Deploying circular systemic solutions through living labs in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative topic)

Purpose

Research and innovation

R&D relevance

3 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

—

Region

Any

Consortium

Unclear

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Circular economy
• Urban living labs
• Regional resource valorisation
• Circular systemic solutions
• Emissions reduction

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant restriction

Participation and funding eligibility are distinct. Eligible participation remains subject to the Horizon Europe Regulation and topic conditions. Beneficiaries and affiliated entities register in the Participant Register before submission to obtain a PIC; legal validation and proof of legal status/origin are completed before grant signature, but a validated PIC is not a submission prerequisite. Associated partners may participate subject to the topic without signing the GA or charging costs/claiming contributions. General funding categories include EU Member States (including outermost regions), Overseas Countries and Territories, Associated Countries, and the listed low-/middle-income countries. Other entities receive funding only where the topic provides or the granting authority finds participation essential. Check applicable country status/list and call-specific exceptions. The general consortium default, unless specific call/topic conditions provide otherwise, is three mutually independent beneficiary legal entities established in three different countries: at least one in a Member State and two others each in different Member States or Associated Countries. Affiliated entities do not count toward this minimum. The JRC, international European research organisations and entities created under EU law are treated as established in a Member State different from those of other participants. Training/mobility and CoFund applications may be submitted by one or more entities if one is established in a Member State or Associated Country. Apply the three-beneficiary default only subject to any express own-topic exception; none is inferred from action-class wording alone.

Applicant restriction

For this assigned topic the source-bound action class is IA. Apply the general China rule by that class: the IA bar applies to IA; the default RIA bar and its listed exceptions apply only to RIA and only for the matching Work Programme destination. Do not transpose either rule to CSA, PCP or CoFund. The all-action MIIT-supervised Chinese public-university exclusion remains applicable. General Annex B: China-established legal entities are excluded from every IA and, unless stated otherwise, every RIA. The listed RIA destination exceptions are Cluster 2: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance; Innovative research on European cultural heritage and cultural and creative industries; Innovative research on social and economic transformations. Cluster 5: Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality. Cluster 6: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems; Clean environment and zero pollution; Land, ocean and water for climate action; Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural/coastal/urban areas; and Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal. Missions: EU Missions’ Joint Calls; Adaptation to Climate Change; Restore our Ocean and Waters; and A Soil Deal for Europe. Widening: Widening participation and spreading excellence; Reforming and enhancing the European research and innovation system. New European Bauhaus Facility: Connecting the green transformation, social inclusion and local democracy; Innovative funding and new business models for neighbourhood transformation. Horizontal Activities: Transformative change towards a nature-positive economy and society. The listed destination exceptions are RIA exceptions only: they do not lift the China-established-entity exclusion for an IA. For an RIA, a China-established entity is excluded unless this call’s exact destination is one of the listed RIA exceptions; only when the destination matches may the entity participate in any capacity. A justified case-by-case exception may also be granted under the source rule. For IA and RIA restrictions that apply, exclusion covers participation in any capacity. MIIT-supervised Chinese public universities remain ineligible for any action. Evaluate this packet’s own action and exact destination before applying an exception. Entities subject to EU restrictive measures are not eligible in any capacity, including beneficiaries, affiliated entities, associated partners, third parties giving in-kind contributions, subcontractors or recipients of FSTP. Entities established in Russia, Belarus or non-government-controlled territories of Ukraine are likewise ineligible in any capacity even when not subject to EU restrictive measures; a justified case-by-case exception may be granted. Russian-established persons/entities/bodies whose direct or indirect proprietary rights exceed 50% in an entity established outside Russia make that entity ineligible in any capacity. These rules are distinct from call-specific ownership/control restrictions, which apply only when identified in the relevant Work Programme/topic conditions. Communications-network supplier restrictions and critical-technology/control restrictions apply only when identified in the relevant work-programme/topic conditions; they are not automatic for every call. Russian-established persons/entities/bodies that directly or indirectly hold proprietary rights exceeding 50% in an entity established outside Russia make that entity ineligible in any capacity. Hungarian public-interest trusts established under Act IX of 2021 and entities they maintain may apply, but while Council measures remain in force cannot take any funded role (including beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, or recipients of FSTP); in multi-beneficiary calls the applicant is invited to remove/replace them from funded roles or change them to associated-partner status, with tasks and budget redistributed accordingly. Affected entities can participate without EU funding as associated partners if call conditions allow. These conditions do not establish eligibility for any particular participant.

