Horizon Europe: Other Calls

Structurally addressing homelessness through coordinated social infrastructure and services in neighbourhoods

Funds innovation actions that structurally address homelessness by improving social infrastructure and services at neighbourhood level. Aims to enhance availability and accessibility of healthcare, employment, education and community integration support for homeless groups.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-01

Understanding capital market dynamics for increased investment in New European Bauhaus projects in neighbourhoods

Funds research to understand capital market demand and supply dynamics affecting investment in New European Bauhaus neighbourhood transformation projects. Aims to increase investment flows by exploring place-based impact investing and addressing mismatches between small-scale projects and large-scale funding.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-02

Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces

Funds research on systematic identification and reuse of vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces in neighbourhoods. Aims to increase renovation, renaturing or conversion of such spaces following circularity and sufficiency principles to address local community challenges and housing needs.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-03

Addressing homelessness through housing-led approaches aligned with the New European Bauhaus

Funds innovation actions developing housing-led approaches aligned with the New European Bauhaus to tackle homelessness. Aims to generate robust evidence on prevention and early intervention strategies in the context of the green transition in neighbourhoods.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-01

Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoods

Funds demonstration of innovative spatial design approaches for neighbourhood public spaces aligned with the New European Bauhaus. Aims to integrate diverse user perspectives into design and planning, delivering positive climate, environmental, social and cultural impact.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02

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

Funds research on how inhabitants experience their neighbourhoods and the impact on their health and well-being. Aims to generate evidence informing policies, planning and procurement for the green and nature-positive transformation of neighbourhoods.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03

Sustainable, inclusive, affordable and beautiful solutions for thermal comfort in buildings

Funds demonstration of sustainable, inclusive, affordable and beautiful solutions for thermal comfort in buildings inspired by vernacular knowledge, nature-based solutions and bioclimatic design. Aims to significantly reduce life cycle energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and costs compared to conventional approaches.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-REGEN-01

Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildings

Funds innovation actions developing sustainable, predictive maintenance and repair solutions for existing buildings to extend their service life, reduce life cycle environmental impacts, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and support circular economy goals in the built environment.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-REGEN-02

Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space

Funds innovative solutions for using underutilised vertical space above streets and buildings, such as rooftop gardens, vertical farming, and vertical extensions, to provide green spaces and affordable housing while limiting urban sprawl and land consumption.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-REGEN-03

Understanding the nature and the extent of the effects of PFAS on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Funds research to improve mechanistic understanding of how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services, closing knowledge gaps and generating evidence that policymakers can integrate into decisions on biodiversity protection, environmental protection and human health.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01-01

Better understanding, anticipating and addressing the biodiversity benefits and impacts of the clean and digital industries

Funds research to help society, industry and decision makers understand, anticipate and address biodiversity impacts of clean and digital industries across value chains, from design to end-of-life, supporting least-harm transition options and nature-positive economic approaches.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01-02

Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01-03

Assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline of invertebrates

Funds research assessing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity decline in invertebrates, including insects, molluscs and crustaceans, across European ecosystems, to improve understanding of driver interactions and support implementation of EU biodiversity policies including the Nature Restoration Regulation.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-01

Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks

Funds living labs that co-create and deploy ecosystem restoration solutions, addressing implementation bottlenecks and financing issues under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, while demonstrating social, economic and environmental co-benefits and supporting informed decision-making for scaling restoration measures.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-02

Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation

Funds coordination and support actions to network and scale up living labs for nature restoration, strengthening cooperation between research, practice and policy, and providing shared governance frameworks to help local communities, practitioners and public authorities overcome implementation bottlenecks.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-03

Innovative solutions to fight wildlife trafficking and to reduce invasion of invasive alien species

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-04

Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies

Funds research to develop more precise and cost-effective biodiversity monitoring schemes using advanced technologies, providing policymakers with efficient tools to implement and evaluate EU environmental legislation including the Nature Restoration Regulation, Soil Monitoring Law and Water Framework Directive.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05

Advancing promising results from Pillar II collaborative research through the innovation journey

Funds innovation actions that advance promising research results from Horizon Europe Pillar II collaborative projects further along the innovation pathway, co-developing and validating solutions in real-world settings to accelerate commercialisation, adoption and deployment across the EU and Associated Countries.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-02-05

Automated Scientific Discovery - Materials Science (RAISE pilot) (RIA)

Official topic page: HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01

Automated Scientific Discovery: Food (RAISE pilot)

Official topic page: HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02

Developing a model for a Data Lab for Science linking with EOSC and RAISE (RAISE pilot) (CSA)

Funds a coordination action to develop a sustainable operational model and blueprint for a Data Lab for Science, linking with the European Open Science Cloud and RAISE to help researchers access AI-ready research data and scale AI workflows across countries and disciplines.

