RIS Education Open Call 2027

The RIS Education Open Call 2027 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: 

RISE1: Capacity-Building in Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

RISE2: Education and Training Activities in Urban Mobility 

RISE3: Organisation of Winter and Summer Schools 

RISE4: Scaling up of Local, Regional and National Initiatives 

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. 

For more details on the financial aspects of the call, see Section 4 of the Call Manual. 

Who can apply? 

EIT Urban Mobility creates ecosystems. KICs are anchored in regional and local communities via their co-location centres (known as Innovation Hubs within EIT Urban Mobility). EIT Urban Mobility constitutes the mechanism to link the knowledge triangle components of education, research and businesses across Europe and into the wider world.  

At EIT Urban Mobility, we integrate these knowledge triangle components and have expanded them by adding another group: cities. Accordingly, EIT Urban Mobility currently brings together around 450 partners from 42 countries and four sectors: academia, research, industry and cities. 

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 Regions¹ 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 entities² 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. 

How can you apply? 

Applications must be submitted via the EIT Urban Mobility Programmes Portal (NetSuite). Select the call RIS Education 2nd Open Call BP26-28. 

For more details on how to apply, please consult the Call Manual (section 7. Proposal submission Process) and the Guidelines for applicants.  

Key dates 

• Call opening: 1 June 2026 
• Deadline for applications: 8 September 2026, 17 CEST 
• Evaluation of proposals: September-October 2026 
• Communication of results to applicants: November – December 2026 
• Signature of the subgrant agreement: December 2026-January 2027 
• Tentative start of the projects: 1 January 2027 
• Tentative end of the projects: 30 November 2028 

List of call documents  

• Call Manual 
• Guidelines for applicants
• List of KPIs 
• Financial Support Agreement (FSA) template
• Declaration of Honour (DoH) template

List of other reference documents 

• Appeal procedure 
• Communication guidelines
• Glossary 
• Eligibility Expenditure 
• Horizon Europe Annotated Grant Agreement (AGA)
• Project Implementation Handbook 
• IP Policy EIT UM 
• KIC Code of Conduct 
• EIT Impact Framework (2022-2027) 
• EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027 

Info Webinar 

EIT Urban Mobility will host an online information session on 17 June 2026, 11.00-13.00 CEST. Please, register here. 

Contact details 

All applicants may contact EIT Urban Mobility at [email protected] to resolve any concerns or doubts on the general/technical procedures and Call content.