EU Mission: 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
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Mission topics are published in the Horizon Europe Missions work programme with annual deadlines, most commonly in September.
Mission calls fund collaborative projects, living labs, lighthouse demonstrators and city pilots, typically EUR 2-20 million per project. Several Mission projects run cascade funding to SMEs and start-ups (financial support to third parties), commonly EUR 20,000-100,000 per company. The Cities Mission additionally routes investment support through the NetZeroCities platform and the Mission Label.
You must co-fund 30%.
European Commission (Horizon Europe Missions)
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Mission topics are published in the Horizon Europe Missions work programme with annual deadlines, most commonly in September.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
You fund 30% yourself.
Who can apply
- Sectors: climate, mobility, energy
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
Consortium-based, minimum three independent entities from three EU/associated countries for most topics. Start-ups most often access Mission money through cascade calls run by funded projects rather than as direct applicants.
Source. https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/eu-missions-horizon-europe_en — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked