EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Call (seed)
Runs EIT Urban Mobility support for small businesses with practical innovation outcomes in transport and mobility sectors.
Eligibility · EU member states
EIT Urban Mobility's SME Market Expansion Call is a grant instrument operated by the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) founded in 2019 under the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, headquartered in Barcelona with hubs in Amsterdam, Munich, Copenhagen, and Prague. The call funds small and medium-sized enterprises to test products, services, or solutions with a real end-client, enabling market validation and real-world deployment in urban mobility contexts. It sits within the broader Innovations to Market programme, which has supported more than 276 innovation projects and introduced over 135 new solutions to market since 2020, spanning 36 countries.
Eligibility is restricted to EU-registered SMEs operating in the urban mobility sector, including electric vehicles, micromobility, shared mobility, traffic optimisation, and inclusive transport. The call is distinct from the startup-focused Financial Support to Startups Open Call (open to broader European startups) and from the consortium-based Strategic Innovation Open Call. Specific award amounts and exact cycle dates for 2026 were not confirmed in text-extracted sources, as the programme's Call Programme PDF was not accessible for extraction. The call was not listed in the 2026 open calls index reviewed, indicating that this cycle may not have been formally announced as of May 2026.
Organisations seeking to win this call should be able to demonstrate a credible end-client relationship and a clear path to commercial deployment within the urban mobility sector. EIT Urban Mobility's broader portfolio includes companion instruments such as RAPTOR (city-defined challenge grants) and equity investment of up to €2.5 million for pre-seed to Series A companies, meaning applicants should position this call as a market-validation step within a broader commercialisation strategy rather than as pure R&D funding.
Urban mobility product and service validation with real end-clients, funding SMEs to test and deploy solutions in operational city environments.
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