Deploying circular systemic solutions through living labs in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative topic)
Call 01 - two stage (2027) · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6 to 8 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds projects that help cities and regions put circular economy solutions into real practice through living labs. It supports moving proven ideas from demonstration into wider deployment, helping local governments, companies, researchers and citizens work together to cut emissions, reduce waste and preserve biodiversity. Up to two grants of around five million euros each are expected.
circular economy · bioeconomy · waste recycling · environmental monitoring · regional development · biodiversity
Who wins this
A consortium led by public local or regional authorities in EU Member States or Associated Countries, working with ecosystem partners such as companies, researchers and citizens, to run demonstration and replication living labs for circular systemic solutions.
Could you win this call?
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €5M
- Funding model
- Lump sum. Paid per completed work package, with no financial reporting of actual costs
- Submission
- Two-stage submission (short outline first, full proposal if invited)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 8 Apr 2027 · 16 Sep 2027
- Type of action
- HORIZON Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 5 partners.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, research organisation, SME, large enterprise, non-profit
- Also required
- At least five distinct living labs linked to regional or local authorities must be part of the consortium, including at least two demonstration sites and three replication sites, with one replication site located in a Horizon Europe widening country. The multi actor approach is mandatory.
- Sectors
- AgriTech · Circular Economy
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions The following additional eligibility criteria apply: at least five (5) distinct ‘living labs’ linked to regional or local authorities (and possibly together with their public and/or private ecosystem actors operating in their respective territories) must be part of the consortium as beneficiaries, among which at least two (2) living labs must be from different demonstration sites and another three (3) from other and different replication sites. 1 out of the 3 replication sites must be located in Horizon Europe widening countries (including Outermost Regions). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: The proposals must apply the multi-actor approach. See definition of the multi-actor approach in this work programme part. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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