Open Call
Are you working on a solution that could help protect or restore soil health?
Do you want to bring your idea into practice and make a real difference on the ground?
Are you looking for funding and collaboration opportunities to turn your idea into action?
What is the purpose of this open call?
The main objective of the Open Call (OC) in iCOSHELLs is to engage and include new stakeholders in their 6 Living Labs (LLs) by adding extra experimental sites and/or including new innovations and solutions to be tested by the LLs. Successful applicants to the OC will become full actors of the LL and will participate in all further co-creation activities to validate their technologies/solutions in real life settings of the particular LL leading to improved soil health within the iCOSHELLs project.
12 applications
to be granted, 2 per Living Lab
Apply for up to €75,000
for your project
Test your innovation
in real-life conditions
Who can apply
Applicants can contact the iCOSHELLs consortium for advice and guidance: aWNvc2hlbGxzQHphYmFsYS5lcw==
Living Labs requests
- Biosolutions for soil enhancement
- Non-invasive technologies for soil health measurement
- Non-invasive technologies for biodiversity measurement
- Tools for soil-health communication and awareness actions
- Long-term organic farming and cover cropping between vine rows
- Biological herbicides and fertilizers
- Grass-legume mixtures and sustainable soil management
- In-field and remote sensing tools for monitoring
- Irrigation in combination
- Recovering and processing the nickel accumulated through phytoremediation
- In-field and remote sensing tools for monitoring
- Drone-based soil health monitoring system
- Tools for soil-health communication and awareness actions
- Interactive installations for public engagement
- Innovative and/or real time sensors to monitor the soil water balance terms in vineyards
- Phytoremediation
- Circular fertilisers
- Biostimulants
- Specific bio-inoculants for salt stress
- Testing of bio-phytosanitaries
- Biodegradable mulches
- Biosolarization and other regenerative practices
- Tools for soil-health communication and awareness actions
- Interactive installations for public engagement
- In-field and remote sensing tools for monitoring
- Field sensors and camera
- Soil amendments
- Drainage system improvement
- Biostimulants
- Disease suppressive soil
- Digital Monitoring Tools for Real-Time assessment
#iCOSHELLsCalling – Open Call Info Webinar
held on 17 December 2025
Timeline
Call Opening
December 4th 2025
Deadline for submission
February 4th 2025
(14:00 CET)
Announcements of pre-selected applicants
March 2026
Experiments duration
From April 2026
to April 2028