SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026

The EIT Urban Mobility is thrilled to launch the fourth edition of the SME Market Expansion Call. 

The Call is designed to promote business growth and market expansion, encouraging the replication and scaling of successful solutions in new regions or sectors. It offers a strategic platform for SMEs with ambitions to scale by opening subsidiaries or expanding into new markets.

The SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026 focuses on accelerating the market uptake of impactful innovations by reducing the risk of development and deployment. EIT Urban Mobility aims to support solutions with a clear path to market, helping cities and businesses confidently procure and scale proven innovations. Through collaboration with an end-client, SMEs can validate their offering in a real-world setting, while gaining visibility and credibility in the European market.

The Call will focus on five topics:

• Public Transport
• Urban Logistics
• Electrification of transport and alternative fuels
• Mobility data management
• Health and mobility

EIT funding allocation

The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is €600 000. Around 10 projects are to be implemented by 10 different SMEs. Each entity awardee will receive EIT funding allocation of €60 000.

Who can apply?

This Call is a mono-beneficiary call addressed to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are supported by an end client, a public or private entity, committed to testing and demonstrating the solution. To ensure a balanced portfolio of projects, SMEs selected and funded for the previous EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Open Call (2025) are not eligible to apply for this call.

Info Session 

To help applicants with the preparation and submission of their proposals, EIT Urban Mobility will host one live info webinar focused on the SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026 content, calendar, scope, topics, KPIs, the submission and evaluation tools and procedures, end-client role, and the financial aspects including contribution to EIT Urban Mobility financial sustainability.

Info webinar: 14 October 2025, 10.00 – 11.00 CET.