Demonstrating place-based experimentation and innovation spaces as enabling environments for scaling EU Missions
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: The territorial anchoring of the EU Mission(s) is strengthened through multi-layered governance Enabling environments for the scaling of novel solutions contributing to the EU Missions are established Analytical insights are turned into territorial experimentation and best practices for replication in a wide array of EU funding…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €1M–€1.5MEU contribution per project
- €3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 8projects 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 5 | 0 | CapaCITIES, TetRRIS, NBRACER |
| Asociacion Bc3 Basque Centre For Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai Leioa | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 1 | RELATE4NATURE, CAESAR, TRANSFORM |
| Fundacion Fundecyt - Parque Cientifico Y Tecnologico De Extremadura Badajoz | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | RIPEET, HuMUS, NATI00NS |
| Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | CapaCITIES 2.0, CapaCITIES |
| Centro De Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales Y Tecnologicas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | CapaCITIES 2.0, CapaCITIES |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | CapaCITIES 2.0, CapaCITIES |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | CapaCITIES 2.0, CapaCITIES |
| Ayuntamiento De Sevilla Sevilla | Spain | Public body | 2 | 0 | CLIMACARE, CapaCITIES |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 15partners (median)
- 11countries (median)
- 15%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
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- SI-Mission-Facility – European Social Innovation Advisory and Funders Network in support of EU Mission Objectives (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-01-01)
- CapaCITIES 2.0 – Fast-Tracking the National Narrative for Climate-Neutral Urban Futures (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-02-01)
- BlueMissionDBS2030 – Supporting Cross-Border Dialogue, Scaling Solutions and Mobilising Finance in the Danube-Black Sea Lighthouse for Mission Ocean 2030 (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MISS-2025-03-OCEAN-07)
- NCP4Missions – Network of National Contact Points for the five EU Missions (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-MISS-2022-NCP-01-01)
- PoliRuralPlus – Fostering Sustainable, Balanced, Equitable, Place-based and Inclusive Development of Rural-Urban Communities' Using Specific Spatial Enhanced Attractivenes Mapping ToolBox (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL6-2023-COMMUNITIES-01-2)
- RIPEET – Responsible research and Innovation Policy Experimentations for Energy Transition (H2020 · 2021 · SwafS-14-2018-2019-2020)
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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.