The CitiObs project together with the Distributed Design Platform invites artists, designers, makers, and creative practitioners to submit proposals to collaborate with the project as external service providers. This open call aims to contract creative professionals to develop and implement artistic and participatory actions that engage communities in environmental monitoring and citizen science activities connected to air quality and environmental observation.
We are interested in practices that operate at the intersection of arts, design, making, and citizen science, and that treat environmental challenges as cultural, social, and political questions as much as technical ones. The call is intentionally broad. We welcome diverse formats, scales, and positions, and encourage proposals that are situated, experimental, and critical.
This open call is global. We are interested in work emerging from different geographies and contexts, recognizing that environmental issues are locally experienced yet globally entangled.
We are looking to support up to five projects, each eligible to receive a grant of up to €3,000. The final number of projects selected will depend on the quality of the applications received, the evaluation criteria, and considerations of best value for money.
In addition to the funded projects, up to ten additional projects that are not selected for the financial support may still be invited to present their work on the Distributed Design platform website. These projects will also have the opportunity to be featured across the CitiObs communication channels, increasing their visibility and sharing their ideas with a broader community.
Selected applicants will enter into a service agreement with the CitiObs project under the ‘Other Goods and Services’ budget category of the EU grant.
Application deadline: June 14, 2026