Horizon 2020 Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

The Opportunity

Louise MothersoleUK National Contact Point for Transport

+44 (0)7500 952706 Louise.Mothersole@innovateuk.gov.uk

What is Horizon 2020?

• The biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020)• Emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership

and tackling societal challenges• The goal is to ensure Europe–produces world-class science, –removes barriers to innovation –makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work

together in delivering innovation.

The Three Pillars of Horizon 2020

Smart, Green and Integrated Transport

The specific objective of the Transport Challenge is to achieve a European transport system that is resource-efficient, climate and environmentally friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society

Specific Programme Activities

• Resource efficient transport that respects the environment• Better mobility, less congestion, more safety and

security• Global leadership for European transport industry• Socio-economic and behavioural research and

forward looking activities for policy making

Transport Programme Structure and Budget for 2016/2017• Transport Work Programme–Mobility for Growth €210m/€225m–Automated Road Transport €64m/ €50m–European Green Vehicle Initiative €78m/ €128m–SME Instrument €58m/ €61m–Other Actions

• Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative (JTI)• SESAR JTI• Shift2Rail JTI

Types of Calls (known as Actions)

• Research and Innovation Action• Innovation Action• Coordination and Support Action

Research and Innovation Action (RIA)• Action primarily consisting of activities aiming to establish new knowledge

and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution. For this purpose they may include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment. Projects may contain closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to operational environment.

• Three different legal entities from three different qualifying countries required for each proposal

• Low Technology Readiness Level• Funded at 100% of Direct Costs for all applicants plus additional 25% of

Direct Costs to cover Indirect Costs

Innovation Action (IA)• An action primarily consisting of activities directly aiming at producing

plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purpose they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.

• Higher Technology Readiness Level• Three different legal entities from three different qualifying countries

required for each proposal• Funded at 100% of Direct Costs for all non-profit applicants (e.g. Higher

Education, etc) plus additional 25% of Direct Costs to cover Indirect Costs• Funded at 75% of Direct Costs for all for-profit applicants (ie businesses

including SMEs) plus additional 25% of Direct Costs to cover Indirect Costs

Coordination and Support Action (CSA)• An action consisting primarily of accompanying measures such as

standardisation, dissemination, awareness raising and communication, networking, coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies, including design studies for new infrastructure and may also include complementary activities of networking and coordination between programmes in different countries.

• Minimum of one legal entity from one qualifying nation but essentially need to be very many more to be succesful

• Funded at 100% of Direct Costs for all applicants plus additional 25% of Direct Costs to cover Indirect Costs

What does Direct Cost mean?

• Actual personnel cost, ie salary plus employers NI contribution and pension contribution

• NOT charge out rate or anything that includes overhead or fee• Cost of material purchase required• Cost of subcontractors if these are ‘shrink-wrapped’ off-the-shelf

type products and services that can be competed through open tender or similar

Likely Calls for Proposals for 2016 (still draft) - Publication due on mid-Sept 2015• Mobility for Growth– Aviation– Waterborne– Safety– Urban Mobility– Logistics– Intelligent Transport Systems– Infrastructure– Socio-Economic and Behavioural Research and Forward Looking Activities for

Policy Making

• Automated Road Transport• European Green Vehicle Initiative• SME Instrument

Aviation

• MG-1.1-2016 Reducing energy consumption and environmental impact of aviation– RIA; Projects between €5m and €8m expected; total budget of €40m available

• MG-1.4-2016 Breakthrough innovation– RIA; Projects between €2m and €4m expected; total budget of €15m available

• MG-1.5-2016 Identification of gaps, barriers and needs in aviation research– CSA; Projects between €1m and €2m expected; total budget of €4m available

Waterborne

• MG-2.2-2016 Development, production and use of high performance and lightweight materials for vessels and equipment– IA; Projects between €7m and €9m expected

• MG-2.3-2016 New and improved transport concepts in waterborne transport– RIA; Projects between €6m and €12m expected

• Total budget available for these two topics combined is €38m

Safety• MG-3.1-2016 Addressing aviation safety challenges– RIA; Projects between €5m and €8m expected; total budget of €15m available

• MG-3.4-2016 Transport infrastructure innovation to increase the transport system safety at modal and intermodal level – RIA; Projects between €2m and €5m expected; total budget of €12m available

