SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026
The Challenge
EIT Urban Mobility is thrilled to launch the fourth edition of the SME Market Expansion Call. The Call is designed to promote business growth and market expansion, encouraging the replication and scaling of successful solutions in new regions or sectors. It offers a strategic platform for SMEs with ambitions to scale by opening subsidiaries or expanding into new markets.
The SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026 focuses on accelerating the market uptake of impactful innovations by reducing the risk of development and deployment. EIT Urban Mobility aims to support solutions with a clear path to market, helping cities and businesses confidently procure and scale proven innovations. Through collaboration with an end-client, SMEs can validate their offering in a real-world setting, while gaining visibility and credibility in the European market.
More information, including how to apply is available here.
Who can apply?
This Call is a mono-beneficiary call addressed to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are supported by an end client, a public or private entity, committed to testing and demonstrating the solution.
To ensure a balanced portfolio of projects, SMEs selected and funded for the previous EIT Urban Mobility SME Market Expansion Open Call (2025) are not eligible to apply for this call.
Background
The Call will focus on five topics:
- Public Transport
- Urban Logistics
- Electrification of transport and alternative fuels
- Mobility data management
- Health and mobility
The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is €600,000. Around 10 projects are to be implemented by 10 different SMEs. Each entity awardee will receive EIT funding allocation of €60,000.
