NEB Academy | Skills Infrastructure

EIT Culture & Creativity launches €3.5 million in funding for the transformation of the lived environment through the NEB Academy.

EIT Culture & Creativity has launched an open call worth €3.5 million through the NEB Academy for cross-sector consortia to reshape how Europe’s lived environment professionals learn, collaborate and drive change.

The call marks a significant step in EIT Culture & Creativity’s role as implementing partner of the NEB Academy - the New European Bauhaus' learning and innovation infrastructure.

Transforming Europe’s lived environment is not only a question of materials, technologies or regulations. It also requires new competencies rooted in cultural and creative practices that bridge the gap between ambitious sustainable design and real on-site delivery. The professionals, educators and public bodies shaping our shared spaces need new knowledge and new ways of working together. This call funds the infrastructure to make that happen. The NEB Academy | Skills Infrastructure allocates up to €3.5 million to between five or six trans-regional collaborations to build lifelong learning programmes, from continuous professional development and microcredentials to vocational training.

Programmes should build the foundational skills of professionals, public bodies and educators shaping Europe's lived environments – with up to €600 000 available per project.

Selected consortia benefit from the EIT Label - a recognised European quality benchmark for education - and access to the EIT Campus platform and its international learner community. Dedicated support from EIT Culture & Creativity's Regional Hubs helps projects activate local ecosystems, anchor their work in regional policy contexts and build pathways to long-term financial self-reliance.

The call is an open invitation to education providers, private sector partners from the lived ecosystem, and public authorities across Europe to build something lasting – and to become part of EIT Culture & Creativity's pan-European network and the wider New European Bauhaus community. 

Info sessions

Dedicated information sessions will take place:

• 24 June 2026, 10:00 - 12:30 CEST
• 10 July 2026, 10:00 - 12:30 CEST

The two info sessions will offer to prospective applicants the opportunity to learn more and ask questions directly to the team. Register here for the info sessions!

Apply here