[OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and business incubator for geospatial open-source developments

Tue Mar 3 04:50:09 PST 2026

Thanks Sam - great to know. Do you think OGC might be interested in 
this, should I reach out to Gobe or someone else?
Best wishes,
Nick.

On 03/03/2026 10:01, Samantha Lavender via UK wrote:
>
> When I was treasurer of EarSeL, they did get involved in projects, and 
> OGC does the same – the big advantage is that it’s another revenue 
> source. The difficulty is that you need the administrative structure 
> in place to manage contracts and finance, including auditing.
>
> Best Wishes, Sam
>
> *From:*UK <uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Nick Bearman via UK
> *Sent:* 02 March 2026 12:07
> *To:* uk at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-UK] Fwd: OSGEO & EU Horizon Call - A services and 
> business incubator for geospatial open-source developments
>
> Hi OSGeo:UK,
>
> As Chair of OSGeo:UK I have been approached by Ksenia Grant, from 
> University of Edinburgh and EDINA, to see if we know anyone who is 
> bidding for the EU Horizon Call:  A services and business incubator 
> for geospatial open-source developments and/or whether we are 
> interested in collaborating with them. I have circulated this around 
> the OSGeo Discuss and Europe lists as well.
>
> The timescale is relatively short (mid-April submission) and they are 
> keen to emphasise their willingness to undertake the heavy admin 
> burden of a EU Bid.
>
> Of note, it is bidding for up to €6m, and it is designated that a 
> minimum of 45% and up to 60% of this will be provided as 'cascading 
> funds' - i.e. money given to companies and organisations to do stuff, 
> rather than used by the project partners as such.
>
> This seems like an interesting opportunity, and any comments / advice 
> / suggestions are welcome. We (OSGeo:UK) have not been involved with 
> something like this before (to my knowledge) so any comments are welcome.
>
> If you have any links, or are interested, please do reach out to 
> Ksenia or myself.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair
>
> On 25/02/2026 14:06, Ksenia Grant wrote:
>
>     Dear Nick
>
>     Tom (cc’ed) shared your email address with me.
>
>     I work for the University of Edinburgh and I have been speaking to
>     colleagues from EDINA <https://edina.ac.uk/> about the EU Horizon
>     call and looking for contacts at OSGeo and I was introduced to Tom
>     who directed me to you.
>
>     More info about the call here: EU Funding & Tenders Portal
>     <https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&callIdentifier=HORIZON-CL6-2026-03&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate>
>
>     As you may be aware, the call seeks to establish an incubator for
>     geospatial open-source developments. I believe organizations such
>     as OSGeo are key to any proposal for this call. Deadline for
>     applications is quite soon - in mid-April. Therefore, I am
>     wondering if OSGEO is already involved in any consortium of
>     partners putting a proposal together and if we (EDINA) could
>     support and offer further input into the consortium.
>
>     If you are not aware of any proposals involving OSGeo already, it
>     would also be also useful to discuss if OSGeo would be interested
>     in partnering with us and others across Europe on a potential
>     proposal for this call.
>
>     UoE and other organisations I am speaking too are experienced in
>     putting EU Horizon calls proposals together so we are looking for
>     insights and engagement from OSGEO (rather than sharing any of the
>     administrative burdens of putting a proposal together which I
>     appreciate might be off-putting for a volunteer-run organisation).
>
>     If this sounds of interest and you might want to discuss further,
>     could you please let me know when is good for a call please?
>
>     Friday this week is very flexible for me if that may work for you
>     too. Monday next week is looking good too.
>
>     Looking forward to hearing from you and discussing further.
>
>     Best wishes
>
>     Ksenia
>
>     Ksenia Grant MSc, MBA
>
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