How can the creative industry, through the development of interventions and applications, contribute more effectively to enabling change, guiding change, and accelerating transitions?

This round focuses on projects that conduct design-based research, in which a knowledge question from design practice is central.

The research involves developing interventions for transitions, while at the same time developing knowledge that helps to improve design for change. Think of designs to open up people's attitudes to change, designs based on public values with the application of new technologies, or the design of environments that motivate specific behavior. Or coherent interventions that reinforce each other's impact within tasks such as care, sustainability, and safety.

This round offers two project teams the opportunity to carry out a design-based research project. A total of €3,250,000 in subsidies is available for this second call for proposals. Five collaborative projects will start between June and December 2026 within this call. Each project can receive a maximum subsidy of €650,000. Mandatory private co-financing of at least 20% applies.