About DUT Call 2023
The DUT Partnership launched its second call in September 2023 to support transnational research and innovation projects. Together with 39 funding agencies from 27 countries and the European Commission, €80 million have been committed to projects that contribute to DUT’s thematic areas, the Transition Pathways: 15-minute City, Circular Urban Economies and Positive Energy Districts.
The call is co-funded by the European Commission (EC) under the Horizon Europe framework programme.
On a global level, the DUT Partnership’s Call 2023 is part of the Mission Innovation (MI) call series, i.e. MICall23. As such, some of the call topics are directly prepared in collaboration with MI missions, and all topics of the call are open for applications that directly and/or indirectly contribute to the work of MI missions.
Latest updates
- Nov 2023
The first stage of the DUT Call 2023 closed. More than 1600 project partners applied for approximately €200 million in funding in 183 proposals. - Mar 2024
71 proposals were invited to the second stage. - Jul 2024
42 proposals were suggested for funding.
The 15-minute City Transition Pathway (15mC TP) addresses challenges of urban mobility, logistics, public space and proximity-based policies to promote implementation of climate neutral, resilient neighbourhoods for all. It draws on research and innovation projects to showcase a diverse mosaic of approaches that drive mobility transitions. The 15mC TP aims to enable analysis, development and testing of ideas, tools and innovations for 15-minute cities within co-creative and transdisciplinary settings.
15mC call topics
- Integrated policies and evidence to reduce car-dependency
- Mobility and planning policies for proximity-oriented developments
- Empower people for urban mobility transitions
The Circular Urban Economies Transition Pathway (CUE TP) aims to foster urban places, communities and neighbourhoods that are sustained by circular resource flows and enhance the wellbeing of their inhabitants and ecosystems. It encourages urban planning and design characterised by regenerative urbanism, favouring the combination of circular principles, urban greening, and equal access to urban spaces and resources.
CUE call topics
- The built environment as a resource base
- Knowledge and optimisation of resources flows between urban and rural areas
- Planning and designing urban areas with nature: towards a regenerative urbanism
The Positive Energy Districts Transition Pathway (PED TP) aims to develop innovative solutions for planning, large-scale implementation, and replication of PEDs across Europe’s urban and peri-urban areas. By combining energy efficiency, renewable energy production, and energy flexibility at the local level, PEDs offer and contribute to affordable energy systems, affordable quality housing, and competitive, resilient and inclusive local economies for cities through energy communities, contributing to European goals such as the SET Plan and the EU Mission on Climate-neutral and Smart Cities.
PED call topics
- Energy resilience and energy poverty
- Urban regeneration and refurbishment
- Enabling systems for local energy transitions: collaboration and sustainable investment