• MG-3.6-2016 Euro-African initiative on road safety and traffic management– CSA & RIA; total budget of €3m available

• MG-3.3-2016 Safer waterborne transport and maritime operations– RIA; Projects between €5m and €7m expected

• MG-3.5-2016 Behavioural aspects for safer transport– RIA; Projects between €5m and €7m expected

• Total budget available for these latter two topics combined is €22m

Urban Mobility

• MG-4.4-2016 Facilitating public procurement of innovative sustainable transport and mobility solutions in urban areas– CSA; Projects between €0.6m and €1m expected; total budget of €2m available

• MG-4.5-2016 New ways of supporting development and implementation of neighbourhood-level and urban-district-level transport innovation– RIA; Projects between €2m and €4m expected; total budget of €10m available

Logistics

• MG-5.1-2016 Networked and efficient logistics clusters– RIA; Projects between €4m and €6m expected; total budget of €12m available

• MG-5.3-2016 Promoting the deployment of green transport, towards Eco-labels for logistics– CSA; Projects between €1m and €2m expected; total budget of €2m available

Intelligent Transport Systems

• MG-6.1-2016 Innovative concepts, systems and services towards ‘mobility as a service’– RIA; Projects between €3m and €3.5m expected;

• MG-6.2-2016 Large-scale demonstration(s) of cooperative ITS– IA; Projects between €11m and €13m expected;

• Total budget of €25m available for both of these topics combined

• M.G-6.3-2016 Roadmap, new business models, awareness raising, support and incentives for the roll-out of ITS• CSA; Projects between €1m and €2m expected; total budget of €5m available

Socio-Economic and Behavioural Research and Forward Looking Activities for Policy Making• MG-8.1-2016 Research, technology development and market trends for

the European transport manufacturing industries– CSA; Projects between €0.5m and €1.5m expected; total budget of €1.5m available

• MG-8.3-2016 Assessing future requirements for skills and jobs across transport modes and systems – RIA; Projects between €2m and €3m expected; total budget of €3m available

• M.G-8.6-2016 Innovation awards for students and researchers in the context of the Transport Research Arena conference - TRA 2018– CSA; Projects between €0.4m and €0.6m expected; total budget of €0.6m available

Automated Road Transport

• ART-02-2016 Automation pilots for passenger cars– IA; Projects between €18m and €36m expected;

• ART-04-2016 Safety and end-user acceptance aspects of road automation in the transition period– RIA; Projects between €3m and €6m expected;

• Total budget of €48m available for both of these topics combined

• ART-05-2016 Road infrastructure to support the transition to automation and the coexistence of conventional and automated vehicles on the same network– RIA; Projects between €2m and €5m expected; total budget of €13m available

• ART-06-2016 Coordination of activities in support of road automation– CSA; Projects between €0.5m and €3m expected; total budget of €3m available

European Green Vehicles Initiative

• GV-02-2016 Technologies for low emission light duty powertrains– RIA; Projects between €5m and €10m expected;

• GV-03-2016 System and cost optimised hybridisation of road vehicles– IA; Projects between €7m and €10m expected;

• Total budget of €65m available for both of these topics combined

• GV-11-2016 Stimulating European research and development for the implementation of future road transport technologies• CSA; Projects between €2m and €3.5m expected; total budget of €3.5m available

• GV-12-2016 ERA-NET Co-fund on electromobility– ERA-Net Cofund; Member States may choose to participate and contribute to

budget; budget of €10m available from EC; total budget of €30m envisaged

SME Instrument

• Programme only for for-profit SMEs• Not for R&D but to develop the business• Technology must be at TRL 6 already• Funded at 70%• Three phases:– Phase 1 is Feasibility Study; up to €50k; projects less than 6 months duration– Phase 2 is Innovation Project; up to €2.5m; projects 1 to 2 years duration– Phase 3 is Commercialisation; not funded but support, coaching, access to finance,

etc

• Collaboration not required

Shaping Future Calls

• Get involved in the relevant European Technology Platforms– European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)–Advisory Council for Aviation Research in Europe (ACARE)– European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC)–Waterborne–Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE)

• Also an excellent way to form useful collaborations for future proposal creation

Any Questions?

Louise.mothersole@innovateuk.gov.uk