• NEB Academy | Fashion Shift

Up to €2.5 million in total funding, with up to €500,000 per project: Fashion is one of Europe’s most resource-intensive industries, yet it is also a sector where new circular and regenerative approaches are emerging fast. The Fashion Shift funds multi-actor consortia that include independent fashion brands, ready to further develop and scale responsible business models across the European value chain: from material sourcing and design through to retail, circular services and end-of-life management.

• NEB Academy | Skills Infrastructure

Up to €3.5 million in total funding, with up to €600,000 per project: Transforming Europe’s lived environment is not only a question of materials, technologies or regulations. It also requires competences across sectors, rooted in cultural and creative practices. The professionals, public bodies and educators who shape our shared spaces need new skills and new ways of working together. The Skills Infrastructure funds five to six trans-regional collaborations to build lifelong learning programmes grounded in local contexts.

Beyond financial support, selected projects will join EIT Culture & Creativity’s pan-European network and become part of the wider New European Bauhaus community, connecting people, ideas and expertise in support of a future that is more sustainable, more creative and more alive.

Application deadline is 31 August 2026.