Call for proposals

Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenges: Smart, Green and Integrated Transport –

“Support for the organisation of the Transport Research Arena 2020 Conference”- MG-8-8-2017

Objective and description

A new call for proposals has been published under the Horizon 2020 Programme within the pillar “Societal Challenges: Smart, Green and Integrated Transport”, under the title “Support for the organisation of the Transport Research Arena 2020 Conference”- MG-8-8-2017

The action will prepare and provide support to the Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA) to be organised in 2020. TRA is the European Transport Research conference which brings together representatives of transport stakeholders from all over Europe and beyond around research and innovation results and policy.

 

The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for discussion of political, industrial, research and policy issues on a European and global scene, which pursues a smart combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches. In line with previous TRA conferences, the event should address the technological and industrial developments of the transport sector (road, rail, waterborne and aviation sectors and also cross-modal aspects) providing a high-level, future oriented perspective coming from policy, the industrial and research communities, in response to Europe’s social needs and expectations.

 

The action will support the overall organisation of TRA 2020 and will therefore contribute to a wide dissemination of the results of European transport research and will raise the visibility and weight of the EU policy in the field.

 

It will facilitate the creation of links and exchanges between research and innovation stakeholders and policy makers, thus improving the development and deployment of innovative solutions for transport in Europe.

 

Eligible applicants

As this is a Coordination and  Support Action applicants must be at least one legal entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country.

 

Proposals must be accompanied by a written endorsement from the relevant Ministry of the Country where the conference will take place, in order to ensure the involvement of the hosting country as well as continuity with previous TRA conferences. Proposals without such a written endorsement will be considered ineligible.

 

Budget

The total budget earmarked for this specific call is EUR 700 000.

 

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 0,5 and 0,7 million each would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Deadline for proposals’ submission

The deadline of this call is 26 September 2017, 17:00 (Brussels local time).

Applicants must submit their proposal electronically, following the link on the submission service.

 

Further information

Please find attached the call documents.

 

More information:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal4/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/mg-8-8-2017.html

 

 

Kind regards,

Flora

 

 

Flora Stavropoulou
Intern

European Office of Cyprus

Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor

B-1000, Brussels

Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85

E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy

 

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