Call #4
Closed August 30, 2019
Funding announced approximately 20 million SEK.
The call for proposals Climate Neutral Cities - Faster Together! welcomes project proposals that focus on cities that want to accelerate the transition to become viable and climate-neutral already by 2030. Project consortia will focus on innovative solutions and new knowledge that can help accelerate the transition to climate-neutral cities in a way that contributes to a good life for all within the boundaries of the planet.
The call is aimed at business, research institutes, academia, public actors and civil society organizations. At least three parties must be behind each application. For example, it could be a cross-border collaboration between a non-profit organization, a city and a commercial company. The strategic innovation program Viable Cities is part of Vinnova's, the Swedish Energy Agency's and Formas' joint initiative on strategic innovation areas.
The call welcomes proposals for projects that are based on a holistic perspective on the city and that use digitalization and citizen engagement to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral cities. Both digitalization and citizen engagement should be used in the project as enablers and drivers to accelerate the transition.
The work needs to be based on a holistic approach to sustainable urban development, preferably linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The call is intended for project applications at the intersection of the Viable Cities focus areas and thematic areas. The projects must relate to at least two of the following four focus areas:
and at least one of the five thematic areas:
21 May 2019
Webinar information meeting
30 August 2019
Application deadline
November 2019
Decisions are notified
15 November 2019
Earliest project start
31 October 2022
Latest project end date
More detailed information on the thematic areas can be found in the full call text.
The call is carried out jointly by Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas. It is the Swedish Energy Agency that receives the applications and decides, preliminarily by November 2019, which projects are granted. Click on the button below to go to the Swedish Energy Agency's website where you will find the complete call text and formal requirements and other details.
Please note! It is very important to submit a correct and complete application, including the requested public annex.
An information session on the call was held on 21 May in the form of a webinar.
For consortia preparing an application, the Agency offered consultation sessions and matchmaking as far as possible.
Here are the most frequently asked questions about the call.
Yes, international partners can participate in an application. However, in order for the partner to have its own budget in the project, the partner must also be active in Sweden and have a Swedish organization number. Otherwise, the partner can only participate and contribute with co-financing.
As the institutions have the same organization number, they are counted as the same actor.
No, not all content criteria need to be addressed.
Yes, it can. An assessment is made on a case-by-case basis.
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is going well and is welcomed.
There will be a committee of external assessors proposed by the Programme Board and approved by the Swedish Energy Agency that will make an overall assessment of all applications submitted.
The assessment team is appointed by the Swedish Energy Agency after consultation with the Viable Cities program management.
Smaller cities are also covered by the program.
It depends on what the project partners have agreed in the project agreement. Usually, results generated by several parties are jointly owned by them with a share corresponding to the intellectual contribution of each party to the generation of the result.
The focus of the program and the call is mitigation.
Unless otherwise stated in the decision, payment of support is made in the middle of the project period for each budget year without prior requisition. Supporting documents for the reported cost items must be submitted to the Swedish Energy Agency on request. Funds that have not been used must be repaid. Advances can be made up to a maximum of 30 percent of the total grant amount (applies only to universities and colleges).
No, co-financing can also be, for example, working time.
No. The call is open to all applicants.
Operators do not have to apply for funding to be considered as participants. However, operators must show that they will actively participate in the project and that they will incur their own costs during the project.
The same project application cannot be submitted for different categories. However, the consortium behind an approved innovation project could at a later stage apply for support for further development, for example as a demonstration project.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us:
Patrik Rydén, patrik.ryden@viablecities.se
Emina Pasic, Energy Agency contact person, emina.pasic@energimyndigheten.se