Call for projects

Brussels Airport Fund - Call 2025

What is it about?

Does your association or neighbourhood committee have an idea that fosters local togetherness and sustainability, linked to nature, the environment, energy, or mobility? Does your initiative create connections between neighbors and their natural living environment near Brussels Airport? If so, this call for projects is here to help you bring your idea to life!

The Brussels Airport Fund is launching a new call for projects to support initiatives that embrace a dynamic and committed vision for a more sustainable, inclusive and supportive future. Through shared spaces, community gardens, and initiatives focused on nature, mobility, and energy, the fund aims to strengthen connections between residents and their natural surroundings within local communities.

Whether it’s transforming an urban space into a biodiversity haven, teaching young people how to repair bicycles or rethinking water and resource management, the winners of previous editions all shared the desire to create more harmonious living spaces that connect people with their environment. By encouraging intergenerational encounters, knowledge exchange and experimentation with sustainable practices, their projects demonstrate how collective impact can be powerful when innovation, collaboration and respect for the environment are at the heart of the action.

Would you like to bring your local, participatory project to life for a more sustainable environment, mobility, and energy? The Brussels Airport Fund can grant you between €1,000 and €10,000 to help make it happen.

How to apply for this call for projects?

Read the selection criteria, available for download in Dutch or French on the call pages in these languages.
Browse projects already supported by the Fund to better understand the type of initiatives sought: laureates from 2023 and 2024.
Verify that your project actually takes place in one of the municipalities targeted by this call: Brussels (1000, 1020, 1120, 1130), Evere (1140), Grimbergen (1850, 1851, 1852, 1853), Haacht (3150), Herent (3020), Kampenhout (1910), Kortenberg (3070, 3071, 3078), Kraainem (1950), Leuven (3000, 3001, 3010, 3012, 3018), Machelen (1830, 1931), Rotselaar (3110, 3111, 3118), Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (1200), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (1150), Steenokkerzeel (1820), Vilvoorde (1800), Wezembeek-Oppem (1970), Zaventem (1930, 1932, 1933).
Gather your ideas and information, and submit your application online via the call pages either in Dutch or French.
Proceed with your application either in French or in Dutch.

What happens next?

The Fund will review the applications received through a panel of independent experts.
The results of the call for projects will be announced on December 17, 2025.

Who is it for?

All organisations with a social purpose, active in the municipalities listed above: non-profits, youth organisations, local organisations, de facto associations, schools etc. The call is not open to individuals. Local councils can submit a funding proposal, as long as they do so in partnership with organisations with a social purpose.

How to submit an application?

Make sure you are eligible for this call for projects.
Connect up to your account via https://candidate.kbs-frb.be, or create an account if this is your first application.
Complete the application form online (you can take your time and do it in several stages if you like).
When your application has been fully completed, send it in.
We will send you a confirmation by e-mail, as well as a pdf of your application.