Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2026
Run by European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds transnational research and innovation projects that help cities transition to more sustainable, livable urban systems. Projects can address energy districts, 15 minute city concepts, or circular urban economies, and can range from research to innovation and implementation activities. Funding comes from national and regional agencies in participating countries rather than a single EU pot.
smart cities · renewable energy · circular economy · climate adaptation · energy efficiency · regional development
Who wins this
A consortium of research organisations, local authorities, service providers, or companies from at least three participating countries that wants to collaborate on practical urban sustainability solutions involving real stakeholders and citizens.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Submission
- Multiple cut-offs (rolling call with several deadlines)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 17 Nov 2026 · 15 Apr 2027
- Type of action
- Cascade funding
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 3 partners, from 3 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body, SME, large enterprise, non-profit
- Also required
- At least three partners from three eligible countries are required, and at least two of those countries must be EU member states or Horizon Associated Countries eligible for EC Co-Fund.
- Sectors
- CleanTech · Energy · Mobility
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Who has won calls like this
Organisations that most often win this call family · 151 past winners