The second joint call of the DUT Partnership – the DUT Call 2025 – opens on 1 September 2025 and offers opportunities for transnational and transdisciplinary cooperation along and across the three DUT Transition Pathways.
The purpose of this Call 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: Positive Energy Districts (PED), the 15-Minute City (15mC) and Circular Urban Economies (CUE). The deadline for pre-proposals submission is 17 November 2025, 13:00 CET.
TA CR will support Czech applicants in these topics:
Positive Energy Districts Pathway (PED):
- Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
- PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies
15-Minutes City Pathway (15mC):
- Next steps for multimodal urban mobility, building on the travel experience
- Mobility policymaking in context of radical contestation
Pathway Positive Energy Districts aims to optimise the local energy system through energy efficiency, flexibility and local energy generation from renewables in actions towards the (urban) energy transition and climate-neutrality and mainstreaming these actions in urban planning processes. Pathway 15-Minutes City focusses on rethinking the existing mobility system and urban morphology to encourage sustainable mobility choices, redistribute urban space and reorganise our daily activities to make our cities more climate neutral, liveable and inclusive.
The rules of the call for Czech applicants are based on the SIGMA programme. The total financial amount of TA CR support for the call for Czech applicants in international projects is EUR 700 000. The maximum financial amount of support per project is EUR 175,000. The maximum intensity of support for the Czech side of the project is 80% of the total eligible costs of the project.
List of participating countries and funding organisations:
Austria (FFG); Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS, VLAIO, FWO, Innoviris); Croatia (HRZZ); Czech Republic (TA ČR); Denmark (IFD); Estonia (ETAg); Finland (BF); France (ANR); Germany (DLR; FZJ-PtJ); Hungary (NKFIH); Italy (MUR); Latvia (LCS); Lithuania (LMT); Netherlands (Taskforce for Applied Research – SIA, NWO); Poland (NCBR); Portugal (CCDR-N); Romania (UEFISCDI); Slovakia (CVTI SR); Slovenia (ARIS); South Korea (KAIA); Spain (AEI, CDTI); Sweden (Formas, SWEA); Switzerland (SNSF); Tunisia (MHESR); Turkey (TUBİTAK)
*The list is up to date for the launch of the call on 1 September 2025.
Each proposal must be submitted by a consortium consisting of at least three eligible Applicants from at least three different participating countries. For more information read the Call text.
The DUT Partnership is organizing an info day for applicants. DUT Call 2025 Info day 1 will take place on 9 September 2025. Registration is available here. For more information visit www.tacr.cz/en or www.dutpartnership.eu.