Applicant restriction

General Annex B China participation rules apply to this Innovation Action: legal entities established in China are generally ineligible for Innovation Actions, subject to justified case-by-case exceptions; public Chinese universities administered by or under MIIT supervision are ineligible in any action. The assigned CIRCBIO-01 topic-specific conditions at physical pages 220–221 specify the living-lab and multi-actor exceptions; they do not state an additional China-control clause. Do not import the separate China-control clause printed for CIRCBIO-02 on page 223.

Applicant restriction

Financial capacity is normally checked for the coordinator when requested grant is at least EUR 500,000, with exceptions for public bodies/international organisations and individual requested amounts no more than EUR 60,000. Checks may extend to other applicants, affiliated entities or guarantors; weak capacity can lead to safeguards or rejection. Operational capacity is assessed through the implementation award criterion; the form requests participant/researcher identity, up to five relevant achievements and up to five relevant prior projects/activities per participant, plus significant infrastructure/equipment. Public bodies, Member State organisations and international organisations are exempt from that operational-capacity check. Administrative sanctions and listed exclusion grounds bar participation, including insolvency, tax/social-security breaches, grave professional misconduct, fraud/corruption/criminal and financial-integrity offences, serious prior grant/contract failures, irregularities, circumvention and unremediable procurement-preparation conflicts; misrepresentation/non-supply and irremediable equality-of-treatment distortion are also refusal grounds. These legal/capacity checks are separate from award scores and do not certify a specific participant.

Applicant restrictionAdopted General Annex B; only if the own-topic action activates this restriction

Where the specific action is expressly identified as subject to restrictions for protection of European communication networks, entities assessed as high-risk suppliers of mobile network communication equipment and entities they own or control are ineligible as beneficiaries, affiliated entities or associated partners. Assessment includes third-country interference/ownership/governance/business/legal context, supply-chain cybersecurity practices and relevant security assessments. Exceptions may be requested from the granting authority, which assesses them case by case using the 5G toolbox criteria, security risks and availability of alternatives in the action. This conditional general clause does not activate the restriction for an unflagged topic or extend the listed participation roles.

Own-topic activation and other separately stated country/control restrictions retain their distinct scope.

Application restriction

Submit electronically using the forms in the Portal system (topic-page templates are informational), following the form instructions. Applications must include all parts and mandatory annexes/supporting documents and be readable, accessible and printable. Full applications include an exploitation/dissemination/communication plan unless the topic provides otherwise; no such plan is required for stage 1 of a two-stage process. Where relevant, include a commercial exploitation strategy; where exploitation is primarily in non-associated third countries, explain why it is in the EU interest. General Annex A defaults: full application 40 pages, except CSA 25 and Programme Co-fund 65; for lump-sum topics RIA/IA 45 and CSA 28; stage 1 is 10 pages. The specific topic and actual Portal form/template override defaults. Blind first-stage anonymisation applies only when the topic specifies blind evaluation. If an application exceeds the applicable page limits, the submission system gives an automatic warning and invitation to resubmit a conforming version. After the call deadline, excess pages are automatically made invisible and are not considered by evaluators. Actual topic conditions and Portal submission templates govern the applicable limits and sections. This procedure does not promise a post-deadline correction window or say the whole application is automatically rejected.

