Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
Research and innovation to promote cultural diversity, creativity, social inclusion, and the preservation of cultural heritage.
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Calls under Cluster 2 opening after 1 February 2025 are not eligible for MBIE’s top-up funding scheme. Successful proposals in this Cluster will remain eligible for funding from the European Union. For any enquiries regarding this change contact NZNCP@mbie.govt.nz
Summary
This cluster aims to strengthen our shared democratic values, including rule of law and fundamental rights, safeguarding our cultural heritage, and promoting socio-economic transformations that contribute to inclusion and growth.
Activities in this cluster focus on challenges pertaining to democratic governance, cultural heritage and the creative economy, as well as social and economic transformations. Examples include research on:
- ways to strengthen democratic values, such as the rule of law and fundamental rights
- safeguarding and promoting cultural heritage
- ways to support the cultural and creative industries
- social and economic transformations, addressing challenges such as inequality, poverty, and unemployment.
Finding calls under Cluster 2
The full details of Cluster 2, including the current Work Programme, are available from the Cluster 2 homepage.
Cluster 2 homepage(external link) — European Commission
You can also browse the Cluster 2 topics, with text search and filtering, through the Funding and Tenders Portal.
Funding and Tenders Portal(external link) — European Commission
National Contact Points (NCPs)
Prof. Nancy November – NCP for Cluster 2 (Culture, creativity and inclusive society)
- Professor of Musicology, University of Auckland
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Email: Cluster2NCP@mbie.govt.nz
Nancy can also be contacted regarding:
- Social Sciences and Humanities as a cross-cutting Horizon Europe priority within other pillar 2 Clusters.
- Societal readiness as an emerging priority within Horizon Europe calls (e.g. the Societal Readiness Level pilots in the 2025 work programme).