RAPTOR (Rapid Applications for Transport) is EIT Urban Mobility’s rapid piloting programme designed to address concrete urban mobility challenges through fast and focused collaboration between cities and innovators.
Participating cities define a specific challenge linked to their local mobility needs. Startups and SMEs propose solutions tailored to that challenge and work closely with the city to adapt, test, and validate the solution in a real urban environment.
The programme is designed to support:
- Fast experimentation and applied innovation
- Direct collaboration between cities and solution providers
- Solutions with clear potential for replication and scale
RAPTOR 2026 includes 15 city-defined mobility challenges, each addressing a specific local need. Proposals must clearly demonstrate how the proposed solution responds to the selected city’s challenge within the scope of a six-month project.
A detailed description of each city challenge is available in the Call Manual – Annex II: City Challenges.
EIT funding allocation
Through this call, EIT Urban Mobility intends to fund up to 15 projects, each receiving a fixed lump sum of €60,000.
The total estimated EIT funding allocated to this Call is €900,000.
Who can apply?
The RAPTOR Open Call 2026 is open to single small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Proposals must be submitted by one legal entity only; consortia are not permitted.
Applicants must:
- Qualify as an SME under the European Commission definition
- Be legally established in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe associated country
- Propose a solution addressing one RAPTOR 2026 City Challenge
Applicants may apply to multiple city challenges, but only one project can be funded per applicant.
To ensure a balanced portfolio of projects, startups or SMEs selected for the EIT Urban Mobility 2025 RAPTOR Call or SME Market Expansion Open Call 2025 are not eligible.
How can you apply?
STEP 1: Register your organisation in the EU Funding & Tender Opportunities portal to obtain the nine-digit Participant Identification Code (PIC number). If you are unsure whether your organisation already has a PIC number, you can verify this directly on the EU Portal (click here) to check if your organisation is already registered.
STEP 2:
- If you are already registered in the EIT Urban Mobility NetSuite platform (NetSuite), please log in by going to step 3.
- If you have never registered in NetSuite, please complete the Partner Information Form (PIF)[1]. If the system denies your registration because the PIC number corresponds to an already registered entity, or because your email address is associated with an existing entity, please contact [email protected]
STEP 3: Access the EIT Urban Mobility NetSuite platform and find open calls at Menu –> Call for Proposals –> Open Calls and submit your application form within the given deadline.
[1] If in a few hours, after submitting the PIF form, you don’t receive an automatic e-mail with the log-in credentials, please contact the EIT Urban Mobility Service Desk [email protected].
Key dates are:
- Call opening: 16 January 2026
- Call closing (submission of completed application): 12 March 2026 by 17.00 CET
- Eligibility and admissibility check: March 2026
- Evaluation of proposals: March – April 2026
- Remote Panel Hearing: May 2026
- Communication of results: June 2026
- Administration and FSM negotiations: June 2026
- Tentative start of the projects: 1 July 2026
- Tentative end of the projects: 31 December 2026
Documents to be submitted
- Application form (available on Netsuite)
List of documents to take into consideration
- Call Manual
- EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027
- Eligibility of expenditure
- Appeal procedure
- Project Implementation Handbook
- Guidelines for Applicants (available soon)
- Template of the Financial Support Agreement (available soon)
- Horizon Europe Model Agreement
- Financial Sustainability Guidelines
- IP Strategy List
- Application form sample (for information purposes only)
Info session and contact details
Info webinar and contact details are available to guarantee the maximum support to the applicants during the proposal’s preparation process.
To support applicants, EIT Urban Mobility will host one call launch information session and two live City Challenge Q&A sessions. These online events will focus on the call scope, city challenges, submission and evaluation procedures, and financial aspects. All sessions will be recorded and made available via on this webpage and the EIT Urban Mobility YouTube channel.
Please find the calendar of events and the link to register in the table below:
| Type of event | Topic covered | Date and time (CET) | Access link |
| Webinar | General Call info session | Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10:00-11:30 CET | Here |
| Webinar | Live Q&A – City Challenges presentation (Part 1) | Thursday 22 January 2026, 10:00-11:30 CET | Here |
| Webinar | Live Q&A – City Challenges presentation (Part 2) | Friday 23 January 2026, 10:00-11:30 CET | Here |
All applicants may contact the EIT Urban Mobility Agile Innovation team to resolve any concerns or doubts on the general/technical procedures and call content: [email protected]
