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    HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03

    Understanding inhabitant’s experiences of neighbourhoods to support their health and well-being

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    Beautiful, inclusive and sustainable neighbourhoods for communities · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners

    1 Dec 2026
    Deadline
    €5M
    Indicative, per project
    ~3
    Grants expected
    8
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds research to understand how people experience their neighbourhoods and how that affects their physical and mental health and well-being. It wants projects to turn this evidence into practical recommendations for local authorities and cultural/heritage organisations on improving neighbourhoods, boosting residents' sense of belonging, and guiding a green, nature-positive and climate-resilient transformation of urban areas. Findings must be validated across at least three neighbourhoods (urban, peri-urban, rural) in at least three different countries.

    climate adaptation · smart cities · social innovation · biodiversity · public health · mental health

    Who wins this

    A transdisciplinary consortium including social sciences and humanities experts, urban planners, and local/cultural institutions studying inhabitants' lived experience of neighbourhoods across multiple countries.

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    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €5M
    Funding model
    Lump sum — paid per completed work package, no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — from 3 countries.
    Also required
    Proposals must validate findings in at least three neighbourhoods (urban, peri-urban, rural) located in at least three different Member States/Associated Countries, allocate at least 0.8% of budget to engage with the New European Bauhaus hub, and involve SSH expertise and a participatory, transdisciplinary approach.
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 8 past winners

    ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH) · DE · SME
    2 wins
    RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB · SE
    2 wins
    led 1
    Parkly Oy · FI · SME
    1 win
    FORUM VIRIUM HELSINKI OY · FI
    1 win
    LAND ITALIA SRL · IT · SME
    1 win
    F6S EU TECH INNOVATION NETWORK DAC · IE
    1 win

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