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HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06

A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments

CSA Cluster 6 €6,500,000 15 Apr 2026
Topic Code HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06 F&T Portal
Call Identifier HORIZON-CL6-2026-03 Call 03 — single stage (2026)
Instrument HORIZON-CSA Coordination and Support Action
Budget Model Lump Sum HORIZON-AG-LS
Funding Rate 100% Annex G — CSA = 100%
Page Limit (Part B) 28 pages CSA + lump sum (Annex A)
Evaluation Thresholds 3 / 3 / 3 · cum. 10 Standard — no override
Expected Projects 1 Around €6.50M (WP stated)
Destination Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal WP Part 9
Cluster / Pillar Cluster 6 / Pillar II Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources
China Eligibility Eligible ✓ No CL6 destination exclusion
Special Conditions FSTP expected (min 50%) Financial support to third parties
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Financial support to third parties (FSTP) is expected. A minimum of 50% of the total budget must be allocated to FSTP to support open-source geospatial software development and business incubation activities.

Expected Outcomes

  1. Strengthened European competitiveness in the environmental and Earth Observation service industry through leadership in open-source geospatial, including compute capabilities, software and algorithms, facilitating the integration of Earth observations and other geospatial data, models and software into sustained business opportunities.
  2. Strengthened strategic sovereignty of the European open geospatial developer and geospatial software community with increased economic sustainability.
  3. Accelerated transition of critical European open-source geospatial software assets and innovation towards sustainable business ventures.

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