The NEB Facility, the New European Bauhaus funding mechanism for the 2025-2027 period, has launched its first call through the Research and Innovation (R&I) component. It is composed of three work lines, focused on Participation, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Urban Regeneration.
In total, the European Commission has issued 11 calls, which will remain open until November 12 of this year. They have budgets ranging from 2.5 to 12 million euros. Although their objectives differ, they all share the essential application of NEB values (Sustainability, Beauty, and Inclusion) in their studies and actions.
This development will help convey to local public administrations and other interested actors, such as members of the associative network, the importance of implementing these values for the regeneration of built environments towards accessibility, wellbeing, and higher environmental quality.
Applicants must follow a participatory and transdisciplinary approach, as co-creation between professionals from architecture and design, the arts, and civil engineering will be valued, along with collaboration from citizens, businesses, and political representatives.
All conditions for each call, as well as detailed selection criteria, are available on the European Commission’s website. They can also be consulted during an online information session organized by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI, in spanish), which also included participation from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda; the session is available at this link.
Over the coming years, until 2027, we can expect further calls from the New Bauhaus aimed at creative profiles and teams interested in innovation and development based on citizen cohesion. This is just the beginning of the NEB Facility, the pioneering budgetary support tool.
