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Living labs driving transformative change via knowledge integration and inclusive governance

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: society and decision-makers are provided with enhanced governance frameworks that integrate knowledge across ecosystems (terrestrial, freshwater and marine) and/or societal challenges, helping overcome institutional barriers, power asymmetries, and policy fragmentation to accelerate transformative change towards a nature positive…

Deadline 22 Sep 2027Opens 20 Apr 2027Budget €14MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €7MSingle stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €7MEU contribution per project
  • €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 126projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

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.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Wageningen University
Wageningen
NetherlandsUniversity133eNaBlS, RELATE4NATURE, MERLIN
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Uppsala
SwedenUniversity110NATURESCAPES, AfroGrow, RestMod
Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen
NetherlandsResearch organisation92BIOTraCes, BALANCE, BioAgora
Luonnonvarakeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation93RestMod, Trees4Adapt, FORbEST
Helmholtz-Zentrum Fur Umweltforschung Gmbh - Ufz
Leipzig
GermanyResearch organisation101BioValue, BioAgora, MERLIN
Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus C
DenmarkUniversity82GoNaturePositive, BEAGLE, BALANCE
Suomen Ymparistokeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation83BIONEXT, BioAgora, DRAGONS
Lunds Universitet
Lund
SwedenUniversity70PLAN-B, NATURESCAPES, RestMod
Internationales Institut Fuer Angewandte Systemanalyse
Laxenburg
AustriaResearch organisation71SpongeWorks, RestMod, Trees4Adapt
Ceska Zemedelska Univerzita V Praze
Praha - Suchdol
CzechiaUniversity70GoDigiBioS, AfroGrow, FORbEST
Pensoft Publishers
Sofia
BulgariaCompany · SME70BEAGLE, RELATE4NATURE, BioAgora
Wcmc Lbg
Cambridge
United KingdomResearch organisation · SME70BIONEXT, PLANET4B, SUSTAIN
Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien
Wien
AustriaUniversity70eNaBlS, MERLIN, EcoDaLLi
Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation Et L'Environnement
Paris
FranceResearch organisation62BALANCE, BioAgora, Agroecology-TRANSECT
Ecologic Institut Gemeinnutzige Gmbh
Berlin
GermanyResearch organisation · SME60GoNaturePositive, BALANCE, SpongeWorks

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation60BEAGLE, Agroecology-TRANSECT, iCOSHELLs
Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
Madrid
SpainUniversity30RestMod, iCOSHELLs, NextBON
E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research
Sevilla
SpainResearch organisation30RestMod, MEDCONNECT, PERMAGOV
Universidad De Vigo
Vigo Pontevedra
SpainUniversity21SPARK4Bplus, FARCLIMATE
Asociacion Bc3 Basque Centre For Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
Leioa
SpainResearch organisation20BIOTraCes, RELATE4NATURE
Eit Food Clc South S.L.
Madrid
SpainCompany · SME20SOILBIOMASS+
Centre De La Propietat Forestal
Santa Perpetua De Mogoda Barcelona
SpainPublic body20DRAGONS, TRANSFORMIT
Consorci Centre De Ciencia I Tecnologia Forestal De Catalunya
Solsona
SpainResearch organisation20DRAGONS, COEVOLVERS

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 17partners (median)
  • 9countries (median)
  • 16%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 31%University 29%Other 18%Company 13%Public body 9%

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.

  • BioValue – Biodiversity value in spatial policy and planning leveraging multi-level and transformative change (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-17)
  • BIOTraCes – Biodiversity and transformative change for plural and nature-positive societies (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-09)
  • eNaBlS – Education and Nature-Based Solutions: enable society to bend the curve for biodiversity (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-8)
  • BIONEXT – The Biodiversity Nexus: transformative change for sustainability (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-16)
  • PLAN-B – The Path Towards Addressing Adverse Impacts of Light and Noise Pollution on Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecosystems (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-2)
  • GoDigiBioS – Biodiversity loss mitigation and adaptation measures: Policies Governance and tools to foster transformative change (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-5)

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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.