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Call: Paradigm shifts for railway

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Programme

Horizon 2020

Acronym

H2020

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"Horizon 2020"

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly 80 billion € of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). Apart from classic research projects, Horizon 2020 also funds innovation projects and pilot-projects in different fields.

The programme is divided into three different sections:

Excellent Science
Industrial Leadership
Societal Challenges

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Link to Programme

Description of programme
"Shift2Rail "

Shift2Rail fosters the introduction of better trains to the market, which operate on an innovative rail network infrastructure at a lower life-cycle cost, with more capacity to cope with growing passenger and freight mobility demand. All this are developed by European companies, thereby increasing their competitiveness in the global marketplace. Shift2Rail also contributes to the paradigm for the modal shift to attract users to rail. For EU passengers, this represents more travel options, more comfort and improved punctuality. For freight forwarder/shippers, rail freight offers a more cost-effective, punctual and traceable shipment option.
Shift2Rail contributes to:

Cutting the life-cycle cost of railway transports by as much as 50%
Doubling railway capacity
Increasing reliability and punctuality by as much as 50%

Call

Paradigm shifts for railway

Description of call
"Paradigm shifts for railway"

Current S2R activities focus on the future production of interoperable and autonomous passenger or freight trains that can run at a short distance from each other and are able to virtually couple and decouple. Arising and promising disruptive technologies will also shape the future of rail automation and maintenance. Once these technologies are in use, the operational aspects and the use of vehicles will change radically. Thus, proposals should focus on:

Concepts for the future autonomous railway vehicles “train-centric”
Promising disruptive technologies impacting automation systems and maintenance concepts
Railway 4.0

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Link to Call

Thematic Focus

Research & Innovation, Technology Transfer & Exchange

Funding area

EU Member States
Albania / Shqipëria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland / Ísland
Moldova
Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора
North Macedonia / Северна Македонија
Norway / Norge
Serbia / Сpбија
Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera
Turkey / Türkiye
Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna
Others

Origin of Applicant

Eligible applicants

Research Institution, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined)

Applicant details

This call is addressed only to entities that are not Members of the S2R Joint Undertaking (JU) (founding or associated), nor constituent entities of Members in the form of consortia or groupings, nor affiliated entities either to the S2R JU Members or to the constituent entities of Members in the form of consortia or groupings.

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

Projects must comprise at least 3 partners from at least 3 EU Member States or other eligible countries.

Type of Funding

Grants

Financial details

Total budget: 2,2 mio. €
Co-funding: max. 100%

Submission

Participant Portal

Contact Details

SANDOR Dusan
Policy Analyst
Dusan.SANDOR@ec.europa.eu

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