Opening of the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2025 : “A funding opportunity for climate neutral and resilient cities”

Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS) – Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles 

Network : Pre-proposal deadline: November 17, 2025, 13:00 CET

F.R.S.-FNRS : Administrative submission pre-proposal deadline on e-space (F.R.S.-FNRS obligation): November 24, 2025, 14:00 CET

Project duration and maximum budget

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 300.000 EUR for a total period of 3 years.

Eligibility rules

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations.This call is co-funded by the European Commission (see article III.6).

Forms to be submitted

Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must submit an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of the Driving Urban Transitions call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application. 

Admitted costs

Please note that personnel costs (Article III.6) have an annual average cap of 80,000 euros for this call. For the administrative application on e-space, costs such as “Consumables”, “Travel”, and “Other” should all be included in the “operating expenses” category in the form.

For “overhead” costs:

• Operating expenses: up to 1% within the granted budget. This percentage should be included in the requested operating budget.


• Personnel: up to 2% outside of the granted budget. This percentage will be paid upon reimbursement of expenses to institutions by the F.R.S.-FNRS.

Please check the Practical guide on costs for any other questions.

CONTACT PERSONS:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:
international@frs-fnrs.be 

• Florence Quist, 02 504 9351


• Joël Groeneveld, 02 504 92 70

For more info on the call: DUT Call 2025 - DUT Partnership