RAPTOR is EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) Urban Mobility’s rapid piloting programme designed to address concrete urban mobility challenges through fast and focused collaboration between cities and innovators.
Participating cities define a specific challenge linked to their local mobility needs. Startups and SMEs propose solutions tailored to that challenge and work closely with the city to adapt, test, and validate the solution in a real urban environment.
The programme is designed to support:
- Fast experimentation and applied innovation
- Direct collaboration between cities and solution providers
- Solutions with clear potential for replication and scale
RAPTOR 2026 includes 15 city-defined mobility challenges (including challenges from Edinburgh and London), each addressing a specific local need. Proposals must clearly demonstrate how the proposed solution responds to the selected city’s challenge within the scope of a six-month project. Each successful solution provider will receive €60,000.
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The RAPTOR Open Call 2026 is open to single small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Proposals must be submitted by one legal entity only; consortia are not permitted.
Applicants must:
- Qualify as an SME under the European Commission definition
- Be legally established in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe associated country
- Propose a solution addressing one RAPTOR 2026 City Challenge
Applicants may apply to multiple city challenges, but only one project can be funded per applicant.
To ensure a balanced portfolio of projects, startups or SMEs selected for the EIT Urban Mobility 2025 RAPTOR Call or SME Market Expansion Open Call 2025 are not eligible.
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For full details of each challenge, read the RAPTOR 2026 call manual: descriptions are in Annex II starting on page 30.
1. Arteixo (Spain) – How can Arteixo identify and prioritise optimal charging locations for public and municipal fleets?
2. Bălți (Moldova) – How can Bălți improve public transport operations and provide accurate real-time passenger information, encouraging more residents to shift from cars to buses?
3. Berlin (Germany) – How can Berlin quickly identify priority school routes to implement targeted road safety measures for children?
4. Bilbao (Spain) – How can Bilbao improve the mobility of patients, especially older adults, and people with reduced mobility, when accessing health centres?
5. Brussels (Belgium) – How can Brussels enrich EV-charging data to include accessibility and vehicle size information for more inclusive electric mobility?
6. Salzburg (Austria) – How can Salzburg enhance its internal shared mobility system to increase use across departments and support sustainable staff mobility?
7. Edinburgh (United Kingdom) – How can Edinburgh use existing vehicle data effectively to implement data-driven and differentiated parking charges based on vehicle attributes?
8. Guimarães (Portugal) – How can Guimarães optimise the scheduling, routing, and tracking of deliveries of fresh goods from the municipal market using our e-vehicle micrologistics?
9. Helsinki (Finland) – How can Helsinki use professional fleet vehicles as a data collection platform?
10. London (Borough of Lambeth) (United Kingdom) – How can London dynamically manage kerbside space to improve accessibility and reduce unnecessary traffic?
11. Luleå (Sweden) – How can Luleå promote and increase soft mobility by using winter road-condition data to help citizens choose safe and accessible routes in a subarctic climate?
12. Lviv (Ukraine) – How can Lviv develop an accurate digital inventory of traffic signs and road markings to improve road safety and traffic management?
13. Nitra (Slovakia) – How can Nitra obtain accurate, anonymised boarding and alighting data across its bus network to improve public transport planning?
14. Trento (Italy) – How can Trento help citizens plan better cycling trips and encourage greater use of the existing cycling infrastructure?
15. Wiesbaden (Germany) – How can Wiesbaden better monitor and manage its urban loading zones to improve delivery efficiency and reduce congestion? -
RAPTOR have released recordings of the following supporting events:
- General Call info session Wednesday 21 January: watch the recording and
download the presentation . - Live Q&A – City Challenges presentation (Part 1) Thursday 22 January: watch the recording. (Challenges from Berlin, Bilbao, Edinburgh, Guimarães, Helsinki, London, Lviv)
- Live Q&A – City Challenges presentation (Part 2) Friday 23 January: watch the recording. (Challenges from Arteixo, Bălți, Brussels, Luleå, Nitra, Salzburg, Trento, Weisbaden)
You can contact Innovate UK Business Connect’s Transport team for enquires, and all applicants may contact the EIT Urban Mobility Agile Innovation team to resolve any concerns or doubts on the general/technical procedures and call content: agileinnovationteam@eiturbanmobility.eu
- General Call info session Wednesday 21 January: watch the recording and