Application restriction

Projects must focus exclusively on civil applications and comply with EU policy interests/priorities. Applicants complete an ethics self-assessment; projects raising ethics issues undergo ethics review and may receive ethics deliverables/authorisation requirements. Security appraisal/classified-information conditions apply only when classified or sensitive information is involved. A GEP is an eligibility requirement at grant signature and throughout the grant only for MS/AC public bodies, research organisations and higher-education establishments applying as beneficiaries or affiliated entities. It must be published, top-management-signed/adopted, resourced, monitor sex/gender-disaggregated data with reporting at least every two years, and include staff/decision-maker awareness or training; equivalent strategic documents can satisfy the process requirements. GEP eligibility does not apply to other legal-entity categories. Separately, beneficiaries must take measures to promote equal opportunities and, where applicable, follow the GEP; they should aim, to the extent possible, for gender balance at all personnel levels, including supervisory/managerial levels. This is an implementation aim, not a numerical staffing quota. A self-declaration is requested in the Participant Register. Source-listed GEP content areas are recommendations, not extra mandatory eligibility items.

Application restriction

2027-04-08 (first-stage deadline; 17:00 Brussels local time).

Application restrictionStage 1 only: HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage

First-stage screening only. Only Excellence and Impact, with only bold aspects evaluated. Each individual minimum is 4 points. For each indicative budget split, the sum-score cutoff is dynamic: admitted requested budgets should be as close as possible to three times available budget, not less than twice. Normal expected sum 8 or 8.5 is not a fixed universal cutoff. These ratios are not funding rates, project budgets or award counts. Own-topic conditions were checked; no separate scoring override was found.

Application restrictionFull application only: HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage

Full application: three criteria, each scored out of 5; each minimum 3 points, summed threshold 10 points. For IA ranking, Impact is weighted 1.5. Passing thresholds does not ensure funding, which remains within the available budget.

Application restrictionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; adopted AnnexE, subject to stage-specific templates

Use the electronic Portal system and complete all parts, mandatory annexes and supporting documents. PartA contains organisation/administrative data, summary budget and call questions; PartB is the technical PDF description. Upload supporting documents in system-permitted formats. Design the proposal around the award criteria. Coordinator confirms mandate, correctness/completeness and all participants’ eligibility/capacity/exclusion compliance; each participant reconfirms by declaration of honour before signature. Noncompliance can cause rejection and later legal-entity/financial/bank validation documents may be requested. Actual stage-specific Portal templates and own-topic conditions govern.

Application restrictionEvaluation review; actual/deemed access anchors, not submission or project deadlines

Coordinator may request review of procedural flaws, following evaluation-result-letter procedures/deadlines; merits are not reviewed. Each request concerns one specific proposal, within30days after opening/access of results, maximum7000characters. Notifications unopened for10days after sending are deemed accessed. A review committee may recommend re-evaluation, primarily by experts not involved previously, or confirmation of the initial evaluation.

Application restrictionDefault full-application ranking within one budget envelope; own special arrangements retained

Adopted General Annex F default for proposals with the same score within one budget envelope, excluding stage 1 of two-stage submissions and subject to any specific call/topic special arrangement: first prioritise call aspects not covered by more highly ranked proposals. Those identified proposals are then prioritised by Excellence and then Impact; for Innovation Actions the order is Impact then Excellence. If necessary, use gender balance among named leading researchers; then geographical diversity by MS/AC not otherwise receiving funds from higher-ranked projects (number first, then budget if equal). If still indistinguishable, the panel may use documented call/Horizon-objective factors, for example project-portfolio synergies or relevant feasible SME involvement. This is a priority procedure, not a funding guarantee, staffing quota or first-stage tie rule.

Application restriction

Proposals must apply the multi-actor approach and involve end-users. Living labs should systematically involve the local/regional ecosystem to co-create practical and applicable solutions; stakeholders include citizens, policymakers, research bodies, academia, industries, start-ups and SMEs, social economy entities, and financial intermediaries. Actors may vary by living lab. Proposals should establish effective governance, collaboration and coordination, continuous feedback and monitoring for an iterative and flexible process, systemic socio-ecological approaches, and effective SSH contribution including economics, politics, sociology, psychology or gender studies.

Application restriction

2027-02-04 (planned opening date for the two-stage call).

Application restriction

2027-09-16 (second-stage deadline; the source lists this for the same two-stage call).

Eligible geography

The topic targets public local and regional authorities (or their groupings) in EU Member States and Associated Countries; this target description is not an exclusive legal class for beneficiaries. General Annex B supplies default consortium eligibility, subject to topic-specific provisions.

