Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions
Call text (as on F&T portal)
View on F&T portalExpected Outcome:
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- progress towards a harmonised and cost-effective framework for measuring soil health and for developing a soil health index, based on a widely agreed definition of soil health. In the long term, results may support a harmonised soil monitoring and reporting in Europe, as aimed for by the new EU Soil Strategy;
- significantly improved capacities for soil health monitoring and for assessing the effects of management practices and policy measures based on a set of robust set of indicators for soil health (state and change) and of proxies that are applicable to various land uses;
- support to policy development and to the creation of incentives for sustainable soil management through increased evidence on the links between soil health, soil functions and ecosystem services.
Scope:
A priority for soil monitoring concerns the development, harmonization, reporting and scaling of robust indicators to establish the status and changes in soil health. In turn, these indicators determine the operational aspects of the monitoring system in terms of sampling framework, sample collection and preservation, laboratory analysis and temporal aspects.
The selected project will help develop and implement a harmonised reporting structure at EU, national and local levels for soil health. More specifically, activities will
- test the eight indicators proposed in the mission implementation plan against their suitability to measure in a reliable way the status and changes in soil health, in particular in relation to progress towards the mission’s specific objectives;
- identify alternative indicators where the ones proposed in the implementation plan of the Soil Mission do not prove to be appropriate (e.g. sensitivity to change, critical thresholds, response time, feasibility of pan-EU operation)[1]. The indicators recommended (be it the ones indicated in the implementation plan or alternative ones) should be measurable, realistic (e.g. easy to use in particular for farmers and foresters, urban planners), unambiguous and scalable;
- develop a methodology to combine proposed indicators into a coherent soil health index;
- identify proxies for soil health, which are “easier” to monitor or more reactive to change. These "next generation indicators" could be based for example on observable land use and soil management or on data on the uptake of practices rather than direct measurements of soil properties;
- demonstrate the link between the proposed soil indicators, soil functions and ecosystems services supported by soils (taking into account the various types of soils and land uses);
- harmonize and benchmark the proposed indicators for a range of soil types, land uses and climate zones in the EU and Associated Countries and define the acceptable limits or thresholds;
- update indicators as a result of feedback following monitoring campaigns or data inputs;
- develop recommendations for an integrated sampling framework including measuring frequency and density to be implemented in the upcoming LUCAS campaign (planned for 2025/2026) and available for policy implementation (e.g. related to EU-wide soil condition assessments, registers for contaminated sites, LULUCF greenhouse as inventories);
- support the development of a Soil Health Dashboard under the EU Soil Observatory.
In carrying out activities, due account should be taken of the potential of Earth Observation and digital technologies (including Artificial Intelligence) for soil monitoring (see also eligibility conditions).
Activities should be undertaken in close cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the European Environment Agency and major R&I initiatives such as the European Joint Programme EJP Soil. The JRC’s contribution is particularly relevant in view of further developing LUCAS Soil and the Soil Health Dashboard under the European Soil Observatory.
[1] Soil Deal mission implementation plan, section 8B: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/implementation-plans-eu-missions_en
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Flash information on the CALL results
(flash call info)
Call for proposals: Research and Innovation and other actions to support the implementation of a mission in the area of Soil health and Food (HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02)
Published: 22/12/2021
Deadline: 24/03/2022
Total budget: EUR 62.00 million
Budget per topic with separate ‘call-budget-split’:
Topic code
Topic short name
Type of action
Budget (EUR million)
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01
From knowledge gaps to roadmaps on soil mission objectives
CSA
5.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02
Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions
RIA
12.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03
Linking soil health to nutritional and safe food
RIA
7.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04
Social, economic and cultural factors driving land management and land degradation
RIA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05
Incentives and business models for soil health
RIA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06
Engage with and activate municipalities and regions to protect and restore soil health
CSA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07
National engagement sessions and support to the establishment of soil health living labs
CSA
3.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08
Next generation soil advisors
RIA
5.00
The Commission and the Research Executive Agency have now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Topic code
Number of submitted proposals
Number of inadmissible proposals
Number of ineligible proposals
Number of above-threshold proposals
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01
4
0
2
2
9,998,016 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02
6
0
0
4
45,324,864 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03
6
0
0
3
20,964,652 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04
1
0
0
0
0 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05
4
0
0
4
19,801,049€
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06
15
0
14
1
3,276,683 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07
1
0
0
1
2,999,087 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08
3
0
0
1
4,999,932 €
TOTAL
40
0
16
16
107,364,283 €
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service[1].
[1] Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
Flash information on the CALL results
(flash call info)
Call for proposals: Research and Innovation and other actions to support the implementation of a mission in the area of Soil health and Food (HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02)
Published: 22/12/2021
Deadline: 24/03/2022
Total budget: EUR 62.00 million
Budget per topic with separate ‘call-budget-split’:
Topic code
Topic short name
Type of action
Budget (EUR million)
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01
From knowledge gaps to roadmaps on soil mission objectives
CSA
5.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02
Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions
RIA
12.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03
Linking soil health to nutritional and safe food
RIA
7.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04
Social, economic and cultural factors driving land management and land degradation
RIA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05
Incentives and business models for soil health
RIA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06
Engage with and activate municipalities and regions to protect and restore soil health
CSA
10.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07
National engagement sessions and support to the establishment of soil health living labs
CSA
3.00
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08
Next generation soil advisors
RIA
5.00
The Commission and the Research Executive Agency have now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Topic code
Number of submitted proposals
Number of inadmissible proposals
Number of ineligible proposals
Number of above-threshold proposals
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01
4
0
2
2
9,998,016 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02
6
0
0
4
45,324,864 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03
6
0
0
3
20,964,652 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04
1
0
0
0
0 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05
4
0
0
4
19,801,049€
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06
15
0
14
1
3,276,683 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07
1
0
0
1
2,999,087 €
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08
3
0
0
1
4,999,932 €
TOTAL
40
0
16
16
107,364,283 €
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service[1].
[1] Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 call was closed on 24th March 2022. 40 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below.
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01: 4
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02: 6
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03: 6
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04: 1
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05: 4
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06: 15
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07: 1
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08: 3
The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to applicants in June 2022.
HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02 call was closed on 24th March 2022. 40 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below.
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-01: 4
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-02: 6
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-03: 6
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-04: 1
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-05: 4
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-06: 15
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07: 1
· HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-08: 3
The evaluation results are expected to be communicated to applicants in June 2022.
Opening date: 2021-12-22 (4 years ago)
Closing date: 2022-03-24 (4 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 12,000,000
Expected grants: 1
Contribution: 12,000,000 - 12,000,000
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