Horizon Europe 2025 work programme Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society

Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call/topic conditions, only legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in Horizon Europe actions provided that the consortium includes, as beneficiaries, three legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:

• at least one independent legal entity established in a Member State;
• and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries (this includes the UK).

Our European team can help you find eligible partners to form a consortium.

There may be further eligibility conditions for specific topics. Please check the Work Programme and contact our team to ensure your eligibility before applying.

The information day on 15 May, 9.30am CET (8.30am GMT) aims to inform (potential) applicants about topics included in the Cluster 2 ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies’ work programme for 2025.

Click here to find out more, and to view the livestream of the Info Day on 15 May.

The online brokerage event organised on 16 May 2025 (9.30am-4pm CET, 8.30am-3pm GMT) will be dedicated to consortium building in Cluster 2: “Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society”.

The event will include an information session, pitch presentations of consortia in preparation, as well as the opportunity for bilateral meetings with partners interested in the same topics for the 2025 calls. Following successful registration and activation of your profile, participants can pre-arrange bilateral meetings by a user-friendly matchmaking tool.

Detailed information and registration for the brokerage event

Topics available (all single-stage calls closing 16 Sep 2025):

• Advisory support and network to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) – €3-3.5m for a single project
• Fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy – €2.5-3m for a single project)
• Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy – €7m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Towards a European research hub on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life and culture – €3-3.5m for a single project
• The autocratic appeal: nature, drivers and strategies – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Fighting against disinformation while ensuring the right to freedom of expression – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• The role of civic and citizenship education for strengthening civic and democratic participation and support for common European values – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Independence of the judiciary as an aspect of rule of law compliance – €10.5m total budget, c.€3-3.5m per project
• Community of democracy practitioners and researchers – €3-3.5m for a single project

Topics available:

Innovative approaches to intangible cultural heritage for societal resilience (€12m total budget, c.€3-4m per project): two-stage call, first stage deadline 16 Sep 2025, second stage deadline 17 Mar 2026

Single-stage calls closing 16 Sep 2025:

• A European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage – Innovative use cases – €26m total budget, c.€2.5-4m per project
• Leveraging artificial intelligence for creativity-driven innovation – €15m total budget, c.€4-5m per project
• Evolution of culture in a virtualising world – €10.5m total budget, c.€2.5-3.5m per project
• Europe as a global powerhouse of design for sustainable competitiveness – €13.5m total budget, c.€3.5-4.5m per project
• Cultural Strategies for Peace: culture and creativity as catalysts for conflict prevention and post-conflict reconciliation – €12m total budget, c.€3-4m per project
• Bridging historical past and future potential through conservation, preservation, and adaptive use of Europe’s contentious and dissonant heritage – €2.5-3.5m for a single project
• Impacts of culture and the arts on health and well-being – €2m for a single project

Topics available:

Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project (two-stage call, first stage deadline 16 Sep 2025, second stage deadline 17 Mar 2026)

Single-stage calls closing 16 Sep 2025:

• Tackling gender-based violence in different social and economic spheres – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Historical and regional analyses of industrial transitions and their lessons for ensuring a fair green transition – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Working time reduction: barriers, challenges, benefits and policy implications – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Improving fairness in the economy through a better understanding of undeclared and underdeclared work – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Evaluation and use of evidence in education policy and practice – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Impact of the learning environment and the use of digital tools in everyday life on key skills and competence development – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Improving mental health outcomes for people in education, training and work – €15m total budget, €3m-5m per project
• Good practices for increased autonomy of persons with disabilities, including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities – €10.2m total budget, €3.4m per project
• Intergenerational fairness in the context of demographic change in the EU – €10.2m total budget, €3m-4m per project
• Migration and climate change: building resilience and enhancing sustainability – €2m for a single project