Open topic: Impact-driven research on realising the full potential of cultural heritage, arts and cultural and creative industries
Horizon Europe · Grant topic
Summary
A Polish company can use this call for R&D.
Funds impact-driven research and innovation using cultural heritage, arts and creative industries to advance sustainable innovation and European belonging.
- Who can apply
- Companies can lead: research org, university, SME, large company, NGO, other.
- Amount
- €20,000,000Indicative budget
- Deadline
- 04 May 2027 02:00 CESTin 192 days · +1 later cut-off
- Status
- Forthcomingopens 2 Mar 2027
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
Expected Outcome:
Projects should contribute to the following expected outcome:
• New groundbreaking findings and methods are developed, verified and put into practice that significantly contribute to realising the full potential of cultural heritage, arts or/and cultural and creative industries (CCIs)[1] as drivers of sustainable innovation and/or a European sense of belonging.
Scope:
Applicants are invited to design the best possible and groundbreaking research and innovation to achieve that the full potential of cultural heritage, arts and/or cultural and creative industries as drivers of sustainable innovation and/or a European sense of belonging is realised.
Applicants are free to choose the focus that best addresses the expected outcome; it can be limited to certain areas or issues or be broader. However, research under this topic should have an impact-driven focus and move beyond descriptive studies towards transformative, actionable knowledge.
As appropriate for the focus chosen, proposals should build on previous research, networks or platforms. Projects must not, however, duplicate activities already funded but should explore new areas.
[1] CCIs as defined in the European Parliament Resolution ‘A coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries’: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016IP0486&from=EN
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- Research org, University, SME, Large company, NGO, Other
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 3 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- —
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Unclear
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Topics
- Cultural heritage
- Creative industries
- Arts research
- Sustainable innovation
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €20,000,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
Call facts
- Opens
- 2 Mar 2027
- Deadlines
- 04 May 2027 02:00 CEST
- 30 Sept 2027 02:00 CEST
- Deadline model
- Two-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- HORIZON-CL2-2027-02-TWO-STAGE · Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society - 2027 - Two-stage
- Types of action
- HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
- Keywords
- CCI
- Collaborative research, interdisciplinary
- bottom-up
- cultural and creative industries
- cultural heritage
- culture
- heritage
- impact
- innovation
- open
- research
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 7 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.