Eligible project scope

Expected outcomes: increased circularity and reduced greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions in local/regional economic sectors, services and product value chains, including efficient local-resource valorisation and positive air, water and biodiversity effects; widespread deployment, easier replication, scalability and visibility of circular systemic solutions with multiplied economic, social and environmental benefits; and stronger collaboration and knowledge transfer among public authorities, companies, research and citizens to address climate change, resource depletion and biodiversity loss. The topic implements the European Commission Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) and supports place-based circular systemic transition at city or regional level. It moves from demonstration to deployment and upscaling through well-functioning real-life innovation ecosystems such as living labs. Proposals validate, test and optimise circular systemic solutions in selected cities/regions with relevant governance models and business plans; select sectors/value chains from detailed local/regional context and circular potential; transfer lessons into actionable recommendations for replication, including enabling framework, barriers, enablers and business case. The topic is not technology- or sector-specific. Proposals should support synergies with other circular-economy projects and CCRI initiatives, including a dedicated task, appropriate resources and collaboration plan with the CCRI Coordination and Support Office, projects and partners; relevant linkages include Regional Innovation Valleys, the New European Bauhaus and the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change Missions.

Expected number of grants (planning estimate)Expected grants for the exact assigned action HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage, as recorded in the frozen SEDIA budget overview.

2 planned grant awards

This is a provider-published planning count for the call action, not a guaranteed award count, applicant count, or staffing/headcount.

Other condition

For this explicitly lump-sum topic, evaluators provide comments on the detailed lump-sum budget table in the Evaluation Summary Report only for proposals invited to grant-agreement preparation, proposals placed on the reserve list, and proposals rejected (in part) because costs were significantly overestimated or underestimated. This limits ESR budget-table comments; it does not change the funding model or imply that comments are otherwise a condition of award.

Other condition

Proposals should specify synergies and complementarities with other relevant circular-economy projects, including CCRI Projects and CCRI Associated Partners. They should include a dedicated task, appropriate resources and a plan for collaboration with the CCRI office, projects and partners; examples include thematic discussion groups, joint events, joint R&I gap analysis and policy briefs. Clustering and dissemination are facilitated and supported by the CCRI Coordination and Support Office to ease knowledge exchange, replication and uptake.

Other conditionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; IA full-application award aspects; not first-stage full-rubric scoring

For IA full applications evaluated under adopted AnnexD, assess the action-specific qualitative aspects. Excellence: clarity/pertinence of objectives and ambition beyond the state of the art; sound methodology, including underlying concepts/models/assumptions, interdisciplinary approaches, appropriate research-content gender dimension, and quality of open-science practices including research-output sharing/management and citizen/civil-society/end-user engagement where appropriate. Impact: credible pathways to expected work-programme outcomes/impacts; suitable, high-quality measures to maximise them through the dissemination/exploitation plan, including communication. Implementation: effective, high-quality work plan, risk assessment, appropriate work-package effort and overall resources; each participant’s capacity/role and the consortium’s necessary expertise. Aspects are considered to the extent relevant to the work-programme description; scores are for criteria, not separate scores for each aspect. Own-topic exceptions and the separately recorded stage-specific score rules retain priority.

Other conditionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; first-stage RIA/IA qualitative evaluation only

At stage1 only the bold AnnexD Excellence/Impact aspects are assessed: objectives’ clarity/pertinence and ambition beyond the state of the art; soundness of the overall methodology as framed in the first-stage template, which includes gender integration and open-science practices; and credible pathways to expected outcomes/impacts. Do not score the full-application dissemination/exploitation-plan or Implementation aspects as separate stage1 requirements. Own-topic first-stage exceptions, any expressly adopted blind rule, and the independently captured numeric thresholds/budget-admission test retain priority; this fact changes none of those numeric rules.

Other conditionGeneral Annex F default limitations; individual part budget denominator and call-specific procedures

Invitation to grant preparation is no formal funding commitment; legal/capacity/exclusion checks remain. Call/topic budgets are indicative; unless otherwise stated final figures may change up to20% relative to the total budget in each individual work-programme part, not an automatic project or topic increase. Seals of Excellence/STEP seals, joint-call selection, blind first-stage evaluation and partial randomisation depend on explicit own-call conditions; none follows automatically from two-stage status. The tie method in points1–4 is reapplied to remaining equally ranked proposals.

