The purpose of this Call for proposals is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities in their transition towards a more sustainable economy and functioning. The challenges are grouped into three themes called ‘Transition Pathways’: Circular Urban Economies, 15-minute City and Positive Energy Districts.

This is the third Call of the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Partnership scheme.

On a global level, DUT Call 2024 is part of the Mission Innovation (MI) call series, i.e., MICall24. As such, call topics are prepared in collaboration with the Urban Transitions Mission (UTM) under MI, and all topics of the Call are open for applications that directly and/or indirectly contribute to the work of UTM. JPI Urban Europe, a co-lead of the UTM, is contributing to UTM activities through its current R&I programme, the DUT Partnership, including the PED sprint implementation. In addition, the DUT Call 2024 will also be implemented in cooperation with selected Members of the Belmont Forum, which will participate in the Call as individual Funding Agencies and thus enable further international partners to join DUT projects.

Call for Pre-proposals: 14 November 2024
Full stage Proposal submission: 24 April 2025

Budget: 200.000€-500.000€, depending on type of project