Urban Europe – Urban transitions

Do you have an innovative project with the aim of making urban accessibility sustainable? Urban Europe is a programme in which the consortium of support agencies from 7 EU countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden) and the European Commission offer €4 million to set up and implement collaborative, multidisciplinary and innovative projects from private and public sector actors.

FI Group will help you with a clear project plan to make your ideas succeed and support you with a strategy to secure the necessary funding.

What is the purpose of the grant? 

The aim of “Urban Europe – Innovations for managing sustainable urban accessibility” is to realise collaborative, result-oriented projects in research and innovation in the field of sustainable urban accessibility.

The aim of this call is to fund transnational research and innovation projects to support capacity building for urban transformation. Specifically, it aims to fund projects that aim to achieve a sustainable and carbon-neutral 2030.

Who can submit an application? 

Companies within the Brussels region.

The eligibility criteria are set at 2 levels: 

• Transnational eligibility criteria set out in the text call ( EU level) 
• Eligibility and funding conditions of Innoviris 

Regional criteria are: 

• Develop all or part of its Research & Development activities in the Brussels-Capital Region. 
• Present an innovative R&D project that is likely to have a favourable impact on the economy, employment or sustainable development in the Brussels-Capital Region. 
• Have fulfilled your obligations under previous funding received from the Brussels-Capital Region. 
• As a Brussels company or qualified as economic actor, you must also be able to show your capacity to co-fund your share of the costs in the project. 

How much funding is there? 

The budget of this subsidy is 4 million euro. 

The financial support is based on the Innoviris funding conditions:

• For research centres: 100% of the project costs.
• For private companies: 40 to 80% of the project costs, depending on the size of your company and your project (industrial research (applied research)) or experimental development (innovation)).
• For other organisations: 40 to 100% of project costs, depending on the share of economic activities in your organisation.

How do I apply for funding and what are the deadlines? 

Contact one of our expert consultants who can further support you in analysing, preparing and submitting your application.

• DEADLINE: the call ran until 6 March 2023.

FI Group has 20 years of experience and wants to support you in understanding and intercepting the available R&D+I opportunities. Our experts are at your disposal to analyse your project and to take the next steps together with you.