DUT Call 2024

About the DUT Call 2024

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.

 

Participating Countries

Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Czech Republic
Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany
Greece Hungary Italy Japan Korea, Republic of
Latvia Lithuania Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
The Netherlands Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Türkiye United Kingdom

The list of involved Funding Agencies for the participating countries can be found in the Call text.

Please note that not all Funding Agencies provide funding for each Transition Pathway. Please check the Annex A in the Call text for specific Funding Agencies’ rules and requirements.

 

Call topics

The DUT Partnership focuses on three critical urban sectors (and their interrelationships) which are laid out in the DUT Roadmap as Transition Pathways (TP).

For the DUT Partnership to maximise impact for European and global policies, these three Transition Pathways (TP) are to be considered in an integrated manner and with a firm commitment to urban, regional and city authority capacity building in terms of ambitious policymaking and implementation. Evidence will be created with and for city administrations, municipalities, business and society, aiming at all kinds of innovation and capacity building needed to transform our neighbourhoods and urban areas. The DUT Partnership will offer a framework for innovation, demonstration and preparation of larger-scale translation of solutions and approaches into local urban settings.

This third call aims to create or reinforce a portfolio of R&I projects that address issues and challenges identified in one of the three TPs. Proposals addressing subjects from across different TPs can be submitted and are welcome, though it is not mandatory. All projects are asked to choose a main TP and may indicate which other TP(s) are involved, if any.

Circular Urban Economies (CUE)

CUE topic 1 – Creating a new paradigm for urban water cycles​

CUE topic 2 – Circular models for regenerating, repurposing, protecting and conserving urban space for biodiversity​

CUE topic 3 – Multi-city strategies for circular urban economy monitoring and management

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15-minute City (15mC) 

15mC topic 1 – Advancing urban mobility: innovations for inclusive and youth-centric mobility systems​

15mC topic 2 – Reconsidering urban mobility systems: towards system innovation and proximity policies for sustainable city regions​

15mC topic 3 – Evidence for the urban mobility transition: data and indicators for effective decision-making​

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Positive Energy Districts (PED) 

PED topic 1 – Local PEDs in a multi-level perspective​

​PED topic 2 – Towards the climate-neutral city: PEDs, system integration and urban strategies​

​PED topic 3 – Managing the urban energy transition: data management and decision support systems​

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Call calendar

Stage 1 opening (Pre-Proposal submission) 2 September 2024
Info day 1 (online) 10 September 2024
Stage 1 closing (Pre-Proposal submission deadline) 14 November 2024
Eligibility check December 2024
Meeting of expert panel to assess Pre-Proposals January 2025
Stage 2 opening  (Full Proposal submission) February 2025
Stage 2 closing (Full Proposal deadline) 24 April 2025
Eligibility check May 2025
Meeting of Expert Panel to assess Full Proposals June 2025
Projects selected for funding at Stage 2 informed July 2025
Application to national/regional Funding Agencies Consult specific Funding Agency annex
Start of the projects (tentative) End 2025 / beginning 2026
Projects’ kick-off meeting 2026 (tbd)

Applying for the Call

The DUT Call 2024 is divided into two stages.

In the first stage, consortia are invited to submit Pre-Proposals. A Pre-Proposal includes a description of the partners, concise project description of no more than 13 pages, and budget indications with limited details fulfilling national/regional requirements. Find the Pre-Proposal template in the documents section below.

A national application may also be necessary. However, not all Funding Agencies require a national application. Please check Annex A of the Call text or contact your country’s participating Funding Agency.

The Call for Pre-Proposals is open until 14 November 2024, 13:00 (CET).

In March 2025, applicants will be invited to enter the second stage of the procedure: the Call for Full Proposals will close on 24 April 2025, 13:00 (CEST). Only Pre-Proposals invited to submit a Full Proposal are eligible in the second stage.

Pre-proposals and Full Proposals must be submitted on the UEFISCDI electronic submission system, UDiManager, before each associated deadline. The Call for pre-proposals is open until 14 November 2024, 13:00 (CET).

Documents

*The Pre-propsal temlate was last updated on 27 September 2024

 

Changes in the Call text

August 2, 2024:

National Annexes for LCS and CDTI have been added
National Annexes for VLAIO, Innoviris, Innosuisse (no longer participating), NCBR GSRI have been updated

August 16, 2024:

National Annexes for FRS-FNRS, FWO, FAPESP, NSTC, TACR, ETAg, JST, RCN, CCDRC, FCT and Formas have been added
National Annexes for VLAIO, FZJPtJ, NKFIH, MUR, KAIA, AEI, TUBITAK and UKRI have been updated

September 2, 2024:

National Annexes for ADEME, BNSF, UEFISCDI, SWEA and Vinnova have been added
Annex A has been finalised
Finalised list of countries has been added to Call Text

September 4, 2024:

National Annex for FORMAS has been updated

September 12, 2024:

National Annexes for FWO and NKFIH have been updated

October 1, 2024:

National Annex for ADEME has been removed as ADEME is no longer participating in this Call.

October 10, 2024:

National Annex for IFD has been updated

October 17, 2024:

National Annex for SNSF has been updated

October 24, 2024:

National Annex for MUR has been updated

December 23, 2024:

Contact Point in FFG National Annex has been updated, National Annex for RCN has been updated

January 27, 2025:

National Annex for RCN has been updated

 

Info Day 1

Find the video recording and presentation slides from Info Day 1 here.

 

Contact information

DUT Call Secretariat: call@dutpartnership.eu

Contact information to the participating Funding Agencies can be found in Annex A of the Call Text.