MicroSOS aims to establish a collaborative platform bridging academic and non-academic sectors in agriculture and facilitating knowledge exchange between researchers and industry professionals. The project focuses on enhancing agricultural resilience to climate change through microbiome-based approaches. This project is part of Staff Exchanges funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

This project will provide an upgrade of four major experimental mesocosm facilities that are key national assets for aquatic ecology in the Netherlands. The existing mesocosm facilities based at NIOO-KNAW, University of Leiden, Radboud University and Wageningen University and Research have arisen from several decades of research and development, target different aspects of aquatic ecosystems, and have a proven track record of delivering internationally excellent aquatic research.