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Strategic Analysis
To build a winning proposal under this New European Bauhaus topic, the consortium must bridge high-rigour sensory ethnography and neuro-architecture with practical municipal planning tools. The winning edge lies in pairing the mandatory NEB self-assessment methodology with creative, arts-based participatory mapping across contrasting urban, peri-urban, and rural sites to generate transferable, nature-positive spatial transformation roadmaps.
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| Requirement | Covered by | Carried | Status |
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| Scope activities | |||
| SC1Obtain a deep understanding of inhabitants’ sensory and emotional experience of their neighbourhood and the impact of these experiences on their health and well-being. Proposals are expected to: Involve in the research a diversity of people and groups, including those in a vulnerable situation and/or marginalised (such as women, children, youth, older adults, people with physical and psychological functional variations and their families/carers, LGTBIQA+ people, migrants and refugees). | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC2Assess the extent to which experiences and impacts vary across sociodemographic groups as well as in neighbourhoods with different characteristics. For example, in relation to the geography (e.g. urban, peri-urban, rural, coastal, insular areas); the quality of the built environment, including its accessibility and perceived beauty; social, economic and demographic characteristics (e.g. population density, social mixing, social infrastructure [1] , property census); reputation; access to natural, cultural and artistic spaces and offers. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC3Provide consistent and comparable data across different project sites and populations, making use of, among others, the NEB self-assessment method [6] . | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC4Validate the findings in at least three neighbourhoods (in urban, peri-urban and rural areas) located in at least three different Member States and/or Associated Countries. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC5Based on the research evidence, provide recommendations to local authorities and the artistic, cultural and heritage sector in those neighbourhoods on how to: Improve inhabitants’ experiences and sense of belonging of/in their neighbourhoods. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC6Support the health and well-being of neighbourhood inhabitants. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC7Guide the green transition of neighbourhoods, including their nature-positive transformation and climate resilience. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Expected outcomes | |||
| EO1Robust evidence on how inhabitants experience their neighbourhood [1] and the impact of these experiences on their health and well-being. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO2The research informs policies, strategies, neighbourhood planning and procurement for the green transition [1] of neighbourhoods, including their nature-positive [3] transformation and climate resilience. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Other requirements | |||
| REQ1Budget allocation for New European Bauhaus hub engagementProposals must allocate at least 0.8% of their budget for engaging with the Horizon Europe-funded 'New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact' to share intermediate and final results, findings, and learning, and contribute to impact assessment. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ2Effective contribution of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)The topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts and institutions, as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, to enhance the societal impact of research activities. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ3Participatory and transdisciplinary research approachProposals are expected to follow a participatory and transdisciplinary approach through the integration of different actors and disciplines. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ4Involvement of diverse, vulnerable, and marginalised groupsResearch must actively involve a diversity of people and groups, including vulnerable and marginalised populations such as women, children, youth, older adults, people with physical and psychological functional variations and carers, LGTBIQA+ individuals, migrants, and refugees. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ5Collaboration with past and ongoing research projects and partnershipsWhen possible and relevant, actions are strongly recommended to collaborate with and build on results of past and ongoing regional, national, or European funded projects and/or European partnerships. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ6Integration of construction ecosystem expertiseProjects are recommended to integrate expertise from relevant actors within the construction ecosystem, such as architects, urban planners, and landscape designers. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Expected impacts | |||
| EI1Stakeholders involved in the green transition in neighbourhoods adopt a holistic approach which takes into consideration the complex interplay between local and cultural specificities; the social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of neighbourhoods; climate; inhabitant’s experiences; health and well-being; inequalities; and democratic, participatory and deliberative practices and governance approaches in neighbourhoods. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EI2Inclusive, healthy, and active communities with sustainable ways of living and consumption develop a sense of belonging and ownership of change that supports a fair green transition in neighbourhoods. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EI3Better embedding history, arts, culture, cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries, cultural and linguistic diversity, cultural participation, placemaking and digital technologies in innovation, transformation, social inclusion and civic engagement processes for a fair green transition in neighbourhoods. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Underlying policies | |||
| POL1strategies for a union of equalityThe Union of Equality strategies encompass targeted EU policy frameworks covering gender equality, anti-racism, LGBTIQ+ rights, Roma inclusion, and disability rights to build an inclusive society. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| POL2european pillar of social rightsThe European Pillar of Social Rights sets out 20 key principles to ensure fair working conditions, social protection, equal opportunities, and inclusion across the EU. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| POL3davos declaration 2018The Davos Declaration 2018 promotes the concept of high-quality Baukultur (built environment culture), emphasizing that well-designed built spaces foster social cohesion, mental health, and emotional well-being. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| POL4new leipzig charterThe New Leipzig Charter provides the guiding framework for contemporary sustainable urban development in Europe, emphasizing the transformative power of cities through green, just, and productive dimensions. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| POL5eu intergenerational fairness strategyThe EU Intergenerational Fairness agenda focuses on ensuring that current policies and investments safeguard the rights, well-being, and life chances of future generations while fostering solidarity across age cohorts. | · | · | Sign up to track |
The binding rules of this call. Items marked auto are verified by GrantForge from the call and the template. The others are yours to confirm.
