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This call is open to local authorities and consortia. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Austria and the European Union. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.

Summary

This is a callable funding programme offering grants to city partnerships (large, small, and medium-sized towns) to develop and implement climate-neutral urban strategies and initiatives. Eligible applicants are municipalities and city consortia seeking to pioneer decarbonization and climate innovation at the urban scale.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 6 Oct 2026Accurate?

About this grant

Two calls for proposals offering a total of 11 million Euros for 'Pioneer City' partnerships in large, small and medium-sized towns as part of the 'Climate-Neutral City' initiative, run jointly with the Climate Fund.

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Key requirements

  • ✓Applicant must be a city or town (large, small, or medium-sized) or a partnership/consortium of municipalities
  • ✓Project must advance climate neutrality and decarbonization at the urban/city level
  • ✓Participation in the 'Climate-Neutral City' initiative and alignment with 'Pioneer City' partnership framework

Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) offer?
Climate-Neutral City – Pioneer City Partnerships offers €11M.
Who can apply for Climate-Neutral City – Pioneer City Partnerships?
Eligibility covers organisations in AT, EU; local-authority, consortium.

How this compares

  • Compared with 5 similar grants (adaptation in Austria) listed in the last 12 months.
  • This is the only similar grant from this organisation listed here in the last 12 months.

Figures are computed from notices listed on Raise Lens in the same sector and country over the last 12 months.

About this sector

Climate adaptation funding helps communities, infrastructure and businesses prepare for heat, flooding, drought and sea level rise. Most of it is public and multilateral money, often targeted at vulnerable regions and delivered with local government. Calls usually ask for a climate risk assessment and evidence that local people shaped the plan.

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Quick facts

Sourcefunder-discovery
Budget€11M
EligibilityAT, EU
Org typeslocal-authority, consortium
Last verified6 Oct 2026

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