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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
EIT Urban Mobility invites universities, academic consortia, and education-focused innovators to submit proposals to its Master School and Fellowship Open Call, designed to accelerate the development and delivery of high-quality learning experiences that build the skills and capabilities needed for sustainable urban mobility.
Detailed Call Description
This Open Call focuses on a series of specific activity areas aimed at meeting the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and Fellowship targets, including Summer Schools, new urban mobility related Master programmes that have the potential to be integrated into the EIT Urban Mobility Master School and obtain the EIT Label, new universities joining existing EIT Urban Mobility Master programmes, and existing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) programmes at Master level aligned with the EIT Label Handbook for EIT Fellowships criteria with the potential to join the EIT Urban Mobility I&E Fellowship. This Call is also open to proposals for other types of activities with a high potential to achieve the KPI and financial sustainability targets.
Proposals are welcome for the following types of activities:
- MSA1: Summer Schools for Master students
- MSA2: New EIT Urban Mobility Master programmes (type 1: double-degree Master programmes based on the EIT Label Handbook for planning, labelling and reviewing degree programmes)
- MSA3: New universities joining the existing EIT Urban Mobility Master School programmes (type 1: double-degree Master programmes based on the EIT Label Handbook for planning, labelling and reviewing degree programmes)
- MSA4: I&E Master programmes that join the EIT Urban Mobility I&E Fellowship (type 2: single-degree Master programmes based on the EIT Label Handbook for Fellowships)
- MSA5: EIT Label Accreditation Support for Existing Master Programmes related to Urban Mobility
- MSA6: Other educational activities that contributing to achieving KPI EITHE05.1 (startups created by students and graduates from EIT Labelled programmes)
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Maximum indicative EIT funding:
- MSA1: €570.000
- MSA2: €160.000
- MSA3: €120.000
- MSA4: €150.000
- MSA5: €80.000
- MSA6: €140.000
Indicative max. EIT funding per project per year:
- MSA1: €190.000
- MSA2: €80.000 (if a programme is approved for execution, budgets will be allocated via the EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Master School Agreement).
- MSA3: €30.000 (if a university is selected to join the Master School, budgets will be allocated via the EIT Urban Mobility Business Plan).
- MSA4: €30.000 (to cover administrative costs related to the monitoring and tracking of students enrolled in the Fellowship, alignment with EIT Urban Mobility programme branding requirements, and any other related costs).
- MSA5: €40.000 (to cover administrative costs related to the EIT Label accreditation process).
- MSA6: €70.000
All proposals submitted to this Call must have a minimum co-funding rate of 25% for the whole project duration. Co-funding above this rate will be positively assessed during the portfolio selection. The minimum co-funding rate refers to the total project budget.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
This Call is open to organisations from the Member States of the European Union, and Third countries associated with Horizon Europe. Both multi-participant proposals and mono-participant proposals are accepted.
In the case of mono-participant proposals, it is considered that the pan-European dimension is achieved through the network and truly international experience required from all our Master School and Fellowship programmes with compulsory mobility requirements embedded in the curriculum.
In case of multi-participant proposals, as a minimum requirement proposals must be put forward by at least 2 independent legal entities established in 2 different EU Member States and/or Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.
EIT Urban Mobility is Europe’s largest community for urban mobility innovation. If an application is selected for funding, then all applicants will be required to pay the corresponding membership fee so to become a member of EIT community.
Detailed description of all packages and related benefits, as well as the registration and conditions for membership is outlined on the EIT Urban Mobility website.
Entities who are not yet EIT Urban Mobility members and who have been awarded proposals with a total EIT funding lower than €30.000 may request a membership fee reduction for their first year as a member.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
All applicants may contact the Academy team at EIT Urban Mobility at academycall@eiturbanmobility.eu to resolve any concerns or doubts about the call content and the call process.