LMIC entities auto-eligible
Low/middle-income country entities are automatically eligible for funding.
EU space data infrastructures
If the project uses satellite-based Earth observation, positioning, navigation or timing data/services, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS. Other sources may be added but not substitute EU infrastructures.
Civil applications only
Horizon Europe funds exclusively civil applications. Research with exclusive military or dual-use application is excluded.
Gender Equality Plan
Having a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) is an eligibility criterion for public bodies, research organisations, and higher education institutions from Member States and Associated Countries.
Open Science
Mandatory open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications and responsible management of research data (FAIR principles, DMP required).
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Evaluators will immediately screen proposals for a strict geographic and typological baseline. Your consortium must validate findings across at least three distinct neighbourhoods that collectively cover urban, peri-urban, and rural typologies, distributed across at least three Member States or Associated Countries. Failing to explicitly map your pilot sites to these exact typologies will result in immediate penalization.
Source: Evaluation_pre_award
The use of the NEB self-assessment method is a non-negotiable baseline requirement, not an optional framework. Evaluators will explicitly verify its concrete utilization to generate consistent, comparable data across your project sites. Proposals that rely solely on proprietary or alternative spatial assessment tools without integrating the NEB methodology will fail this baseline check.
Source: Evaluation_pre_award
You must explicitly ring-fence at least 0.8% of your total budget for engagement with the Horizon Europe-funded New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact. Since this is a lump-sum grant, this allocation must be clearly visible and justified within your detailed budget table and corresponding work package deliverables to pass the scope compliance checks.
Source: Scope
Evaluators are instructed to penalize tokenistic inclusion of vulnerable populations. Your methodology must demonstrate rigorous intersectional engagement of marginalized groups—such as LGTBIQA+ people, migrants, and individuals with functional variations—directly linking their lived experiences to spatial health determinants and local spatial policies.
Source: Evaluation_pre_award
A winning proposal must bridge the gap between high-rigour sensory ethnography and municipal administration. Evaluators will specifically look for concrete uptake channels that translate qualitative, multi-sensory findings into actionable public procurement criteria and local spatial policies.
Source: Evaluation_pre_award
Specific requirements
EU space data infrastructures
If the project uses satellite-based Earth observation, positioning, navigation or timing data/services, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS. Other sources may be added but not substitute EU infrastructures.
Civil applications only
Horizon Europe funds exclusively civil applications. Research with exclusive military or dual-use application is excluded.
Gender Equality Plan
Having a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) is an eligibility criterion for public bodies, research organisations, and higher education institutions from Member States and Associated Countries.
Open Science
Mandatory open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications and responsible management of research data (FAIR principles, DMP required).
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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.
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.
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
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.
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Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
Guidance
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Call-specific instructions
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 13. New European Bauhaus Facility (NEB)
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Evaluators will immediately verify two explicit baseline requirements: validation across at least three distinct neighbourhoods covering urban, peri-urban, and rural typology in at least three Member States/Associated Countries (@SC4), and the concrete utilization of the NEB self-assessment method (@SC3). They will look for rigorous intersectional engagement of marginalized and vulnerable groups (@SC1) without tokenism, clear operationalization of multi-sensory and emotional neighbourhood impact on mental/physical health (@SC1, @SC6), and concrete uptake channels connecting qualitative findings to public procurement and local spatial policies (@SC5, @SC7).
TRL 2 → 6
Based on programme defaults
Obtain a deep understanding of inhabitants’ sensory and emotional experience of their neighbourhood and the impact of these experiences on their health and well-being. Proposals are expected to: Involve in the research a diversity of people and groups, including those in a vulnerable situation and/or marginalised (such as women, children, youth, older adults, people with physical and psychological functional variations and their families/carers, LGTBIQA+ people, migrants and refugees).
Assess the extent to which experiences and impacts vary across sociodemographic groups as well as in neighbourhoods with different characteristics. For example, in relation to the geography (e.g. urban, peri-urban, rural, coastal, insular areas); the quality of the built environment, including its accessibility and perceived beauty; social, economic and demographic characteristics (e.g. population density, social mixing, social infrastructure [1] , property census); reputation; access to natural, cultural and artistic spaces and offers.
Provide consistent and comparable data across different project sites and populations, making use of, among others, the NEB self-assessment method [6] .
Validate the findings in at least three neighbourhoods (in urban, peri-urban and rural areas) located in at least three different Member States and/or Associated Countries.
Based on the research evidence, provide recommendations to local authorities and the artistic, cultural and heritage sector in those neighbourhoods on how to: Improve inhabitants’ experiences and sense of belonging of/in their neighbourhoods.
Support the health and well-being of neighbourhood inhabitants.
