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Bringing innovative climate preparedness and resilience solutions closer to the market
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The EU's Horizon Europe programme expects to make 1 award of €20 million, from a total budget of €20 million. Applications close on 16 Feb 2027 (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time). Organisations in EU member states and Horizon Europe associated countries such as Türkiye can usually take part; the topic conditions control.
- Deadline
- 16 Feb 2027 (in 93 days)
- Grant amount
- €20 million per project
- Funding rate
- 100% of eligible costs Standard rule for this programme; the call can differ.
- Total budget
- €20 million
- Expected awards
- 1
- Type of action
- HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions · HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
- Likely applicant types
- Companies, SMEs / start-ups, Non-profits, Universities & research, Public bodies From source categories or programme rules; the call decides.
- Funder
- Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
- Reference
- HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-03
- Call
- HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04
- Last checked
- 14 Nov 2026
Expected outcome
In direct support of the upcoming European Integrated Framework for Climate Resilience, the successful project is expected to address all of the following outcomes:
• Climate preparedness and resilience innovative solutions, including Nature-Based solutions, advance in their investment journey and get closer to the market, strengthening the competitiveness of the companies and organisations developing them.
• Public authorities are mobilised to stimulate demand for climate adaptation solutions, thereby contributing to the development and maturity of the European resilience market.
• Structural and operational bottlenecks to the deployment of climate resilience solutions are identified, along with good practices, and policy-relevant insights are derived from lessons learned.
Scope
Rationale
Preparedness to current and future climate change is increasingly recognised as a driver of innovation and an emerging economic opportunity. The growing impacts of climate change are accelerating demand for technologies, services, practices and solutions that enable societies and economies to anticipate and manage climate risks. Already in 2021, the EU Adaptation Strategy highlighted the importance of scaling such solutions in order to strengthen resilience across economic sectors and regions. Moreover, the 2025 Preparedness Union Strategy outlines the link between climate security and the need for stronger public-private cooperation as a critical pillar of the EU’s preparedness.
As climate change and its cascading impacts intensify - through heatwaves, floods, droughts, ecosystem and supply-chain disruptions - the ability of industries, societies and economies to anticipate, adapt, and respond is becoming a decisive factor in security, strategic autonomy, productivity, investment attractiveness, and long-term growth.
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Climate resilience technologies are key to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy. By anticipating climate impacts and embedding resilience into for example industrial, agricultural, maritime and forest-based, civil security, health, mobility and urban systems, Europe has the unique opportunity to reduce exposure to external shocks and reinforce the reliability of its internal market, in increasingly uncertain geopolitical times. Nature-based solutions have notably been identified as promising but there is a need to support their scaling up.
While EU research and innovation programmes have generated a substantial portfolio of climate adaptation solutions, a persistent gap remains between successful research outcomes and their wider deployment in economic sectors. Many promising solutions remain at demonstration stage and struggle to reach broader adoption due to fragmented demand, limited opportunities for real-world testing and insufficient connections between innovators and potential public and private buyers and users.
The project will address the lack of a coherent, EU-level pathway for scaling climate resilience solutions across all relevant economic sectors, which currently leads to underexploited innovation potential. By taking a business-focused approach, it aims to strengthen competitiveness, enable cross-sector replication, and help embed climate resilience by design across the European economy, acting as a bridge between Horizon Europe, the future FP10 and the European Competitiveness Fund.
Activities of the project
The proposals should address all the following aspects:
Services provided by the central consortium
Proposals should develop a common framework of intervention, setting-up the blueprint for the financial support to businesses and projects provided in form of financial support to third parties.
Recognising that many climate preparedness and resilience solutions address public needs, the project is…
Who can apply
A single organisation from an EU Member State or associated country can apply (Horizon Europe standard rule).
Applicant categories are a starting point. The official call decides eligibility.
Timing
Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-02-16. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).
How to apply
- Read the full topic on the Funding & Tenders Portal: expected outcome, scope, type of action and the topic conditions, including any country restrictions.
- Register each participating organisation in the Funding & Tenders Portal to get a PIC.
- This topic is for a single applicant: no consortium is needed (check the topic conditions for who qualifies).
- Prepare Part A (administrative forms and budget, completed in the portal) and Part B (the technical description on the official template for this type of action).
- Submit in the portal before the cut-off time on the deadline day. Late submissions are not accepted.
From the call text
- Who can apply
- Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
- Company stage
- Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
- Single applicant or consortium
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
- Where applicants must be based
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
- Where to apply
- Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
Where these facts come from
| Fact | Value | How we know | Taken from the source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 16 February 2027 “Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-02-16. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).” | official data field | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Amount per applicant | Unknown — not stated in the source we hold | unknown | — |
| Total budget | €20 million | official data field | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Funding rate | 100% of eligible costs | programme standard rule | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Who can apply | A single organisation from an EU Member State or associated country can apply (Horizon Europe standard rule). | programme standard rule | 15 Nov 2026 |
| Where to apply | Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route. | read from the official text | 15 Nov 2026 |
Official sources
Facts on this page come from the funder’s official data, taken on 14 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.
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