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Improve the capacity to monitor and reduce air pollution from agriculture

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of air pollutants at farm level is improved; human health and environment (including biodiversity) benefit from reduced impacts of air pollution from agriculture; EU policies preventing and reducing air pollution are supported with more comprehensive, harmonised and accurate scientific…

Deadline 22 Sep 2027Opens 20 Apr 2027Budget €12MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €6MSingle stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €6MEU contribution per project
  • €6.7Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 74projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Teagasc - Agriculture And Food Development Authority
Carlow
IrelandUniversity123MARVELA, NUTRITIVE, MARVIC
Eigen Vermogen Van Het Instituut Voor Landbouw- En Visserijonderzoek
Merelbeke
BelgiumResearch organisation111MARVELA, NUTRITIVE, CREDIBLE 2.0
Wageningen University
Wageningen
NetherlandsUniversity132MARVELA, NutriBudget, MIXED
Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen
NetherlandsResearch organisation132NutriBudget, CREDIBLE 2.0, MARVIC
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU FiBL
Frick
SwitzerlandResearch organisation100MARVELA, NutriBudget, MIXED
Universiteit Gent
Gent
BelgiumUniversity74MARVELA, NutriBudget, SoilPATH
Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation Et L'Environnement
Paris
FranceResearch organisation113MARVIC, MIXED, CAFAMORE
Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon
Athina
GreeceUniversity81LILAS4SOILS, TRACER, EmerGO
Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
Thessaloniki
GreeceUniversity91uCARe, REALCHEM, MRV4SOC
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation82LILAS4SOILS, MARVIC, MRV4SOC
Ilmatieteen Laitos
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation91REALCHEM, MARVIC, VERIFY
Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus C
DenmarkUniversity91MARVIC, MIXED, trans4num
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V.
Mol
BelgiumResearch organisation62NUTRITIVE, VISIONAIR, RI-URBANS
Leibniz-Institut Fur Agrartechnik Und Biookonomie Ev
Potsdam
GermanyResearch organisation50MARVELA, TRACER, NUTRITIVE
Institut De L'Elevage
Paris
FranceResearch organisation · SME61CREDIBLE 2.0, PPILOW, Climate Farm Demo

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation82LILAS4SOILS, MARVIC, MRV4SOC
Eit Food Clc South S.L.
Madrid
SpainCompany · SME22LILAS4SOILS, CREDIBLE 2.0
Soluciones Agricolas Ecoinnovadoras
Murcia
SpainCompany · SME30CREDIBLE 2.0, MARVIC, CAFAMORE
Esferico Mrv Systems Sl
Murcia
SpainCompany · SME30CREDIBLE 2.0, MARVIC, CAFAMORE
Fundacio Universitaria Balmes
Vic Barcelona
SpainUniversity31NutriBudget, HarvRESt, FERTIMANURE
Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
Cerdanyola Del Valles
SpainUniversity30ATMOPOLIS, BioSecure, Net4Cities
Fundacio Centre Tecnologic En Biodiversitat, Ecologia I Tecnologia Ambiental I Alimentaria
Vic
SpainResearch organisation10MARVELA
Kunak Technologies Sl
Orkoien
SpainCompany · SME10MARVELA

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 18partners (median)
  • 9countries (median)
  • 25%of partners are SMEs
University 31%Research organisation 31%Company 25%Other 10%Public body 3%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • MARVELA – Towards scalable monitoring, reporting ,verification and mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from land-based agricultural systems (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-04)
  • LILAS4SOILS – Fostering Carbon Farming Practices through LIving LAbS in the Mediterranean and Southern EU for the healthy future of European SOILS (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-09)
  • TRACER – Transparent Reporting and Accountability for carbon and non-CO2 Emissions with Real-time data streams and advanced Modelling (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-CLIMATE-04)
  • MODELAIR – Groundbreaking tools and models to reduce air pollution in urban areas (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01)
  • Sustainable Manure – Fertiliser from air by plasma treatment (H2020 · 2020 · EIC-FTI-2018-2020)
  • NutriBudget – NUTRIBUDGET - Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture. (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-02)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.