RIS Education Open Call 2027

The RIS Education Open Call 2027 supports high-impact projects that expand access to quality education, engage broad audiences, and deliver lasting results across RIS countries.

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: 

1. RISE1: Capacity-Building in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
2. RISE2: Education and Training Activities in Urban Mobility 
3. RISE3: Organisation of Winter and Summer Schools 
4. RISE4: Scaling up of Local, Regional and National Initiatives 
5. RISE5: Network building with educational players 

EIT funding allocation 

The total indicative EIT funding allocated to this call is approximately €2 600 000. 

Projects under RISE1 and RISE2 categories will be awarded a maximum of €300 000 EIT funding per project, whilst the maximum EIT funding per project under RIS3 will be €180 000, with maximum €90 000 per edition. For RISE4, the maximum EIT Funding per project will be €140 000 EUR and RISE5, the maximum EIT Funding will be €70 000. 

Who can apply? 

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. Former EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hubs and entities from Outermost Regions are encouraged to apply to this Call by submitting proposals aligned with their preferred activity types. The applicants should have the expertise and previous experience in developing and implementing capacity building projects in urban mobility and/or innovation and entrepreneurship.   

This Call is open to both multi-participant and mono-participant proposals from one or more RIS countries. In the case of multi-participant proposals, proposals must, as a minimum requirement, be composed of at least two independent legal entities from at least one RIS country. In case of mono-beneficiary proposals, the applicant must be from a RIS country. 

In the case of multi-participant proposals that involve entities from one country only and mono-participant proposals, the consortia shall explain how they are going to achieve the pan-European dimension in their projects. At the same time, the applying consortia are invited to integrate the knowledge triangle in their activities and should explain how cities, academia and industry partners are involved in the project design, development and implementation. 

Info Webinar 

EIT Urban Mobility will host an online information session on 17 June 2026, 11.00-13.00 CEST.  If you're interested please register here.

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