Ongoing Call for Proposals

Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals 2022-2

Projects worth €35.8 million, against €14.7 million funding, are expected to be funded under the Europe’s Rail 2022-2 Call for Proposals for Exploratory Research and Other Activities, within the framework of the Europe’s Rail Amended Annual Work Programme 2022-2024. The application period is now closed and results are expected to be published in February 2023.

The indicative Horizon Europe co-funding made available by the Europe’s Rail for this Call is €14.7 million, out of an estimated projects’ value of around €35.8 million.

With this Research and Innovation action, the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking intends to build a rail research and innovation community (cooperation/network/alliance) of scientific research entities (cooperation/network):

• to strengthen, expand and optimise railway research and innovation capabilities through the sharing of world-class national facilities in Europe to contribute to the EU-Rail Programme or other funded multi-national programmes
• to team up with industry for at least 6 -10 PhD positions.

Questions regarding the Call for Proposals 2022-2

The deadline for Q&A related to this Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals was Thursday 30 November 2022 at 17:00. You can consult the Q&A below.

• 8th version of the Q&A published on 02/12/2022
• 7th version of the Q&A published on 23/11/2022
• 6th version of the Q&A published on 16/11/2022
• 5th version of the Q&A published on 03/11/2022
• 4th version of the Q&A published on 25/10/2022
• 3rd version of the Q&A published on 14/10/2022
• 2nd version of the Q&A published on 06/10/2022
• 1st version of the Q&A, published on 27/09/2022

Useful documentation

All Call documents can be found in the Funding and Tender opportunities portal, for each Call topics. More here.

• Europe’s Rail Process and Governance Handbook
• Europe’s Rail – Multi Annual Work Programme 
• Europe’s Rail – Amended Work Programme 2022-2024 
• Europe’s Rail – Master Plan
• Application Form (HE Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking CSA)
• Application Form (HE Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking RIA and IA)
• Evaluation Form (CSA)
• Evaluation Form (IA/RIA)
• Budget Lump Sum Table

Info Day 2022-2

Europe’s Rail 2^nd Info Day took place on 19 October 2022, online. The event gave an overview of the aims of the Europe’s Rail Research & Innovation Programme and introduced the possibilities to get involved in ensuring rail is the preferred mobility choice in Europe. For more information, please visit the following page: https://rail-research.europa.eu/calendar/europes-rail-2022-2-info-day/