Can the DUT 2024 calls fund your projects?

The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership has just published the titles and draft text of the 2024 calls. Are you a Brussels-based legal entity with projects in the fields of urban mobility, urban energy, or urban circular economy? Then there may be opportunities for you!

DUT 2024 calls

The 2024 calls will focus on the following topics:

• 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

• 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

• 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

Do these topic titles sound interesting to you? Then read the full topic description, published in its draft version in July 2024 on the DUT website! You can also create a profile and browse collaboration opportunities on this matchmaking page (registrations start on 1st July 2024).

Support for Brussels-based legal entities

If you are a Brussels-based legal entity, please also make sure you are eligible under the regional eligibility rules set by Innoviris. NCP Brussels and Innoviris will also organize an Info Day for Brussels-based legal entities and a networking lunch in the hub.brussels offices on 9 September. This will be the opportunity to ask all your questions directly, and discover how Innoviris and NCP Brussels may help you in your application! Register here if you are interested.

Next steps

What are the next steps?

• July 2024: Publication of DUT 2024 call text and more information on the DUT website
• 2 September 2024: call opening
• 9 September 2024: NCP Brussels / Innoviris Info Day + Networking lunch – register here
• 10 September and 9 October 2024: online info days organized by the DUT Partnership
• 14 November 2024: stage 1 closing (pre-proposal submission deadline)

For more information: https://dutpartnership.eu/dut-call-2024/ and get in touch with your NCP!

Updated July 2024 with the link to the draft call text