The Ajuntament de Barcelona, through the Directorate of Trade, Food and Catering Services, together with Barcelona Activa and Fundació Barcelona Innova, is launching a new call for grants for urban innovation projects as part of the European Capital of Local Commerce 2026 initiative.

The call seeks innovative solutions that contribute to improving the competitiveness and sustainability of local commerce in Barcelona.

The call has a total budget of €200,000 and will fund up to 4 projects, with a maximum grant of €50,000 per project, equivalent to up to 80% of the total project budget.

Proposals must demonstrate a strong innovative component, tangible impact, potential for replication and scalability, as well as include pilots or tests in real-world environments.

Areas of action:

• Digitalisation, new technologies and the strategic use of data to improve local commerce.
• Adapting and transforming commerce in response to new consumer habits and urban life.
• Urban logistics, mobility and goods and retail distribution networks.

The call is open to startups, companies, cooperatives, universities, research and innovation centres and other organisations, as well as consortia made up of different stakeholders from the innovation ecosystem.

Applications are open from 16 September to 15 October 2026. Following an initial evaluation phase, the 10 highest-scoring applications will be selected to move on to a second phase, after which the projects receiving funding to develop their pilots in the city will be chosen.

More information and applications