Budget

Funding rate: EIT funding will cover a portion of the costs, with a minimum co-funding rate of 25% required from applicants. Budget conditions / limitations: The budget should align with the scope and complexity of the project, ensuring cost efficiency. Payments: Payment schedules are not specified in the document. The total indicative EIT funding allocated to this call for 2026 is approximately up to €1,250,000. Projects under RISE1, RISE2 and RISE4 categories will be awarded a maximum of €150,000 EIT funding per project per year, whilst the maximum EIT funding under RISE3 will be €85,000 per project per year. For RISE5, the budget will be €20,000 – 50,000.

Key dates and deadline

Call opening 25 June 2025 Call closure 10 September 2025 at 17:00 CET Eligibility and admissibility check October 2025 Evaluation of proposals (1st stage) October-November 2025 Portfolio selection (2nd stage) November 2025 Communication of results December 2025 Tentative start of the projects 1 January 2026

Details

This call aims at funding projects that can support the overall RIS strategy and aims, offer high-quality education, reach a large audience and market, and gain recognition efficiently with a lasting effect. The EIT Urban Mobility RIS Education objectives are focused on capacity building in innovation and entrepreneurship and urban mobility. These objectives are reflected in the activity types proposed in this call. The activities responding to these objectives should aim to improve transferrable skills that will lead to further innovation and entrepreneurship in urban mobility in RIS countries. There are five general topics (RISE 1-5) that can be addressed by the proposals: RISE 1: Capacity-building (e.g. train the trainer, trainings aimed at improving innovation and entrepreneurial skills with a focus on urban mobility, programmes aimed at defining challenges, facilitating mutual learning, co-creating solutions) RISE 2: Education and training activities with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship as well as urban mobility with a potential to reach a large audience and market, and gain recognition efficiently with a lasting impact RISE 3: Organisation of summer and winter schools for bachelor students in domain of area of innovation and entrepreneurship. RISE4: Scaling-up of local existing activities to reach wider audience and wider impact. RISE5: Network building with educational players

Eligibility

This Call for proposals is open to all types of legal entities established in European Union (EU) member states and/or in third countries associated with Horizon Europe. These legal entities may be universities, research organisations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups or cities, among others, and may or may not be EIT Urban Mobility partners at the time of the proposal submission.

Additional information

How to apply?

https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/call-for-proposals/ris-education-open-call-2026/