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Acceleration of EGNOS Adoption in Transport

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service)

Programme Description

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is Europe’s regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) that is used to improve the performance of global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs), such as GPS and Galileo. It has been deployed to provide safety of life navigation services to aviation, maritime and land-based users over most of Europe.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

GSA/GRANT/01/2021  

Call

Acceleration of EGNOS Adoption in Transport

Summary

The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GNSS) is launching a call for proposals to increase EGNOS adoption in aviation, inland waterways and railway.

Detailed Call Description

Applicants to the present call are requested to submit proposals for fulfilling one of the three following objectives:

  • Increasing EGNOS adoption in the European aviation, enabling users to get equipped with Global Positioning System/Satellite-based Augmentation System (GPS/SBAS) enabled terminals, and fostering its consolidation in transport infrastructure by supporting Air Navigation Service Providers and airports/heliports to implement and test EGNOS based operations;
  • Increasing EGNOS adoption in inland waterways and maritime enabling users to get equipped with Global Positioning System/Satellite-based Augmentation System (GPS/SBAS) enabled terminals, and fostering its consolidation in transport infrastructure by supporting competent authorities to implement and test EGNOS based operations;
  • Increasing EGNOS adoption in railway, enabling users to get equipped with Global Positioning System/Satellite-based Augmentation System (GPS/SBAS) enabled terminals, and fostering its consolidation in transport infrastructure by supporting Rail stakeholders to implement and test EGNOS based operations.

Call Total Budget

The maximum budget allocated for EU financing under this action is € 3,000,000 with the possibility to extend to € 10,000,000 pending budget availability. It is expected that 6 projects will be approved with the possibility to extend to 20 pending budget availability

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

The maximum co-financing rate is 60% of the eligible costs and a flat rate of 7% for indirect costs.

Thematic Categories

  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Space
  • Transport

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Call Opening Date

29/03/2021

Call Closing Date

19/07/2021

National Contact Point(s)

European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency – Legal and Procurement Department
GSA, Janovského 438/2, 170 00, Prague 7, Czech Republic
E-mail: GNSS-Grants@gsa.europa.eu

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