-MISS-2026-05



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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

Forthcoming

  • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
  • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils: developing key understanding and counteractive strategies using a One-Health approach
  • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
  • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Leveraging long-term field experiments and other datasets to develop AI-ready decision support systems for sustainable soil management

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 33 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: 5 million euros
    • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: 14 million euros
    • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: 5 million euros
    • HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: 9 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 5 and 9 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs