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Ignite NEB Open Call for Hosts

Apply to Become a Local Host and Empower Changemakers!

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, and solve challenges in their own communities.

What Are We Looking for?

  • We are looking for organising partners or consortia that:
    • Can mobilise local communities
    • Have an entrepreneurial network
    • Can support teams through idea → prototype → real-world testing
    • Have experience in NEB-related fields (sustainability, design, culture, social innovation)
    • Can provide or connect to:
      • mentors
      • prototyping spaces
      • local ecosystems (public, private, civil society)
    • Have capacity for project, financial, and administrative management

What Do You Get?

  • Up to €52 000 implementation budget per host
  • Support from EIT Community NEB to deliver:
    • Ignite NEB event
      • peer group with other hosts across Europe
      • support in event design and promotion
      • Incubation programme
      • EIT Community NEB mentors assigned to winning teams
      • exchange with other programmes tapping into the pipeline of Ignite NEB winner projects
    • In-person gathering with NEB Changemakers across Europe

Information Session

Join the info session on Thursday, 9 April 2026 to learn more about the Call.

Apply now