Closing the learning gap: uncovering causes and effective policy interventions for declining youth skills in mathematics, reading, and science
Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Provide policymakers with a solid understanding of the structural causes for the decline in young people’s skills levels in mathematics, reading and science, including low and top levels of achievement, observed in the EU over the past 15 years. Generate rigorous, policy-relevant evidence about which teaching practices, programmes and policy…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €3M–€4MEU contribution per project
- €2.9Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 28projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona Cerdanyola Del Valles | Spain | University | 6 | 0 | NEXT-UP, ALPHABETICA, LINEup |
| Universitat De Barcelona Barcelona | Spain | University | 5 | 2 | ACHIEVE4EDU, DIALLS, REVERS-ED |
| Universitat De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 1 | EYE-TEACH, VETPREP, EMPOWER |
| Universidad De La Iglesia De Deusto Entidad Religiosa Bilbao | Spain | University | 3 | 1 | SCIREARLY, RE-WIRING, MAKINGHISTORIES |
| Universidad Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | LINEup, SMOOTH |
| Intralineas Educacion Sl Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 0 | EYE-TEACH |
| Universidad De Cadiz Cadiz | Spain | University | 2 | 1 | STIMEY, SMOOTH |
| Universidad De Jaen Jaen | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | GenAI |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 10partners (median)
- 8countries (median)
- 8%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- STRIDE – Strategies for achieving equity and inclusion in education, training and learning in democratic Europe (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06)
- EYE-TEACH – Eye-tracking and AI for Enhanced Teaching (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-11)
- EffecTive – Efficiency and Effectiveness of Training for Teachers’ Pedagogical Digital Competence (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05)
- Net4SocietyHE – Network of National Contact Points for Cluster 2 ""Culture, Creativity and Inclusive society"" and ""SSH Integration"""" (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-02-01)
- VETPREP – Vet participation, retention, and educational policies in the wake of covid 19 – a cross-country exploration (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10)
- NEXT-UP – Navigating the next normal: Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Youth’s Education-Employment Transitions in Post-COVID-19 Europe (NEXT-UP) (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.