Other conditionDefault indicative evaluation/grant-preparation timetable; own-topic timeline prevails

Absent different own-call conditions, evaluation outcome is around5months after submission deadline and grant signature around8months. Two-stage default: around3months from stage1deadline for its outcome; around5months from stage2deadline for its outcome, and around8months from stage2deadline for grant signature. Indicative planning estimates, not fixed promises or project/employment duration.

Other conditionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; adopted General Annex G baseline subject to express own-topic grant provisions and actual agreement

Grant preparation with the EU project officer sets deliverables, reporting/payments, grant amount, rate, eligible costs and duration in the agreement. Budget is EUR and award may be below request. Start normally follows signature; retroactive start and month-based duration extensions need exceptional justified granting-authority agreement. Portal manages milestones/deliverables reflected in agreementAnnex1. For ACTUAL-COST grants only eligible incurred costs are reimbursed at the agreed rate; surplus/profit is deducted and noncompliance may reduce grant. This conditional actual-cost description does not reclassify an expressly lump-sum/unit topic: its rate is already applied in amount-setting and does not appear as a separately added reimbursement percentage. Own-topic grant form/rate, PCPprocurement conditions and partnership amendment restrictions remain.

Other conditionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; adopted General Annex G baseline subject to express own-topic grant provisions and actual agreement

Agreement covers proper implementation, conflicts, confidentiality/security/classified information, ethics/integrity/values/gender, data protection, IPR/background/results/access/use, communication/dissemination/open science/visibility and applicable special action rules. Additional adopted duties: if granting authority requests during a public emergency, grant nonexclusive result licences on fair/reasonable terms for its stated limited period to entities committed to rapid broad exploitation; provision applies up to4years after action end. Unless own-call states otherwise, notify authority for up to4years after end when results could reasonably contribute to European/international standards. Authority may object to ownership transfer/exclusive licensing for up to4years after end ONLY where specific call provides. Give data/result access needed to validate publication conclusions while safeguarding legitimate interests/constraints unless access already given. On authority request in public emergency, immediately deposit research outputs and provide CC BY,CC0 or equivalent open access; where legitimate interests preclude this, provide the stated nonexclusive fair/reasonable licences instead, with that exception limited to4years after end. Breach/other legal violations may trigger agreementChapter5 measures; no unread AGA provisions or executed applicant agreement are asserted.

Other conditionHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; adopted General Annex G baseline subject to express own-topic grant provisions and actual agreement

After signature, normal initial float is160% of average EU funding per reporting period: maximum grant amount divided by number of reporting periods. Exceptionally less or no pre-financing is possible. With ONLY ONE reporting period it will be less, since100% would already equal the whole grant; no fixed single-period percentage is specified. Programme co-fund actions may receive additional pre-financing. At pre-financing,5–8% of maximum grant is deducted into the mutual-insurance mechanism, not added as a benefit or treated as funding intensity. EU debts may offset/reduce payments. Interim payments link to periodic reports; final report determines final grant and overpayment is recovered. Financial-statement certificate thresholds depend on grant size/beneficiary type and the agreement, not an invented universal amount. Recovery liability is individual: beneficiary’s own and affiliated-entity debts. These normal/general arrangements do not guarantee a new payment on an existing partnership amendment or displace express own-topic/agreement provisions.

Other condition

Eligible costs are funded as a lump sum under the Horizon Europe lump-sum decision.

Other condition

This topic is place-based and does not target specific technologies or industrial sectors. Proposals should choose target sectors/value chains based on detailed local/regional contexts and specific circular potential. Relevant linkages to explore whenever relevant include Regional Innovation Valleys, the New European Bauhaus, the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, and the Adaptation to Climate Change Mission; the topic also contributes to the European Green Deal, Clean Industrial Deal, 2020 circular economy action plan and EU bioeconomy strategy.

