Community and Programmes overview

EIT Urban Mobility is a knowledge and innovation community (KIC) that is focused on transforming urban mobility systems to make them more sustainable, efficient, and people-centric. It brings together a wide range of stakeholders (including businesses, cities, universities, research centers, and other organizations) to collaborate and drive innovation in urban mobility.

The EIT Urban Mobility executes four main activities:

• Match and connect public and private sector entities from across the knowledge triangle  (including students, research institutes, universities, large enterprises, SMEs, startups, NGOs and the public sector) to develop and pilot innovative solutions throughout all our activities and geographies.
• Educating and transforming talent into urban mobility professionals and entrepreneurs
• Helping innovations reach the market through these initiatives
  • strategic innovation call for public and private actors who want to pilot and scale up new solutions that tackle the most pressing urban mobility challenges.
  • SME market expansion call offers these companies the opportunity to pilot their products or services with an end-client
  • City Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) is a city-driven, challenge-based, agile innovation programme where startups and SMEs compete to provide the most innovative, feasible and impactful mobility solutions to an urban challenge
  • Business RAPTOR is the venture client programme, designed to address challenges faced by companies in a rapidly evolving technological landscape
  • Innovation advisory service facilitates matchmaking for cities, public transport authorities and industry with the latest technological innovations for sustainable urban mobility solutions
  • Horizon Lab helps public and private partners to prepare for Horizon Europe projects
  • Mobility innovation marketplace connects public and private organisations with existing market solutions
• Making start-ups and scale-ups grow according to their full potential. More in particular they can
  • Gain access to funding through grants and equity investments
  • Upskill via partner-led programmes
  • Become part of an extensive and dedicated pan-European mobility ecosystem

How to get involved?

The EIT publishes regularly calls for proposals for these different programmes. You can find out the opportunities and latest news at the EIT Urban Mobility webpage.

The headquarter of this innovation community is in Barcelona but there is a regional hub in Amsterdam which serves as a point of contact for interested parties from Flanders (west@eiturbanmobility.eu). You can also email the National Contact Point (NCP) via pascal.verheye@vlaio.be