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NEB Connect funding available to address the challenges in your local community

Illustration showing an open call for New European Bauhaus initiatives. People are depicted engaging in various activities amidst trees and green spaces. The text provides call for proposal details, including webinar date and application deadline. Various logos of EIT Community, European Union and New European Bauhaus are displayed below.Illustration showing an open call for New European Bauhaus initiatives. People are depicted engaging in various activities amidst trees and green spaces. The text provides call for proposal details, including webinar date and application deadline. Various logos of EIT Community, European Union and New European Bauhaus are displayed below.

Call opens:

July, 4th 2024, 17:00 CEST

Call closes:

September, 27th 2024, 17:00 CEST

Functional area:

EIT Community

Target:

SMEs, Startups, Universities & RTOs

Region area:

Global

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The EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB) invites applicants to submit proposals for funding through its community-focused Connect NEB programme, which focuses on citizen-generated solutions to the challenges facing cities, peri-urban and rural areas.

The overall purpose of the call is to welcome solutions and initiatives that respond to challenges identified by the local community and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between people.

The EIT Community NEB is especially interested in receiving applications for projects that address challenges related to climate, urban mobility, food and manufacturing.

Crucially, proposals must integrate the three core NEB values of sustainability, inclusivity and aesthetics. For more information, please refer to chapters 3.1 and 3.2 of the Call Manual.

Supported activities

Below, the EIT Community NEB defines four challenge areas, based on thematic axes of the NEB.

  • Re-connecting with nature;
  • Re-gaining sense of community and belonging;
  • Prioritising the places and people that need it the most;
  • The need for a long term, life cycle and integrated thinking in industrial ecosystem.

All applications must address at least one of the EIT Community NEB challenge areas mentioned above. For more information, please refer to chapters 3.3 of the Call Manual.

Who can apply?

This call is open to all legal entities established in Member States of the European Union (EU), and/or in Third countries associated to Horizon Europe. These legal entities may be, for example, public or private legal entities, SMEs, education institutions, research and technology organisations, consultancies, NGOs, social entities,

Applications from RIS countries are encouraged to participate.

As a requirement, all proposals must be composed of one single legal entity (mono-participant type of call).

For further eligibility information, please check Chapter 2.2 of the Call Manual.

EIT funding allocation

Up to eight projects will be selected in this call with a maximum funding of 15,000 EUR per project and a minimum co-funding rate of 20% across the project.

How can you apply?

The process is organised with an easy, one-step application procedure. Please read the Call Manual carefully and if you have any questions, please contact the EIT Community NEB team: anna-liisa.laarits@eitmanufacturing.eu

Deadline

We are looking forward to receiving your applications no later than Thursday 26 September 2024 at 17:00 CET via the NETSUITE online submission platform. Click here to apply.