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Horizon 2020
Transport research
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Innovation
and Networks
Executive Agency
Horizon 2020
Transport research
Horizon 2020, the EU’s €77
billion research and innovation
programme for 2014-2020,
is investing €6.3 billion to address
the ‘Smart, green and integrated
transport’ societal challenge.
Smart, green and integrated
transport
This challenge is designed to boost the competitiveness of the European transport
industry and achieve a European transport system that is resource-efficient,
environmentally-friendly, as well as safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens,
the economy and society.
The European Commission’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) is in
charge of managing parts of this challenge for a total amount of €2.9 billion over
seven years.
Of the €2.9 billion, €139 million will be available for aviation projects in 2016-
2017 under the Mobility for Growth call.
There are further funding opportunities in the field of aviation research, such as air
traffic management research supported by the SESAR Joint Undertaking (http://www.
sesarju.eu).
Aviation in Horizon 2020
Research and innovation under this topic focusses on maintaining and extending the
European industrial leadership in aeronautics while addressing the citizen and
business needs for improved transport services, as well as covering safety,
security and environmental concerns.
Priority actions
• Sustain the leadership of the European aviation sector
• Improve the quality and responsiveness of air transportation
services, as well as integrate them better with other transport modes
• Protect the environment and the energy supply to counterbalance the
adverse impact of air transport growth
• Ensure safety and security both on board and on the ground
• Support breakthrough innovation in civil aviation
Parts of the ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’ societal challenge support
international cooperation on specific topics, including aviation.
Funding opportunities under
Mobility for Growth
MG-1.1-2016: Reducing energy consumption and environmental impact
of aviation
Indicative budget: €40 million
Developing aircraft technologies with a high potential for improving resource efficiency,
reducing CO2 and NOx emissions, as well as decreasing the particulate matter.
Topic deadlines:
20 January 2016 for the first stage > 29 September 2016 for the second stage
MG-1.2-2017: Reducing aviation noise
Indicative budget: €20 million
Developing new technologies and methods dealing with the impact of aviation noise to
enable 24/7 airport operations.
Topic deadlines:
26 January 2017 for the first stage > 19 October 2017 for the second stage
Horizon 2020 in 2016-2017
MG-1.3-2017: Maintaining industrial leadership in aeronautics
Indicative budget: €45 million
Bringing innovative technologies to higher maturity levels for advanced and
cost-efficient air transport services involving partners from the whole supply chain, and
in particular SMEs.
Topic deadlines:
26 January 2017 for the first stage > 19 October 2017 for the second stage
MG-1.4-2016-2017: Breakthrough innovation
Indicative budget: €15 million
Developing exploitable breakthrough technologies and concepts for the medium term
that are not currently used or that have not yet been combined for civil aviation.
Topic deadlines:
20 January 2016 for the first stage > 29 September 2016 for the second stage
MG-1.5-2016-2017: Identification of gaps, barriers and needs in the
aviation research
Indicative budget: €4 million
Enhancing collaboration between the aviation research stakeholders and identifying
needs, gaps and overlaps for innovation and strategic aviation research infrastructures
in Europe.
Topic deadline:
26 January 2016
MG-3.1-2016: Addressing aviation safety challenges
Indicative budget: €15 million
Promoting a culture of safety in aviation, by developing and enhancing cost-effective
safety-related products and processes.
Topic deadline:
26 January 2016
Detailed information on these calls is published via the Horizon2020 Participant
Portal:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal
Follow the information day on these and other calls of the 2016-2017 ‘Smart,
green and integrated transport’ work programme on 5 November 2015
at http://bit.ly/1IGmwWg and via twitter #H2020TransportInfo.
Aviation projects funded
AEROGUST seeks to improve aircraft design to manage wind gusts in a more
cost-efficient and innovative way that can be transferred to other industries.
EU contribution: €4.2 million
www.aerogust.eu
AGILE focuses on the reduction of aircraft development time at the early stages of
the design process through improved synergies between the disciplinary experts and
the overall product architect.
EU contribution: €7 million
ComBoNDT is developing more secure,
time-and cost-saving lightweight
non-destructive materials for aircrafts.
EU contribution: €4.6 million
EXTREME is improving the design and
manufacture of aerospace composite
structures leading to significant
reduction of weight, costs and
environmental impact.
EU contribution: €5.3 million
FLEXOP is exploring previously
unviable aircraft designs by
combining wing aeroelasticity and flight
control systems in the design process.
EU contribution: €6.7 million
I2MPECT is improving the power density, efficiency and reliability in aerospace
applications.
EU contribution: €6.7 million
MMTech is pioneering the use of Gamma Titanium Aluminide, an ideal material for
aeroengines, in the aerospace industry.
