Funding provided under previews programmes.

The purpose of this Call 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. It is open to a wide range of scientific disciplines and welcomes interdisciplinary approaches. It intends to support a large range of activities, from research to innovation and implementation. It also asks to engage explicitly stakeholders (companies, public authorities, NGOs…) in the projects and to consider users’ needs in the identification of the project goals. Projects are expected to be focused on urban areas (including peri-urban areas) and their issues and challenges. Where appropriate, they may also consider the effects and impact on other territories like rural areas or consider urban-rural relationships, so long as the urban focus remains.

The total available budget for this Call is approximately € 49 000 000 of budget committed by the participating Funding Agencies. 

Each national/regional Funding Agency will provide funds directly to their eligible beneficiaries in accordance with the agencies’ rules and regulations.

Tables 1 and 2, provided in Annex A (pages 47-50), give an essential overview of the national and regional budgets dedicated to this Call by each Funding Agency and of their positioning on which topics (including the cross-cutting topic), research categories, organisation types, etc. that they can fund.

Table 3, provided in Annex A (Czech Republic: page 65, Greece: page 84), presents the funding rules and guidelines for each national/regional Funding Agency.

Greece – General Secretariat for Research and Innovation 

The duration of a project must not exceed 36 months.

• Energy
• Environment and Climate Change
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation
• Transport
• Urban Development

• Associations
• Businesses
• Investment Funds
• Large Enterprises
• Local Authorities
• NGOs
• Non Profit Organisations
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Semi-governmental organisations
• Services Providers
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

In order to be eligible, the applicants (organisations/institutions/companies (i.e. legal entities) can be:

• research organisations (higher education institutions including universities, university colleges, research institutes or other entities with research undertakings);
•  companies and commercial organisations;
•  urban government authorities (such as regional and local government institutions, municipalities and municipal organisations, city authorities, urban public administrations, and infrastructure and service providers);
•  consumers and civil society representatives (e.g. local and community organisations, non-governmental organisations, not-for-profit organisations, citizens’ representatives, etc.);
• from the culture and creative sectors (e.g. artists and designers).

The projects selected within this call will be funded directly by national/regional Funding Agencies from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Türkiye, and the United Kingdom.

Eligibility rules for the consortia and Applicants:

• Each proposal must be submitted by a consortium consisting of at least 3 eligible applicants from at least 3 different participating countries. Only Applicants eligible for funding by the participating Funding Agencies from the following countries are eligible to apply as Main Applicant or Co-applicant: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia and Türkiye In addition, at least 2 of the eligible Applicants must be from 2different countries eligible for EC co-funding in this Call. The following EU Member States (MS) or Associated Countries (AC) to the Horizon Europe are eligible for EC co-funding in this Call: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye.
• Consortia must include at least one urban public authority (city, municipality or entity providing key urban services, so long as this entity is owned by a local government (confirmation of this by the local government may be requested by the Call Secretariat)) either as a Main Applicant, Co-applicant, or Cooperation Partner depending on the national/regional eligibility criteria.
• The Main Applicant (project coordinator) must be eligible to be funded and request funding by its national/regional participating Funding Agency.
• A Principal Contact Point (PCP) must only participate in a maximum of 2 proposals, and only once as the PCP of a Main Applicant. If the DUT Call Secretariat, in charge of checking transnational eligibility, identifies the same person as PCP in more than 2 pre-proposals, or as PCP of the Main Applicant of more than one pre-proposal, all pre-proposals/full proposals in which they are a PCP, will be declared ineligible.
• Consortia submitting a proposal in the cross-cutting topic must include at least one private sector organization (industry, company, business, SME, branch/sector organization) as a funded partner (Main or Co-Applicant).

If you have questions on the general Call process and proposal submission, you can contact the Call Secretariat: Call@dutpartnership.eu.

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