NEB Connect funding available to address the challenges in your local community
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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?
Before starting a proposal, all applicants (Project Leader and consortium partners) must follow the following steps:
- STEP 1: register in the EU Funding & tender opportunities portal to obtain the nine-digit Participant Identification Code (PIC number). If an organisation has already a PIC number, there is no need to register again.
- STEP 2: access the new EIT UM NetSuite platform, by submitting the Partner Information Form (PIF). NB: For organisations that previously applied to an EIT Urban Mobility/EIT Community NEB Call for Proposals, and therefore are already registered in the PLAZA platform, do not submit the PIF form, do not submit the PIF form but contact the EIT UM Service Desk servicedesk@eiturbanmobility.eu: you will be provided with the credentials to access the new NetSuite platform.
- STEP 3: access the EIT UM NetSuite platform and find the open calls under menu –> Call for Proposals –> Open Calls.
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.