Strategic Innovation Open Call

Apply to the Strategic Innovation Open Call to develop 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. 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: 

• Urban logistics,
• Public transport,
• Mobility data management,
• Electrification of transport and alternative fuels, and
• Health and mobility. 

EIT funding allocation

The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is € 60 million for the period 2026-2028 and has multiple cut-off dates The indicative funding for the first submission cut-off is: € 9 million.

Each project may receive up to € 2 million 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%.

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.

How can you apply?

The Strategic Innovation Open Call is open from 2026-2028 with several cut-off dates as outlined below. The assessment of the proposals involves two stage: Stage 1 is the expert evaluation of proposals submitted via the EIT Urban Mobility NetSuite platform, followed by Stage 2, which includes a panel hearing and selection by the Selection Committee.

Deadlines to apply

All submission windows close at 17.00 CET on the published cut-off date:

• 1^st 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

Apply here