Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Living labs working on nature restoration [1] are better connected, they are better involved in policy developments, and they benefit from existing knowledge and experience, leading to scale up of solutions for nature restoration and to address bottlenecks to implementation in particular through strengthened ownership including by local…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €4MEU contribution per project
- €5.6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 9 | 0 | FIREFLIES, SMS, LILAS4SOILS |
| Eit Food Clc South S.L. Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 5 | 2 | NATI00NS, CREDIBLE 2.0, LILAS4SOILS |
| Soluciones Agricolas Ecoinnovadoras Murcia | Spain | Company · SME | 4 | 2 | FIREFLIES, CREDIBLE 2.0, CAFAMORE |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 4 | 0 | RestMod, NextBON, SafeNet |
| E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | RestMod, ALL-Ready, ROWER |
| Esferico Mrv Systems Sl Murcia | Spain | Company · SME | 3 | 0 | FIREFLIES, CREDIBLE 2.0, CAFAMORE |
| Consorci Centre De Ciencia I Tecnologia Forestal De Catalunya Solsona | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | SUPERB, eco2adapt, DRAGONS |
| Universidad De Cordoba Cordoba | Spain | University | 2 | 1 | HuMUS, TRAILS4SOIL |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 10countries (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
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- NATI00NS – National engagement activities to support the launch of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe’ 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02-07)
- BALANCE – Biodiversity And Landscape restoration through Agricultural systems for Nature Conservation and resilient farm Economies (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10)
- RestMod – Guiding restoration by improving ecosystem models (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-05)
- ECONATURES – ECOnomic impacts of NATUre REStoration (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-06)
- FIREFLIES – Aligning farming interests, scientific knowledge, and policy initiatives to promote biodiversity restoration in European agricultural landscapes (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-10)
- SMS – Soil Mission Support: Towards a European research and innovation roadmap on soils and land management (H2020 · 2020 · FNR-04-2020)
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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.