Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

This Open Call focuses on a series of specific activity areas aimed at meeting the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and Fellowship targets, including Summer Schools, new urban mobility related Master programmes that have the potential to be integrated into the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and obtain the EIT Label, new universities joining existing EIT Urban Mobility Master programmes, and existing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) programmes at Master level aligned with the EIT Label Handbook for EIT Fellowships criteria with the potential to join the EIT Urban Mobility I&E Fellowship.

The total maximum EIT funding allocated to this call for 2025 is approximately €1.500.000. The amounts will be allocated according to the estimations outlined in the table below.

MSA1:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €720.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €180.000

MSA2:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €120.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €40.000 (if a programme is approved for execution, budgets will be allocated via the EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Master School Agreement).

MSA3:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €120.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €20.000 (if a university is selected to join the Master School, budgets will be allocated via the EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan).

MSA4:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €210.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €30.000 (to cover administrative costs related to the monitoring and tracking of students enrolled in the Fellowship, alignment with EIT Urban Mobility programme branding requirements, and any other related costs).

MSA5:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €120.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €60.000

MSA6:

• Maximum indicative EIT funding: €210.000
• Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year: €70.000

All proposals submitted to this Call must have a minimum co-funding rate of 25% for the whole project duration. Co-funding above this rate will be positively assessed during the portfolio selection. The minimum co-funding rate refers to the total project budget.

• Education and training
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• Educational Institutions
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

This Call is open to organisations from the Member States of the European Union, and Third countries associated with Horizon Europe. Both multi-participant proposals and mono-participant proposals are accepted (see Section 3.5 for specific requirements).

In the case of mono-participant proposals, it is considered that the pan-European dimension is achieved through the network and truly international experience required from all our Master School and Fellowship programmes with compulsory mobility requirements embedded in the curriculum.

In case of multi-participant proposals, as a minimum requirement proposals must be put forward by at least two independent legal entities established in two different EU Member States and/or Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.

Participating in one of EIT Urban Mobility projects means being part of the EIT Urban Mobility community. All entities of selected proposals are asked to be part of the community and to choose one of the following membership categories when initiating their projects:

• Gold members: they pay an annual fee of €30.000 and have full access to all benefit packages offered by EIT Urban Mobility.
• Silver members: they pay an annual fee of €10.000 and have limited access to all benefit packages offered by EIT Urban Mobility. In the case of Small Enterprises and NGOs, a reduced annual fee of €5.000 will be applied.
• Leading cities: with an annual fee of €10.000 they have full access to the gold membership package and the additional city-pecific services. In the case of cities with a population of below 300,000 inhabitants, a reduced annual fee of €5.000 will be applied.

  Detailed description of all packages and related benefits, as well as the registration and conditions for membership is outlined on the EIT Urban Mobility website.

Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

Contact Persons:

George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy

Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Email: nkaffa@research.org.cy

All applicants may contact the Academy team at EIT Urban Mobility at academycall@eiturbanmobility.eu to resolve any concerns or doubts about the call content and the call process.

• Funding&Tenders
• EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027
• EIT website
• Call document