Horizon Europe

Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space

Deadline: 1 December 202629 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 5 m EURabout 3 grants · 15 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 70% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; podmioty non-profit do 100%; ryczałt

What it funds

Funds innovative solutions using unused vertical space above streets and buildings to provide green spaces or affordable housing.

Vertical space utilisation · Rooftop gardens · Urban vertical farming · Building extensions · Affordable housing

Who can apply

Podmioty prawne bez ograniczenia wielkości, w konsorcjum co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech różnych państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym co najmniej jednego z UE.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Opracowanie i demonstracja co najmniej jednego rozwiązania wykorzystującego przestrzeń nad budynkami lub ulicami na dostępne cenowo mieszkania lub zieleń.
Oczekiwany TRL 6–8 na koniec projektu; początkowy TRL dowolny.
Uwzględnienie obiegu zamkniętego oraz oceny środowiskowych, społecznych i ekonomicznych skutków w cyklu życia.
Współtworzenie z lokalną społecznością, udział ekspertów SSH i przeznaczenie co najmniej 0,8% budżetu na współpracę z hubem NEB.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: ec.europa.eu

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Who won before

Wrocław University of Science and Technology · 1 project

RE-GROWTH: Bio-fabricated regenerative materials for sustainable, climate-resilient and beautiful constructionFaculty of Architecture · 730,000 EUR · whole project 4,974,716 EUR · 2026

Sources: RAD-on (OPI-PIB), CORDIS, Baza of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. For the university's projects we give its part of the sum and the award year.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 17 November 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 20 November 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
1 December 2026The last moment to file the application with the funder.Check the hour on the call's page.

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl