The EU Missions are one of the most innovative projects within the Horizon Europe research and innovation framework program, which will be developed during the period 2021-2027, through the funding of research and innovation programs with a strong social sciences component.

One of these missions is the Soil Mission, ‘A Soil Agreement for Europe’, which aims to establish 100 laboratories and work sites to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030.

The estimated budget for Spain for the total period (2020-2025) is 4,700,000 euros. The first call was launched on June 30, 2020, with projects starting on February 1, 2021, funded with a total of 1,144,624 euros. The second call was launched on April 1, 2021, with projects starting on November 1, 2021, funded with a total of 2,475,819 euros. 

On May 12, 2022, the third and final call for the Soil Mission was announced: “Research and Innovation actions to support the implementation of the Soil health and Food Mission”, with a project submission deadline of September 27, 2022.

This BIOVEGEN report includes the funding opportunities of this last call and its corresponding action themes.

  • Version: May 2022