EU contribution: €5.7 million
NIPSE is providing technologies that reduce the integrated power plant system
development time by 10% and cut fuel consumption by 2-3%, thus enabling new
engine architectures.
EU contribution: €6.2 million
by Horizon 2020
TILDA will bring a quantitative jump in aerospace computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) technologies by providing highly accurate and reliable results in an industrially
accepted turnaround time of a few days.
EU contribution: €2.7 million
ULTIMATE is working on breakthrough technologies for turbofans in order to reduce
CO2 and NOx emissions, as well as noise levels.
EU contribution: €3.1 million
“H2020 funding allowed us to start working on
the technical challenges sooner than we had
otherwise planned, and it also brought together
partners from research, academia and
industry to develop novel solutions to an
interesting problem.”
Iain Minton, Coordinator of the NIPSE project
CEF Transport
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) finances projects to complete the missing
links in Europe’s energy, transport and digital backbone. In the 2014-2020 period,
INEA will manage CEF projects worth €22.4 billion to promote clean, smart,
sustainable and fully interconnected transport in Europe.
Part of the CEF Transport funding covers the deployment of SESAR, a research and
development project for Single European Sky air traffic management (ATM). SESAR
will receive up to €2.5 billion to modernise ATM in Europe towards a high
performing ATM infrastructure that will enable safe, efficient and environmentally
friendly European air transport.
In 2015 CEF is expected to invest up to €815 million in grants supporting the
SESAR project. Additional funds will be made available through financial
instruments.
More details on CEF funding for transport are available on http://ec.europa.eu/inea
and at the CEF Transport Information Day organised by INEA in Brussels on 30
November 2015.
Aviation projects funded by CEF
Action 2014-EU-TM-0136-M consists of several
projects improving five different ATM functionalities,
such as extended arrival management, airport
integration, flexible airspace management and free
route, network collaborative management and initial
system-wide information management.
Maximum EU contribution: €329 million
Action 2014-EU-TM-0322-W is developing a fully
integrated radio-and-telephony voice communication
system to be deployed at main French approaches
and airports in order to reduce fragmentation and
improve civil-military cooperation.
Maximum EU contribution: €20.7 million
Action 2014-EU-TM-0376-M is developing further
the COOPANS (Cooperation of Air Service Providers)
ATM system platform to ensure a common baseline
onto which SESAR solutions can be deployed more
efficiently.
Maximum EU contribution: €12.2 million
Action 2014-BE-TM-0071-M is implementing the
required navigation performance system in the air-
ports of Ostende, Liège and Charleroi in Belgium.
Maximum EU contribution: €0.35 million
Action 2014-BE-TM-0189-W provides the air traffic
controller with fast, clear and accurate information on
the area where the radio call has been initiated from.
Maximum EU contribution: €1.18 million
“INEA’s added value in managing both Horizon
2020 and CEF projects is to create synergies
between R&D and infrastructure implementation
projects in all transport fields, including aviation.”
Dirk Beckers, Executive Director of INEA
Aviation projects
funded by CEF
Action 2014-EU-TM-0032-S is developing and deploying a prototype to
demonstrate that ATM data can be provided as a service by one
distributed system to one or more civil air traffic service units.
Maximum EU contribution: €2.4 million
Action 2014-HU-TM-0496-W aims at integrating the processes of
different stakeholders such as airport, ground handlers, airlines and air
traffic control into the ATM System to reduce the turnaround time at the
airport.
Maximum EU contribution: € 0.5 million
Action 2014-SE-TM-0236-M is creating the basis for operational and
technical standards, as well as regulatory guidance on Remote Tower
Services (RTS) through deployment of RTS in the airports of Örnskoldsvik,
Linkoping and Sundsvall in Sweden.
Maximum EU contribution: €4.8 million
Action 2014-UK-TM-0024-W is helping Birmingham International Airport
(BIA) to maintain high performance levels through the implementation of
airport collaborative decision making.
Maximum EU contribution: €1.7 million
Action 2014-UK-TM-0251-W supports the implementation of Heathrow
Resilience Programme addressing the deployment of new technologies
and best practices in alignment with the European ATM Master Plan.
Maximum EU contribution: €1.8 million
More information on the projects:
http://ec.europa.eu/inea
More information
Transport research:
ec.europa.eu/horizon2020
Select the ‘Transport’ topic under ‘Find your area’
Call-related information:
Horizon 2020 Participant Portal:
ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal
Select Funding opportunities > Calls > Smart, green and integrated transport
Questions related to Horizon 2020:
Research Enquiry Service:
ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
INEA:
http://ec.europa.eu/inea
@inea_eu
Horizon 2020 Transport CEF Transport
Info Day Info Day
5 November 2015 30 November 2015
http://bit.ly/1IGmwWg http://bit.ly/1iP0dnh
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