Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (hereinafter “EuroHPC JU”), will contribute to the ambition of value creation in the Union with the overall mission to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union an integrated world class supercomputing and quantum computing infrastructure and to develop and support a highly competitive and innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem, extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient HPC and data technologies.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of this Destination is to make rail freight more attractive through better services to the European supply chain by the following threefold:
- Increasing capacity in a smart way for all types of rail freight transport( e.g. with Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) and other technological and operational solutions),
- Improving cross-border operation ( cross border implies an important share of freight traffic and it expected to grow ) and finally
- A better multimodal service offering.
In addition to all these, this destination aims to contribute if necessary in the delivery of harmonization by means of contributing on the definition of European Standards.
Detailed Call Description
Those objectives should be addressed aiming to deliver solutions in the following areas:
- Full digital freight train operations enabled by key technologies for transforming the European Rail Freight sector which will increase productivity (time and cost reduction), efficiency (through process automation) and service quality, all of that leading to an increase of competitiveness. Together with a “smart” increase of capacity, more freight traffic can be shifted to the European rail system, significantly contributing to the EU Green Deal. The development of innovative freight assets (e.g. innovative freight wagons, last mile solutions, terminals) allow to further improve the competitiveness of rail freight by reducing LCC [Life Cycle Costs LCC], operational costs and also increasing automation.
- A seamless rail freight with a significantly reduced average transportation time based on an agile, interoperable and open environment within integrated and harmonized European mobility networks which interacts with other businesses; an environment in which companies can optimize their operations; for railway undertakings and intermodal operators, this results into higher productivity, better capacity utilization, improved planning possibilities and, through the reduction of cross-border barriers and multimodality, faster transport handling, altogether resulting into higher reliability. In addition, comprehensive multimodal and transparent customer information in combination with easy booking and managing functions, lead to an increase in customer satisfaction and easier access to rail-based services. Being based on harmonized European data this leads to higher predictability and planning possibilities.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
60%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Local Authorities
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.