Open Call: Co-create New European Bauhaus Funding

The overall purpose of this Co-create NEB Call for Proposals is to resolve challenges faced by cities and peri urban and rural areas by focusing on innovation and action in public spaces through citizen engagement in their re-design. It aims to work on activities that engage citizens and end-users to identify relevant challenges and create citizen-generated transdisciplinary projects in their communities, aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative. In addition, in accordance with the cities and peri-urban area and rural area cross-sectoral challenges, they encourage mapping challenges and the development of solutions in collaboration with citizens based on a demand-led approach.

EIT Community NEB aims to support activities in which cities and peri-urban and rural areas can act to deliver on their commitments and public realm development plans laid out in their strategic plans and are empowered to co-create potential solutions that incorporate the New European Bauhaus approach into process of reflection aligned with the initiative. It is expected to lead the co-creation of new solutions, products and services with citizens, thereby empowering them to implement innovations in their communities and to trigger change by actively influencing local policies. Citizen engagement that reflects the diversity of voices in the community is essential to developing successful long-term solutions that meet the needs of the wider community. Working together in a shared endeavour for a common higher goal will results in a true synergy of innovation, creativity, and design, thus improving citizens’ quality of life in cities and driving green and digital transformations. For citizens, this can increase their engagement with and social acceptance of change and encourage a shift towards more sustainable behaviours and mindsets. Successful citizen engagement will increase the ability to create, experiment, demonstrate, scale and deploy innovative solutions for a just, equitable and prosperous future.

Objective

• The primary focus of the Co-create NEB Call for Proposals is to co-create and build sustainable, beautiful and inclusive public space and demonstrate new solutions to boost the transformation of cities and peri-urban and rural areas.

Challenge Areas

• For this Co-create NEB Call for Proposals, the EIT Community NEB defines four Challenge Areas based on the New European Bauhaus four thematic axes:
  • Reconnecting with nature
  • Regaining a sense of belonging
  • Prioritising places and the people who need them the most
  • The need for long-term, life cycle thinking in the industrial ecosystem

Funding Information

• The total maximum estimated EIT funding allocated to this Call for Proposals is € 360,000. Eight projects will be selected with the maximum funding of € 45,000 per project.
• Additionally, all proposals must have a minimum co-funding rate of 25% across the project. Partners in the consortium may have different co-funding rates as long as the overall project co-funding meets the required 25% minimum.
• A co-funding rate above 25% might be positively considered during the evaluation
• Projects selected for this Call for Proposals will have a maximum duration of 11 months (tentative start date: 1 February 2025 up to 31 December 2025).

Who can apply?

• This Call for Proposals is open to all legal entities established in Member States of the European Union, and/or in Third countries associated to Horizon Europe. These legal entities may be, for example, public or  private legal entities, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), educational institutions, research and technology organisations, consultancies, NGOs or social entities.
• Applications from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) countries are encouraged.
• All proposals must be composed of a consortium with a minimum of two and a maximum of four partners located in an EU Member State or a Third Country associated to Horizon Europe. At least two of these partners must be independent of each other and one must be a city, region or an entity affiliated with a city or region.
• Specific cases
  • Entities established in Switzerland are eligible to participate but at their own cost. These entities will not receive EIT funding; instead, they will be funded by the Swiss government. Applicants from Switzerland are requested to contact the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) for further details.
  • Temporary eligibility requirements for Hungarian Universities
    • Following the Council’s Decision on measures for the protection of the Union budget against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary that entered into force on 15 December 2022, special participation and funding restrictions may affect Hungarian public interest trusts and their linked Universities participating in any EIT Community NEB Calls.

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