The six topics on transportation that can be found under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme became available for proposal submission on September 3rd, 2019. They have a budget of 92 million euros.
The aim of the proposals must focus on ensuring safer, cleaner and more resilient transportation within the European area. The projects under these calls will be selected for funding in a two-stage evaluation process.
The first deadline is January 9th, 2020. For this deadline, the candidates will need to submit a short version of their project proposal. Within three months after the deadline, the candidates will be informed on whether their proposal qualifies for the second stage of the selection process.
The deadline for the second stage of the evaluation process will be on September 8th, 2020. By April 2021 the final decision about which projects will be receiving EU funding will be announced.
Here is a list of the topics for the Horizon 2020 transport projects:
- LC-MG-1-12-2020: Cities as climate-resilient, connected multimodal nodes for smart and clean mobility! New approaches to demonstrating and testing innovative solutions. Budget 18 million euros
- LC-MG-1-13-2020: Decarbonizing long-distance shipping. Budget 20 million euros
- LC-MG-1-14-2020: Understanding and mitigating the effects on public health of emerging non-regulating nanoparticle emissions issues and noise. Budget 10 million euros
- MG-2-10-2020: Enhancing coordination between Member States’ actions in the area of infrastructure research with a particular focus on biodiversity and ameliorating environmental impacts and fully automated infrastructure upgrade and maintenance. Budget 17 million euros
- MG-2-11-2020: Network and traffic management for future mobility. Budget 20 million euros
- MG-2-12-2020: Improving road safety by effectively monitoring working patterns and overall fitness of drivers. Budget 7 million euros
Application process
All proposals must be submitted electronically. You must submit your proposal through the Funding & Tender opportunity portal. You need to follow the guidelines on the proposal submission and evaluation file and for any further questions related to Horizon 2020 matters you can contact the Research Enquiry Service.
Grants awarded process
The external evaluators chosen to evaluate the proposals are part of the European Commission’s database. After submitting your proposal you will receive the evaluation results at the latest five months after the submission deadline. If your proposal passed the evaluation and your project has been accepted for funding you will sign the agreement within eight months after the submission deadline.
