Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health

In short

This is a Research and Innovation Action under Horizon Europe. The budget is €7 million for about 1 grant of €7 million each. It is paid as a lump sum, so you report results instead of costs. Submission opens on 4 February 2027. Deadline for the first stage: 8 April 2027 (cut-off 2 of a series).

What the call wants to achieve

• policymakers and other relevant stakeholders have improved access to knowledge and quantitative data on changes in soil degradation over the past centuries to millennia across different pedo-climatic regions, alongside projections for future soil health trends under different scenarios
• policymakers, land managers and other relevant stakeholders have an advanced understanding of the long-term drivers (and the similarities and differences with short-term drivers) and long-term consequences of soil degradation processes including their role in the climate and biodiversity systems and in the water and (…)
• policymakers and other relevant stakeholders have an expanded comprehension of the social and cultural factors driving historical soil degradation and societal perceptions of soil degradation and soil health, as well as an enhanced understanding of the long-term socio-economic consequences of soil degradation (…)
• citizens are more aware of the societal impacts of soil degradation and the lengthy recovery process, to foster an accelerated acceptance of sustainable soil management practices.

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, © European Union, CC BY 4.0, summarised. The official call text and its annexes decide eligibility, budget and deadlines.

All cut-off dates

• 8 April 2027
• 14 September 2027

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