Official topic page: HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-04

EU AI Media Platform: modular multilingual public-interest infrastructure for European news and audiovisual media (IA) - Apply AI

Funds development of a modular, multilingual AI-enabled infrastructure for pan-European public-interest media platforms, using AI for translation, content processing, and distribution to strengthen media pluralism, multilingual access including low-resource languages, and trust by design.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-09

Autonomous Drive Ambition Cities (IA) - Apply AI

Funds large-scale demonstration of AI-enabled electric autonomous mobility services at SAE level 4 in urban settings, integrating coordinated city pilots across multiple countries to bridge the gap between technical maturity and sustainable commercial deployment of autonomous driving.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10

Large-Scale piloting of next-generation AI-driven digital platforms for a more affordable, secure and sustainable European energy system (IA) - Apply AI

Funds large-scale piloting of AI-driven digital platforms to improve European energy system operations, including grid management, renewable energy integration, energy storage, and electrification, while ensuring security, interoperability, and cross-border data exchange with measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-12

EU Frontier AI Initiative: Advanced Scaling Frameworks for High-Performance AI Models (RIA) - Apply AI

Funds research to advance scientific and technical foundations for scaling AI models, including establishing predictive scaling laws, optimising training and inference processes, and providing European AI labs with methodologies to compete at the global frontier of AI development.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-13

Bringing innovative climate preparedness and resilience solutions closer to the market

Funds coordination and support activities to bring innovative climate preparedness and resilience solutions, including nature-based solutions, closer to market by mobilising public authorities, identifying deployment bottlenecks, and strengthening the European resilience market.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-03

Sustainability and resilience of climate projections and related data records for European and global science and policy

Funds coordination activities to ensure the sustainability, resilience, and open access of climate projection data and related infrastructure in Europe, strengthening EU climate data sovereignty and supporting timely contributions to IPCC assessments and UNFCCC processes.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-08

Detection, monitoring, modelling, and attribution capabilities for Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) activities and assessing their impacts on Earth's climate and ecosystems

Funds research to develop detection, monitoring, modelling, and attribution capabilities for Solar Radiation Modification activities, assessing their impacts on climate and ecosystems to support EU policy making and contribute to an emerging multilateral SRM governance framework.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-11

Valorising Horizon project results via innovation ecosystems

Funds activities to help owners of Horizon project results advance toward market readiness by bridging the gap between research outcomes and commercialisation, strengthening links with innovation ecosystems and enhancing collaboration across the knowledge triangle of research, education, and innovation.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-06-02

A stronger Global Ocean Observing System to enhance Europe’s strategic autonomy, climate resilience and biodiversity conservation

Funds the strengthening of global ocean observing capacities under the Global Ocean Observing System through deployment of observation equipment, enhancing marine biodiversity knowledge, increasing EU strategic autonomy in ocean observation, and supporting climate and biodiversity goals.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-04-01

Skills for innovative SMEs

Funds an SME support scheme delivering transnational skills matching, recruitment support, and innovation management services to help innovative SMEs address labour and skill shortages and strengthen their research and innovation capacity.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-05-01

Supporting the long-term resilience and European sovereignty of critical research data and knowledge repositories and scientific services for the life sciences

Funds actions to strengthen the long term resilience and European sovereignty of critical life sciences research data repositories and scientific services, reducing vulnerabilities such as precarious funding and overreliance on limited experts, while furthering integration with the European Open Science Cloud.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-04

Access to research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing industry needs in priority areas

Funds improved access to research infrastructure services for industry driven research and innovation, enabling researchers and innovators to use top facilities through single entry point portals, integrated service catalogues and converging access procedures across priority areas.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-06

Europe’s world class research and technology infrastructures as strategic assets for talent to Choose Europe

Funds activities to position European research and technology infrastructures as global hubs for science and innovation, creating international scientific networks, attracting top talent to Europe and strengthening visibility of European infrastructures as reliable partners for international cooperation.

Official topic page: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-07

R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships)

Funds first-of-a-kind demonstrators and optimization of industrial decarbonisation solutions for energy intensive industries under the Clean Industrial Deal. Aims to accelerate market-ready clean products and processes that strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience of EU manufacturing.

