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Reducing soil sealing through sustainable urban and territorial design in the New European Bauhaus

Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Increased number of innovative and regenerative [1] planning and spatial design solutions that apply the New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles of sustainability, aesthetics [2] , and inclusivity [1] to reduce soil sealing and land take, improve soil health, support food systems transformation, and strengthen climate resilience and…

Deadline 15 Sep 2027Opens 5 May 2027Budget €15MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €7.5MSingle stageHORIZON Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €7.5MEU contribution per project
  • €5Mmedian 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.

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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)
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Uppsala
SwedenUniversity100URSOILL, NATI00NS, MultiSoil
Politecnico Di Milano
Milano
ItalyUniversity81UTOPIZE, URSOILL, NATI00NS
Iclei European Secretariat Gmbh (Iclei Europasekretariat Gmbh)
Freiburg Im Breisgau
GermanyOther · SME90SPADES, NEB Junction, SOILSTICE
Aarhus Universitet
Aarhus C
DenmarkUniversity84NATI00NS, ProPollSoil, REGREEN
Eigen Vermogen Van Het Instituut Voor Landbouw- En Visserijonderzoek
Merelbeke
BelgiumResearch organisation70SPADES, SOILBIOMASS+, SaliNova
Luonnonvarakeskus
Helsinki
FinlandResearch organisation62MultiSoil, BENCHMARKS, SOLO
Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture, L'Alimentation Et L'Environnement
Paris
FranceResearch organisation70SPADES, SOB4ES, SMS
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation70MultiSoil, SMS, EDAPHOS
LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (ZALF) e.V.
Muencheberg
GermanyResearch organisation70MEDSoilPlus, SMS, PREPSOIL
Rise Research Institutes Of Sweden Ab
Boras
SwedenResearch organisation43Sleeping Beauty, URSOILL, CareFabric
Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
Thessaloniki
GreeceUniversity61SOB4ES, LandShift, LandPrint
Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen
NetherlandsResearch organisation61SMS, SOILCRATES, PREPSOIL
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu
Trondheim
NorwayUniversity43NEB-STAR, Bauhaus Bites, NEB Junction
Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion
Athina
GreeceUniversity51NURISH, SpaceUp, SEACURE
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation51FOODCITYBOOST, NURISH, SpaceUp

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 organisation70MultiSoil, SMS, EDAPHOS
Eskilara S Koop Txikia
Bizkaia
SpainOther · SME30Sleeping Beauty, URSOILL, iCOSHELLs
Eit Food Clc South S.L.
Madrid
SpainCompany · SME30NATI00NS, SOILBIOMASS+
Asociacion Empresarial Centro Tecnologico De La Energia Y Del Medio Ambiente De La Region De Murcia
Cartagena
SpainResearch organisation30URSOILL, SEACURE, iCOSHELLs
E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research
Sevilla
SpainResearch organisation30REGENSOILL, RestMod, SUS-SOIL
Fundacion Fundecyt - Parque Cientifico Y Tecnologico De Extremadura
Badajoz
SpainResearch organisation30NATI00NS, PREPSOIL, HuMUS
Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
Madrid
SpainUniversity30RestMod, SUS-SOIL, iCOSHELLs
Universidad De Vigo
Vigo Pontevedra
SpainUniversity21SOB4ES, LivingSoiLL

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 19partners (median)
  • 8countries (median)
  • 19%of partners are SMEs
University 23%Research organisation 22%Other 20%Public body 18%Company 17%

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.

  • Sleeping Beauty – Awakening sleeping beauties: unlocking new european bauhaus and nature-based solutions values for a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient society (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02-2-two-stage)
  • UTOPIZE – UTOPIZE - Urban Transformation Through Open Participation And Inclusivity For Citizen Empowerment (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-NEB-01-02)
  • URSOILL – Innovative solutions for sustainable urban soil restoration through living labs (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-02)
  • NEB4All – New European Bauhaus for All (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-NEB-IBA)
  • NEB-STAR – New European Bauhaus STAvangeR (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-MISS-2021-NEB-01-01)
  • 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)

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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.