Seed Fund Climate & Biodiversity Research and Education 2027

Seed projects connect climate-change and biodiversity challenges through practice-oriented research and education. Activities can build networks, living labs, pilots, joint teaching/research or larger future collaborations. Projects must show practical societal value, interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary partnerships and long-term potential. Up to EUR 15,000 per project is available; outdoor place-based work or living labs are located in the Netherlands.

The main applicant must hold an employment contract at Leiden University, Delft University of Technology or Erasmus University Rotterdam for the entire proposed project. Cross-university consortia spanning at least two LDE universities with a societal partner, and early-career researchers, are encouraged. Follow the programme’s Netherlands-based living-lab/place-based, societal-usefulness, open-access, interdisciplinary and inclusive-practice guidelines. Submit the linked 2027 project-proposal form via the official Microsoft Forms entry by 11 December 2026.