EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation Open Call
Backs research teams and institutions for EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation in transport and mobility, built environment, and climate technology.
Eligibility · EU member states
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The EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation Open Call 2026 funds European consortia to pilot, test, and scale near-to-market products, services, or solutions for sustainable urban mobility. EIT Urban Mobility is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, established in 2019, headquartered in Barcelona, and recognised in early 2025 as Europe's most active investor in urban mobility startups. Since 2020, the organisation has supported more than 276 innovation projects, introduced 135+ new solutions to market, and delivered 445+ pilots across 200+ European cities in 36 countries. The Strategic Innovation Open Call is part of the Innovations to Market programme, which focuses on commercially ready solutions requiring city-scale validation. The deadline for the 2026 cycle is 18 June 2026.
The call is open to innovators from across Europe, and eligible applicants include for-profit companies, non-profits, universities, research organisations, and cities. Projects must address sustainable, inclusive, safe, or accessible urban mobility and must be close enough to market to begin deployment in a city context. Award sizes for this call are not specified in the public call index; the full Call Programme 2026 PDF, published by EIT Urban Mobility, contains per-project budgets, co-financing ratios, and application requirements. State Aid rules may apply to for-profit recipients given the EU funding source.
Applicants form a consortium and respond to the call through EIT Urban Mobility's official proposal process. EIT Urban Mobility operates five innovation hubs in Amsterdam, Munich, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and Prague, and works with a network of over 1,250 partner organisations across 33 countries — strong consortium members drawn from this ecosystem improve the competitiveness of bids. The Innovations to Market programme also provides supplementary support through the Horizon Lab, which helps winning innovators secure additional European funding, and an Innovation Advisory Service that supports the long-term commercial success of funded teams.
European consortia piloting, testing, or scaling sustainable urban mobility products, services, or solutions that are near-to-market and ready for deployment across European cities.
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