Call: Technology demonstrators for competitive, intelligent rail freight operation

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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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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	Technology demonstrators for competitive, intelligent rail freight operation
Description of call "Technology demonstrators for competitive, intelligent rail freight operation"	Within the challenges highlighted in the IP5 part of the S2R Master Plan, the following specific challenges should be addressed by the proposal in answer to this topic: the implementation of new automatic couplers; telematics and electrification; improved methods for annual and short term timetable planning; eliminating inefficiencies by integrating medium to short-term and operational planning at yards/terminals and in the railway network through real-time network; improved freight wagon design; freight propulsion systems; distributed power for long freight trains; Automated Train Operation (ATO) and Driver Advisory Systems that are connected (C-DAS) to the Traffic Management Systems.
Link	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	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
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 restricted to (Joint Undertaking (JU) Members (founding and associated), and their affiliated entities. In the case of Members in the form of consortia or groupings of legal entities, the individual constituent entities of these consortia or groupings, and the affiliated entities of these individual constituent entities, are eligible to participate in the restricted calls for JU Members.
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	Budget: 5,5 mio. € Co-funding: max. 70% (except for non-profit legal entities where a rate of 100% applies)
Submission	Participant Portal
Contact Details	SANDOR Dusan Policy Analyst Dusan.SANDOR@ec.europa.eu Link to the National Contact Point Finder.