Horizon Europe

Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces

Deadline: 1 December 202629 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 4.5 m EURabout 2 grants · 9 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 100% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; ryczałt

What it funds

Funds development and validation of systematic approaches to reusing vacant or underutilised spaces, addressing neighbourhood needs across different countries.

Vacant space reuse · Brownfield regeneration · Building conversion · Circular urban development

Who can apply

Podmioty prawne 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.

Walidacja metod w co najmniej trzech sąsiedztwach obejmujących obszary miejskie, podmiejskie i wiejskie w różnych państwach UE lub stowarzyszonych.
Wymagany udział ekspertów i wiedzy z nauk społecznych i humanistycznych.
Co najmniej 0,8% budżetu na współpracę z New European Bauhaus hub for results and impact.
Oczekiwany wkład UE to około 4,5 mln EUR na projekt; dopuszczalne są inne kwoty.

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 · 2 projects since 2026

NuBau: NuBau - Enabling the beautiful re-assembly of reclaimed structural components at scaleFaculty of Architecture · 353,939 EUR · whole project 3,995,816 EUR · 2026
REVAIL: REclaiming building products for increasing the Value of materials through their re-Assembly and Integration in buildings' retrofit through new circuLar business modelsFaculty of Architecture · 342,886 EUR · whole project 3,997,846 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