Guide the green transition of neighbourhoods, including their nature-positive transformation and climate resilience.
Robust evidence on how inhabitants experience their neighbourhood [1] and the impact of these experiences on their health and well-being.
The research informs policies, strategies, neighbourhood planning and procurement for the green transition [1] of neighbourhoods, including their nature-positive [3] transformation and climate resilience.
Stakeholders involved in the green transition in neighbourhoods adopt a holistic approach which takes into consideration the complex interplay between local and cultural specificities; the social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of neighbourhoods; climate; inhabitant’s experiences; health and well-being; inequalities; and democratic, participatory and deliberative practices and governance approaches in neighbourhoods.
Inclusive, healthy, and active communities with sustainable ways of living and consumption develop a sense of belonging and ownership of change that supports a fair green transition in neighbourhoods.
Better embedding history, arts, culture, cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries, cultural and linguistic diversity, cultural participation, placemaking and digital technologies in innovation, transformation, social inclusion and civic engagement processes for a fair green transition in neighbourhoods.
Strategies for a Union of equality
highThe Union of Equality strategies encompass targeted EU policy frameworks covering gender equality, anti-racism, LGBTIQ+ rights, Roma inclusion, and disability rights to build an inclusive society.
Evaluators expect methodologies that actively account for diversity and intersectionality, ensuring that neighborhood design and health interventions address the lived experiences of marginalized or vulnerable demographic groups.
European Pillar of Social Rights
highThe European Pillar of Social Rights sets out 20 key principles to ensure fair working conditions, social protection, equal opportunities, and inclusion across the EU.
Evaluators expect proposals to address social determinants of health and equal access to essential services and quality living environments, directly contributing to social inclusion and fairness.
Davos Declaration 2018
highThe Davos Declaration 2018 promotes the concept of high-quality Baukultur (built environment culture), emphasizing that well-designed built spaces foster social cohesion, mental health, and emotional well-being.
Evaluators look for explicit attention to built environment quality, spatial aesthetics, and cultural heritage values as vital components supporting inhabitants' subjective well-being and sense of belonging.
New Leipzig Charter
highThe New Leipzig Charter provides the guiding framework for contemporary sustainable urban development in Europe, emphasizing the transformative power of cities through green, just, and productive dimensions.
Evaluators expect place-based, integrated urban governance models that place neighborhood-scale public health, spatial justice, and citizen participation at the center of urban regeneration strategies.
EU Intergenerational Fairness strategy
highThe EU Intergenerational Fairness agenda focuses on ensuring that current policies and investments safeguard the rights, well-being, and life chances of future generations while fostering solidarity across age cohorts.
Evaluators expect methodologies that examine how neighborhoods accommodate both aging populations and youth, ensuring equitable access to healthy spaces across all life stages without placing burdens on future generations.
Commission political guidelines 2024-2029
mediumThe Commission Political Guidelines 2024-2029 outline the headline priorities of the von der Leyen Commission, focusing on prosperity, competitiveness, social fairness, and quality of life across Europe.
Evaluators expect proposals to align their broader strategic impact with core European priorities, demonstrating how community well-being and social cohesion contribute to overall societal resilience.
European Green Deal
mediumThe EU Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a fair, healthy, and environmentally sustainable society, with a focus on sustainable food systems. This call aligns with the Green Deal’s goals by addressing the health impacts of diets and promoting resilient, inclusive food systems that support mental well-being.
Evaluators will look for proposals that demonstrate how the project contributes to sustainable food production, reduces environmental footprints, and promotes equitable access to healthy diets, particularly in vulnerable groups.
European Climate Pact
mediumThe European Climate Pact is an EU-wide initiative engaging citizens, communities, and organizations to take concrete action against climate change and build a greener Europe.
Evaluators expect bottom-up citizen engagement strategies, co-creation approaches, and initiatives that connect local neighborhood climate resilience with resident health and community participation.
New European Agenda for Culture
mediumThe New European Agenda for Culture harnesses the power of culture and cultural diversity to enhance social cohesion, citizen well-being, and urban vitality.
Evaluators expect proposals to integrate cultural dimensions, local identity, and creative community spaces as tangible drivers of mental and physical health in neighborhood environments.
European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage
mediumThe European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage sets out integrated directions to safeguard, manage, and promote cultural heritage across EU policies for resilient and cohesive communities.
Evaluators expect proposals to demonstrate how tangible and intangible neighborhood heritage is recognized and utilized as a community resource that enhances social cohesion and resident well-being.
Clean Industrial Deal
lowThe Clean Industrial Deal focuses on decarbonizing energy-intensive European industries while safeguarding economic competitiveness and securing green supply chains. It promotes investments in clean technologies, circular business models, and high-value resource efficiency.
Evaluators expect clear evidence of how proposed bio-based recycling or upcycling pathways reduce carbon intensity and provide circular, cost-competitive alternatives to fossil feedstocks in industrial manufacturing.
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