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Developing effective air quality planning strategies through innovative multi-scale modelling

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: public authorities obtain access to enhanced and innovative modelling capabilities to support air quality planning at various policy levels in a coherent way; society benefits from improved governance processes and effective air quality planning strategies, aiming at mitigating air pollution and reducing population exposure, as well as from…

Deadline 22 Sep 2027Opens 20 Apr 2027Budget €9.8MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €4.9MSingle stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €4.9MEU contribution per project
  • €5.9Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 74projects 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)
Ilmatieteen Laitos
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation184ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs
Paris
FranceResearch organisation161ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation131ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation121ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Helsingin Yliopisto
Helsinki
FinlandUniversity120ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, VISIONAIR
Stiftelsen Nilu
Kjeller
NorwayResearch organisation111ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut-Knmi
De Bilt
NetherlandsResearch organisation110ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus C
DenmarkUniversity110ACTRIS NEXT, ICARUS, ACTRIS IMP
Meteorologisk Institutt
Oslo
NorwayResearch organisation110RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2, PMCOST
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation101ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FUER TROPOSPHAERENFORSCHUNG e.V.
Leipzig
GermanyResearch organisation100ACTRIS NEXT, EDIAQI, RI-URBANS
National Center For Scientific Research ""Demokritos""""
Agia Paraskevi
GreeceResearch organisation82ICARUS, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS IMP
Institutul National De Cercetare Dezvoltare Pentru Optoelectronica Inoe 2000
Magurele
RomaniaResearch organisation80ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Eidgenossische Materialprufungs- Und Forschungsanstalt
Dubendorf
SwitzerlandUniversity80ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS-2
Institut National De L Environnement Industriel Et Des Risques - Ineris
Verneuil En Halatte
FranceResearch organisation80ACTRIS NEXT, RI-URBANS, ACTRIS IMP

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

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

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 18partners (median)
  • 10countries (median)
  • 15%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 40%University 39%Company 14%Public body 4%Other 2%

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

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  • ACTRIS NEXT – Actris next (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-DEV-03)
  • EDIAQI – Evidence driven indoor air quality improvement (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-02)
  • ICARUS – Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems (H2020 · 2016 · SC5-04-2015)
  • RI-URBANS – Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS (RI-URBANS) (H2020 · 2021 · LC-GD-9-1-2020)
  • VISIONAIR – Virtual Integration for Sustainable and Innovative Observation of Urban Air Quality (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01)
  • ACTRIS-2 – Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure (H2020 · 2015 · INFRAIA-1-2014-2015)

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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.