The purpose of this call for proposals is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities in their transition towards a more sustainable economy and functioning. The challenges are grouped into three themes called ‘Transition Pathways’: Circular Urban Economies, 15-minute City and Positive Energy Districts.

It is the third call of the European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) which is co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe.

Transnational consortia & stakeholder involvement

The DUT Call 2024 will be opened to a wide range of scientific disciplines and welcomes interdisciplinary approaches. It intends to support a large range of activities, from research to innovation and implementation.

It also asks applicants to engage explicitly with stakeholders (companies, public authorities, NGOs …) in the projects and to consider users’ needs in the identification of the project goals. Projects are expected to take a transdisciplinary and preferably co-creative approach from the early project formulation stages.

Call topics:

1. Positive Energy Districts (PED)  – funded by BMWK

The Positive Energy Districts (PED) Transition Pathway (TP) is aimed at supporting the planning, implementation and replication of PEDs throughout Europe. These activities are meant to contribute to the realisation of at least 100 PEDs by 2025. As a concept, the Positive Energy District supports the vision of future urban energy systems, by both optimising energy efficiency and facilitating the generation of renewable energy, from the scale of city districts down to individual buildings. Moreover, urban districts following the PED approach will be able to support the regional or national energy system through the smoothing of energy production peaks, management of demand and facilitating the exchange and storage of energy.

Beyond these technical characteristics, PEDs enable the combination of energy efficient buildings and their associated district grids with architectural and social innovation. Public involvement in its design plays a key role in the successful realisation of a PED, with public administrations, real estate developers, utilities and the public at large, functioning as supporting pillars. Through their combined efforts, these actors enable a PED to raise the quality of life in the city, contribute to the Paris Agreement targets and enhance cooperation between stakeholders in any urban system.

The PED topics of DUT Call 2024 focus on multi-level perspectives of PED development, management of different solutions within a city, as well as data management and decision support systems. For topics with a stronger technological focus, the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) Call 2024 is recommended.

• PED topic 1: Local PEDs in a multi-level perspective - not funded bey Germany

• PED topic 2: Towards the climate-neutral city: PEDs, system integration and urban strategies - not funded bey Germany

• PED topic 3: Managing the urban energy transition: data management and decision support systems

2. 15-minute City (15minC) – not funded by Germany

3. Circular Urban Economies (CUE) – not funded by Germany 

Timeline and eligibility criteria:

• 14^th of November 2024 – pre-proposal submission
• 24^th of April 2025 – full-proposal submission
• Funding for joint projects with min 3 partner from 3 participating countries
• small to medium sized consortia with 3-5 partners are expected
• 330,000 EUR maximum German funding per project

Participating countries:

Austria Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece , Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) , Türkiye, United Kingdom

Further information:

https://dutpartnership.eu/dut-call-2024/

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