The Driving Urban Transitions to a Sustainable Future Partnership 2025 call (DUT 2025 Call), supported under the Horizon Europe Programme, will support multi-partner, international research and/or innovation projects that address urban challenges to help cities transition to a more sustainable economy and functionality. Projects supported under the "DUT 2025 Call" will be evaluated by an international panel of judges and will be funded by the countries' national funding bodies. The calls, which will support a variety of activities from strategic urban research to applied urban research or the implementation of urban innovations, are open to interdisciplinary studies. The international consortium submitting the project must consist of three different institutions from at least three different countries participating in the program. Joint project proposals prepared under the call must comply with the international call application requirements.
The call will be conducted through a two-stage international and two-stage national application process. The international consortium's project application must be submitted electronically by the international project coordinator via https://www.uefiscdi-direct.ro/ by 13:00 (CET) on November 17, 2025. In addition to this international application, Turkish institutions/organizations participating in the project must also submit a preliminary project national application to TÜBİTAK via uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr by November 24, 2025 (23:59 CET) and complete the electronic signature by November 28, 2025 (23:59 CET). The call will be published on PBS under the heading "Multi-Cooperation Support Programs (Phase 1)" as "DUT_2025_1." The international consortium's second-stage project application must be submitted by the international project coordinator by 23 April 2026 (13:00 CEST). The results of the second-stage international independent expert/panel evaluation, coordinated by the call secretariat, will be accepted by TÜBİTAK as the final evaluation result. Supported projects will be determined based on the peer-review results at the Call Steering Committee meeting, where all funders are represented. Projects that fail to receive national support under the relevant call are not eligible. Only Turkish institutions/organizations participating in projects that receive positive results from the second-stage international independent expert/panel evaluation, coordinated by the call secretariat, must submit their second-stage national application to TÜBİTAK via PBS with an electronic signature. TÜBİTAK will also announce the second-stage application dates to these institutions/organizations. Turkish institutions/organizations participating in successful international projects within the scope of the call will be supported by TÜBİTAK in accordance with national rules.
The "International Application Form" must be uploaded to PBS for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 national applications. The "National Application Form" and the "Budget and Justification Form" must be uploaded to PBS only for Phase 2 national applications.
Please click on the link on the TÜBİTAK Horizon Europe Program website for a summary of the call rules, budget limits, call schedule, and contact information.
In the DUT 2025 call, Turkish researchers will be supported under the TÜBİTAK-1071 Support Program for Increasing the Capacity to Benefit from International Research Funds and Participation in International R&D Collaborations. It is recommended that you review the DUT 2025 CALL NATIONAL APPLICATION RULES document, which contains detailed national application rules, before applying.
Detailed information on the call topics, call rules, project requirements, and other project qualifications can be found on the international call page.
An Information Day regarding the DUT 2025 call will be organized by TÜBİTAK on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:40 PM (Turkish Time). The event will be held in Turkish. Please click here for the registration link.
Call topics
Circular Urban Economies (CUE) |
15-minute City (15mC) |
Positive Energy Districts (PED) |
Call calendar
| DUT Matchmaking Platform opens: 1 Jul 2025 |
| Stage 1 opens: 1 Sep 2025 |
| Info Day: 9 Sep 2025 |
| Stage 1 closes: 17 Nov 2025 |
| Eligibility check: Dec 2025 |
| Expert panel evaluations: Jan 2026 |
| Stage 2 opens: Feb 2026 |
| Stage 2 closes: 23 Apr 2026 |
| Eligibility check: May 2026 |
| Expert panel evaluations: Jun 2026 |
| Funding decision announced: Jul 2026 |
| Projects start: end 2026/beginning 2027 |
| Projects kick-off event: 2027 (tbd) |
Partner Finding Platform
As a multinational project consortium, the DUT 2025 Call Partner Finding Platform (Matchmaking Platform) was established to meet other organizations interested in applying for projects and to conduct one-on-one meetings. You can access the homepage, registration link, and profiles of registered researchers through the relevant links. It is recommended that registered users review the Project Cooperation tab, where they provide detailed information about their project ideas or capabilities, and add details to the relevant section when registering.
Contact
About International Application Procedures:
Serhat MELİK & Arzu İpek YILMAZ ÜÇÜNCÜ
dut@tubitak.gov.tr
0312 298 1863 & 0312 298 1787
About National Application Procedures:
Dr. Ceren UZUN
ceren.uzun@tubitak.gov.tr
0312 298 1789
Files
DUT 2025 Call International Application Rules
DUT 2025 Call National Application Rules