EIT Urban Mobility invites innovators from across Europe to submit a proposal to its Strategic Innovation Open Call, designed to accelerate the deployment of impactful solutions that address the most pressing challenges in urban mobility.

The call focuses on supporting ambitious, market-critical projects that tackle clearly defined problems faced by cities, public authorities, and mobility providers. We aim to de-risk development and enable large-scale deployment by backing solutions with a clear path to market and the potential to scale across Europe.

EIT funding allocation

The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is 60 million EUR for the period 2026-2028 and has multiple cut-off dates.

Each project may receive up to 2 million EUR of EIT funding. EIT Urban Mobility will reimburse up to 65% of the eligible project costs, while the minimum co-funding rate for all proposals is 35%.

Through this call, EIT Urban Mobility fosters innovation and strengthens Europe’s competitiveness by encouraging collaboration across the EIT Knowledge Triangle—education, research, and business—alongside a fourth essential partner: cities.

The Call will focus on five sectors in which we believe Europe has the potential to innovate and create impact: 

• Urban logistics,

• Public transport,

• Mobility data management,

• Electrification of transport and alternative fuels, and

• Health and mobility. 

In the future, the Call may also include specific topic scopes to address key market opportunities or urgent market failures that can be addressed through our funding.

Who can apply?

This is a multi-beneficiary call for proposals and therefore there must be a minimum of two independent legal entities, working together. These entities must be established in two different European Member States, and/or Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.

For information on special cases, including Switzerland and Hungarian universities please refer to the Call Manual (see ‘List of documents to take into consideration’ section below).

How can you apply?

The Strategic Innovation Open Call is open from 2026-2028 with several cut-off dates as outlined below.

Access the EIT Urban Mobility NetSuite platform and find the call for the currently open cut-off date under Grant Management –> Grant Management – -> Open Calls. Submit your application form within the given deadline.

If you have never registered in NetSuite, please complete the Partner Information Form (PIF). If the system denies your registration because the PIC number corresponds to an already registered entity, or because your email address is associated with an existing entity, please contact servicedesk@eiturbanmobility.eu.

The assessment of the proposals involves two stage: Stage 1 is the expert evaluation of proposals submitted via the EIT Urban Mobility NetSuite platform (see section 4.2 of the Call Manual for submission steps), followed by Stage 2, which includes a panel hearing and selection by the Selection Committee.

Key dates are:

• Call opens: 19 June 2025

• Info sessions: 1-3 July 2025 (see below section ‘Info Webinars’ for further information)

• Deadlines to apply: All submission windows close at 17.00 CET on the published cut-off date.

  • 1st cut-off date: 23 September 2025

  • 2nd cut-off date: 12 February 2026

  • 3rd cut-off date: 18 June 2026

  • 4th cut-off date: February 2027

  • 5th cut-off date: June 2027

• Eligibility and admissibility check: Up to 1 week post-submission cut-off

• Evaluation and invitation to panel hearings: Up to 6 weeks post-submission cut-off

• Panel hearings and portfolio selection: Approximately 2 weeks post invitation to Panel Hearings

• Communication of results: Approximately 2 weeks post-Panel Hearings

• Start of the projects: Approximately 4 weeks post-communication of results