Horizon Europe Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
European Commission – European Research Executive Agency (REA)
The social science pillar of the EU's research programme, and by budget the largest single source of European funding for welfare and inequality research. Three destinations structure it: democracy and governance, cultural heritage and the creative industries, and social and economic transformations — the last carrying 2026 topics on strengthening Europe's social model, tackling child poverty and rethinking long-term care policy, all directly commissioning social work evidence. Funding is by multi-country consortium, which makes it a route for a social work faculty to join or lead a cross-nati
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant figure is published on this overview page; budgets are set topic by topic in the 2026-2027 work programme. No amount is asserted here.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Sep, OctPublished deadline: 2026-09-23 — 40 days awayThe 2026 calls for all three destinations — Democracy and Governance, European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries, and Social and Economic Transformations — close 23 September 2026. The associated Partnership Co-fund deadline is 13 October 2026.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Awards go to consortia, not individuals: Research and Innovation Actions normally require at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon-associated countries. Universities, research institutes, NGOs, public authorities and companies can all be beneficiaries, so a community organisation can hold a share of the grant in its own right rather than only subcontracting. Check the specific topic in the work programme for extra conditions.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- child poverty · long-term care policy · european social model · democracy and governance · social inclusion
- Apply at
- https://rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/horizon-europe-cluster-2-culture-creativity-and-inclusive-society_en
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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