Press Releases

May 31, 2021

Shift2Rail Call for Proposals 2021: Participation Results

Shift2Rail’s 2021 Call for Proposals, launched during the European Year of Rail, prompts requests for R&I funding worth €3.7 million. In answer to its targeted 2021 Call for Proposals, limited in scope, in line with the Shift2Rail Annual Work Plan 2021, the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking has received five proposals with a total value of €4.3 million and a funding request of €3.7 million (more than 100% compared to the available funding). Read the press release

October 27, 2020

Memorandum of Understanding signed between Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking and the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community

The signature of the Memorandum of Understanding took place on Monday 26 October, during the Transport Community Ministerial Meeting. The Transport Community is an International Organization established by the Treaty establishing the Transport Community that was signed on 9 October 2017 and comprises the following Parties: the European Union and the South East European Parties being the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia.…

October 23, 2020

Memorandum of Understanding signed between Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking and the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)

The signature of the Memorandum of Understanding took place on Friday 23 October, during the Shift2Rail Innovation Days in Brussels. CUTRIC is a non-profit innovation consortium whose vision is to make Canada a global leader in low-carbon smart mobility, by focusing on technology development, integration and standardization vis-à-vis low-carbon propulsion systems, smart vehicle systems, data-driven analytics in mobility, and cybersecurity in transportation. CUTRIC wants to achieve these goals through industry-led collaborative research and large-scale technology…

July 28, 2020

Shift2Rail awards 19 grants for its Call for Proposals 2020

19 projects worth €147.7 million will be funded under the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking 2020 Call for Proposals for research & innovation activities. Shift2Rail’s co-funding will amount up to €75.4 million. The new projects will deliver key Shift2Rail results through technological demonstrators and pave the way to the successor programme. Read the press release

July 23, 2020

Shift2Rail’s Governing Board gives ‘‘green light’’ for the set-up of the European DAC Delivery Programme

The Governing Board of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking has examined and fully endorsed the European DAC (Digital Automatic Coupler) Delivery Programme proposed by its Executive Director, voicing the request of the railway sector. Building upon the outcomes achieved in Shift2Rail’s freight related R&I activities (Innovation Programme 5), and the acknowledged achievements of the sector, the European DAC Delivery Programme will be a unique opportunity for the sector to collectively drive the deployment of technological and…

May 29, 2020

Shift2Rail Call for Proposals 2020: Participation Results

Europe’s railway Research and Innovation community shows strong interest in deepening collaboration as 2020 Shift2Rail Call for Proposals prompts requests for R&I funding worth €113.3 million. In answer to its 2020 Call for Proposals, the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking has received 43 proposals for a total value of €185.8 million and a funding request of €113.3 million (almost 50% more compared to the available funding). 8 proposals were submitted under the Call for Members, while 35…

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