Call analysis
New European Bauhaus 2026: a new approach to designing public space
Published on 24 July 2026
HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02 shares a call code, a deadline and a price tag with the topic we posted previously. But where that one funds research into how a neighbourhood makes people feel, this one funds actually rebuilding the place: an Innovation Action to develop one new approach to designing public space, then demonstrate it in at least three neighbourhoods – urban, peri-urban and rural – across different Member States.
€10 million. Two grants. Fifty-two organisations have already registered a partner search.
The most interesting line in the scope is the one where the Commission names its own dilemma: the conflict between the need to accelerate planning and the time that participatory, inclusive and deliberative processes actually take. Proposals are expected to resolve it. And the requirement list keeps that tension live – the same approach has to address climate resilience, water resilience, biodiversity and civil security (the call cites the JRC’s security-by-design work on protecting public spaces from terrorist attacks), while also assessing the multisensory perception of a space, including its beauty.
Climate resilience, counter-terrorism and beauty, in one design method, demonstrated in three countries, for €5 million. That’s the actual brief.
The dossier decodes all ten requirements in the call’s own words, with the verbatim sentence each one came from. It opened 5 May 2026 and closes 1 December 2026.
Topic
HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02
Type of action
Innovation Action
Budget
€10 million, two grants
Opened
5 May 2026
Closes
1 December 2026
Document
PDF, 6 pages
First published on LinkedIn on 24 July 2026.