New Call for Proposals of the «European Partnerships – Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)» Programme (EP/DUT/0923)

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new call for proposals for the “European Partnerships – Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)” programme (EP/DUT/0923).

The call budget is €1.750.000, and the maximum funding per project is €500.000.

The submission process includes the submission of the Transnational Proposal to the electronic platform of DUT, as well as a Proposal Submission to RIF’s IRIS portal

The deadline for submission of the Transnational Proposal is the 21st of November, 13.00 (CET).

The deadline for submission of the Proposal to IRIS is the 28th of November, 13.00 (local time).

Participation in the “Driving Urban Transitions” (DUT) European Partnership, aims to encourage local enterprises and other organisations to participate in transnational research and development projects to tackle urban challenges. Furthermore, the participation in the Partnership aims to promote the networking and collaboration between Cypriot and foreign organisations through the participation in transnational industrial research and development projects.

The present Call will be co-financed by the Republic of Cyprus and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in the frame of the Operational Programme «ΘΑλΕΙΑ» 2021-2027 under Priority 1: «Competitive, Smart and Digital Economy» and the Specific Objective (1i): “Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies”.

Entities eligible to participate in this programme include Research Organisations, Enterprises and Other Public or Private Sector Organisations

The documents for the current Call for Proposals (Call Documents) are available on the IRIS portal under the announcement of the Call.

For information regarding the RIF’s open calls, as well as useful documents and guides, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal.

For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF’s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at [email protected].