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HORIZON EUROPE – A research agenda for a beautiful, inclusive and sustainable transformation of neighbourhoods – 2025

Horizon Europe - Horizon Europe aims to strengthen the EU's science and technology base and the European Research Area (ERA), to boost Europe's innovation capacity, competitiveness and employment, and to deliver on citizens' priorities, supporting our socio-economic model and values.

2025-11-12
118.400.000 euros
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Call reference HORIZON-NEB-2025-01
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Buildings & Public Works Education & Training Environment & Climate Housing Research & Innovation Social Economy Technology & Digital Territorial Development
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) Training organisation & school

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

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  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION01: The impact of common space on neighbourhood communities
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION02: Fostering and maintaining the social fabric for the green transition in neighbourhoods
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION03: Beautiful, sustainable and inclusive street furniture for the transformation of neighbourhoods
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION04: Network of neighbourhoods for innovative policies on gentrification
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-01: Applying regenerative design to the built environment in neighbourhoods
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-02: Biofabricated materials for sustainable and beautiful construction
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-03: Sufficiency measures in the built environment
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-04: Innovative approaches for sustainable, inclusive and beautiful social and affordable housing
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-01: Renovating the built environment through design for adaptability and disassembly
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-02: Bottom-up social entrepreneurship for the co-creation of neighbourhoods in line with the New European Bauhaus
  • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-03: Reverse local construction supply chains for the beautiful re-assembly of reclaimed construction products

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 118.400.000 euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION01: 10.500.000 euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION02: 9 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION03: 10.400.000 euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-PARTICIPATION04: 2.500.000 euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-01: 16 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-02: 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-03: 8 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-04: 16 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-01: 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-02: 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-BUSINESS-03: 12 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 2.500.000 and 8 million euros
  • Funding rate: between 70% and 100% of the total eligible costs