Details
- Status
- Open
- Publication date
- 25 March 2026
- Opening date
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Deadline date
- 7 May 2026, 17:00 (CEST)
- Department
- Joint Research Centre
Description
What is Ignite NEB?
Ignite NEB supports local organisations to run a full innovation journey that helps people:
- turn ideas into real projects, start-ups or initiatives
- create their own jobs
- solve challenges in their own communities
Objective
Ignite NEB acts as a launchpad for turning innovative ideas into concrete, values-driven businesses and projects.
Rooted in the principles of the New European Bauhaus – sustainability, inclusion, and beauty – the programme brings together entrepreneurs, creatives, and changemakers to co-create solutions that address pressing societal challenges through a multidisciplinary lens.
How
Each Ignite NEB event combines inspiration, ideation, and training in an intensive, hands-on format. Participants form teams and take part in guided workshops that blend entrepreneurial thinking with cultural and artistic approaches.
With the support of mentors, they refine their ideas and present them to a panel of experts. The most promising concepts are selected to continue their journey in the Grow NEB programme, where they receive further support to scale their impact.