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ProgrammesAs it was reported to the Programme Committee at the meeting on 17/09/2026, following the STEP ScaleUp 2026 third batch, due to the first-come, first-served nature of the EIC STEP call, and considering the remaining available budget for the third batch, it is very likely that the 2026 budget will be exhausted with the first three batches.
Therefore, as foreseen by the 2026 Work Programme, in the event of budget exhaustion, the EC will cancel the fourth EIC STEP batch of 2026. Accordingly, the call’s closure date will be brought forward to the 8 October 2026 at 17:00 (Brussels time).
In light of this, potential EIC STEP applicants are encouraged to submit their proposals under the new 2027 EIC STEP call, which will be opened for submissions in November 2026.
For those applicants who have already submitted their proposal for the 4th Batch, EISMEA will send a message requesting to resubmit to the 2027 call and withdraw the 2026 proposal to avoid being in a situation of concurrent submission.
For technical and legal reasons it is not possible for the EC to automatically transfer proposals from the 2026 call to the 2027 call as these are two separate calls with different legal bases, application forms, criteria and budgets.
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The UNCHAIN project, ‘urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight’ obtained funding from the Horizon Europe’s Mobility Cluster. The project focuses on breaking down data silos and promoting public-private data exchange across a unified European mobility data space, enabling more informed decisions and greater efficiency. The City of Mechelen is a partner in the project and takes on the role of ‘follower city’: it will work alongside the primary demonstration sites (in Madrid, Berlin and Florence) to maximize the geographical coverage and replicability of solutions across Europe. Mechelen aims to test 2 concrete solutions in the UNCHAIN project, with the aim to help addressing its current and future challenges in urban freight distribution.