Official topic page: HORIZON-CID-2027-01-01

R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Clean Technologies for Climate Action

Funds innovation actions to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of clean technology solutions by increasing circular material use, reducing energy costs, and bringing these solutions to full technological maturity and near market-readiness for deployment in key European industrial sectors.

Official topic page: HORIZON-CID-2027-01-02

Startup Europe - CANCELLED

This call has been cancelled. It was intended to support coordination actions increasing the market footprint of European startups in strategic digital and deep tech areas by connecting them to ecosystems, communities, investment opportunities, and growth support initiatives.

Official topic page: HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-01-CANCELLED

Enhancing the involvement of philanthropic organisations in innovation ecosystems

Funds coordination and support actions to enhance the involvement of philanthropic organisations in innovation ecosystems, fostering collaboration with higher education institutions, companies, and investors to help transition academic research and innovations into market-ready solutions.

Official topic page: HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-03

Reducing soil sealing through sustainable urban and territorial design in the New European Bauhaus

Funds innovation actions developing regenerative planning and spatial design solutions guided by New European Bauhaus principles to reduce soil sealing and land take, improve soil health, support food systems transformation, and strengthen climate resilience and biodiversity across diverse territorial contexts.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-02-NEB-SOIL-01

Advancing interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity- health interface under a One Health approach

Funds interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity and health interface under a One Health approach, building knowledge frameworks and FAIR data infrastructures to assess how biodiversity loss and ecosystem health affect human and animal health.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NATURE-2027-03-01

Mass customisation of offsite manufactured modular construction components to transform the existing built environment

Funds innovation in mass customisation of offsite manufactured modular construction components to transform the existing built environment, reducing waste and environmental impacts while enhancing local cultural heritage and aesthetics in line with the New European Bauhaus.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-BUSINESS-01

Innovative models for collective community investment and ownership

Funds research on innovative collective community investment and ownership models that empower diverse local stakeholders to co-create, invest in, and manage local assets, fostering social equity, democratic participation, and neighbourhood revitalisation in line with the New European Bauhaus.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-BUSINESS-02

Anticipating the long-term future of neighbourhoods in line with the New European Bauhaus

Funds research enabling local stakeholders to anticipate and envision the long-term future of existing neighbourhoods, improving resilience and adaptability to changing socioeconomic, cultural, demographic, and climatic conditions in line with the New European Bauhaus.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-BUSINESS-03

The transformative potential of co-governance in the green transition of neighbourhoods

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-PARTICIPATION-01

Intergenerational neighbourhoods and communities aligned with the New European Bauhaus

Funds demonstration of solutions for intergenerational neighbourhoods and communities, providing methodologies and tools for architects, planners, and public authorities to advance intergenerational living while contributing to the green transition in line with the New European Bauhaus.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-PARTICIPATION-02

Novel combinations of knowledge and research methods to address social issues and advance a fair green transition of neighbourhoods

Funds research combining novel transdisciplinary knowledge and methods to better understand social issues influencing the green transition of neighbourhoods, generating robust evidence to inform decision-making, policymaking, and planning for a fair nature-positive transformation.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-PARTICIPATION-03

Combining conventional and innovative construction materials, products and techniques for sustainable and beautiful buildings

Funds research into hybrid building solutions that combine innovative construction materials, products and techniques (such as bio-based, circular or 3D-printed elements) with conventional ones (such as concrete or steel) to optimise construction and renovation processes and improve building performance and sustainability.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-REGEN-01

Sustainable, beautiful and healthy construction and renovation sites

Funds research to reduce the negative environmental, health and well-being impacts of construction and renovation sites on surrounding ecosystems, workers and nearby communities, while improving the visual integration of such sites into their surroundings.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-REGEN-02

Revitalising neighbourhoods around existing railway and motorway corridors

Funds innovation actions to develop and demonstrate solutions that reduce the environmental, ecological, economic, social and health impacts of active railway lines and motorways on surrounding neighbourhoods, contributing to the revitalisation of those areas.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-REGEN-03-CANCELLED

Enabling environments for a sustainable and circular construction sector

Funds the creation and demonstration of enabling environments (such as testing and validation facilities) that help construction companies adopt and scale up sustainable and circular construction solutions, while generating evidence and blueprints for replication and policy uptake.

Official topic page: HORIZON-NEB-2027-01-REGEN-04