Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership's fifth co-funded call
Up to NOK 25 million for research and innovation supporting circular urban economies.
his is the fifth call under the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership, co-funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe framework programme.
Under this call, the Research Council of Norway will support projects that contribute to the Circular Urban Economies (CUE) Transition Pathway.
The Circular Urban Economies Transition Pathway (CUE TP) aims to foster urban places, communities and neighbourhoods that are sustained by circular resource flows and enhance the wellbeing of their inhabitants and ecosystems. It encourages urban planning and design characterised by regenerative urbanism, favouring the combination of circular principles, urban greening, and equal access to urban spaces and resources.
The call text and more information can be found on the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership's website.
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