Partner requirement

At least five distinct living labs linked to regional or local authorities must be consortium beneficiaries. At least two must be from different demonstration sites and another three from different replication sites; one of the three replication sites must be located in a Horizon Europe widening country, including Outermost Regions.

Partner requirement

Unless the specific call/topic conditions provide otherwise, the consortium must include three mutually independent beneficiary legal entities, each established in a different country: at least one in an EU Member State and at least two others in different Member States or Associated Countries. Affiliated entities do not count. The Joint Research Centre, international European research organisations and entities created under EU law are deemed established in a different Member State for this rule. The topic names public local/regional authorities as its target audience, not an exclusive beneficiary class.

Technology readiness level at end, maximum

8 TRL

Expected end-of-project result range, not an entry eligibility threshold; activities may start at any TRL.

Technology readiness level at end, minimum

6 TRL

Expected end-of-project result range, not an entry eligibility threshold; activities may start at any TRL.

Indicative budget

€10,000,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Eligible costHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; express lump-sum grant budget; applicable decision/template qualifications retained

For this expressly lump-sum topic, provide the detailed estimated budget table to justify/fix the lump sum, approximating costs actually incurred and satisfying basic EU actual-cost eligibility conditions. Purchases and subcontracting must ensure best value for money (or lowest price where appropriate) and be free of conflicts of interest. Ineligible table costs can reduce the grant even during implementation or after completion. Only an exceptional action-specific authorising decision may waive the detailed table. This is amount-setting/cost-eligibility methodology, not reimbursement of every actual expense or a salary entitlement.

Eligible costHORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage; adopted General Annex G baseline subject to express own-topic grant provisions and actual agreement

Agreement fixes cost forms/categories: eligible actual personnel/subcontracting/purchases and FSTP only if call permits; units may cover personnel, SMEowners/naturalpersons without salary, usual-practice average personnel and internally invoiced goods/services, and expressly permitted specific units. The25%indirect-cost base excludes subcontracting,FSTP and units/lump sums already containing indirect costs. Different cost forms can coexist; global/action-category lump sums require call provision. Several EU Synergy grants may declare costs only where cumulative funding does not exceed100% of eligible costs/contributions declared. These are budget/eligibility methods, not personal salary or automatic FSTP/unit-cost permission; separately recorded own-topic costs/forms and rates retain priority.

Funding intensity, maximum

70 percent of eligible costs

General IA maximum; non-profit legal entities may receive up to 100%. Because this topic uses lump sums, the rate is reflected in the amount-setting methodology and should not be re-applied to the indicative contribution.

Funding intensity, maximumEligible non-profit legal entities only

100 percent of eligible costs

Distinct General Annex G exception to the ordinary 70% IA rate. Lump-sum methodology already incorporates the funding rate; do not reapply it to indicative contribution.

Indirect cost flat rateIndirect-cost calculation for the assigned Horizon Europe action HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage.

25 percent of eligible direct costs

General Annex G applies a 25% flat rate to eligible direct costs after excluding eligible direct subcontracting, financial support to third parties, and unit costs or lump sums that already include indirect costs. This percentage describes the indirect-cost calculation, not funding intensity. This action is recorded as a Horizon lump-sum grant; the cost calculation contributes to setting the lump-sum amount, and the grant amount is fixed rather than reimbursed by actual-cost reconciliation.

Expected contribution per project

€5,000,000

Indicative estimate of around EUR5 million per project; the source expressly permits proposals requesting different amounts. This is not a hard cap.

Topic allocation

€10,000,000

Topic-level indicative allocation, not a per-project or beneficiary maximum; subject to availability of appropriations.

• Horizon Europe General Annexes2026–2027

  ec.europa.eu

• Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027, Part 9: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

  ec.europa.eu

Opens

4 Feb 2027

Deadlines

• 08 Apr 2027 02:00 CEST
• 16 Sept 2027 02:00 CEST

Deadline model

Two-stage

Programme

Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027

Call

HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-two-stage · Call 01 - two stage (2027)

Types of action

HORIZON Innovation Actions

Keywords

• circular economy
• place-based innovation
• systemic

Source

ec.europa.eu

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Portal updated

7 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Reviewed

24 Oct 2026