Chirality is the geometric property of a rigid object of being non-superposable on its mirror image. It is ubiquitous in nature, and the chirality of molecules is extremely important as molecules with opposite handedness (enantiomers) behave very differently in biological and physiological processes. Being able to recognize, select, and possibly exploit specific enantiomers has become increasingly important in research and in industry. One of the less investigated properties of chiral molecules is their enantiomer-dependent interaction with magnetic surfaces. The phenomenon is attributed to the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect, which describes the spin-selective motion of electrons through a chiral medium. Among the most spectacular manifestations of CISS are the enantiomer-dependent changes of surface magnetism upon adsorption of enantiopure molecules and the enantioselective adsorption of chiral molecules triggered by surface magnetization. The ESCHIMO project applies spintronics concepts to reach a deeper understanding of the microscopic mechanisms underlying CISS effect and, in a long-term view, to lay the basis for novel platforms to detect, isolate, and handle chiral molecules at the nanoscale. Spintronics exploits the electron spin as a degree of freedom to transport and process information and has consolidated as a well-established technology in the last 20 years. Organic spintronics is a more recent and promising branch whose key element is the spinterface, i.e., the interface between organic molecules and magnetic surfaces. Spinterface science has now developed to a point in which it is recognized that novel and specific physical mechanisms arise on an extremely small scale at the molecule/magnet interface, and aims to actively control such mechanisms. In this respect, chiral molecules offer an ideal means to engineer the spinterface and conceive a new element, the chiral spinterface, with a dual implementation, whereupon molecules and the magnetic surface can actively influence each other. The two-years research plan of ESCHIMO will be focused on instilling chirality into the spinterface. A set of chiral spinterfaces will be conceived to activate, suppress, or enhance chiral phenomena at the interface, in a systematic effort to understand the microscopic origin of CISS effect and boost its application potential. For sustaining such a program, the ESCHIMO project gathers an interdisciplinary team that combines physicists and chemists with both experimental and theoretical capabilities.