WORK PROGRAMME 2007 C OOPERATION THEME 7 TRANSPORT (INCLUDING AERONAUTICS) (European Commission C(2007) 560 of 26.02.07) Page 1 of 118 Changes to the Cooperation Work Programme: Transport including Aeronautics Theme* This work programme is an update with respect to the provisional version adopted on 21 December 2006. Beyond minor typographical corrections, substantive modifications are as follows: pages 5, 6,11,12,53,102 Funding schemes: the minimum and maximum thresholds relate to the requested Community contribution and (page 6) will be applied as eligibility criteria for the calls in which they are mentioned page 48 Call Fiche AAT-2007-RTD-1: revised evaluation dates page 49 Call Fiche AAT-2007-TREN-1: revised evaluation dates pages 52, 61, 96 Modification of the title of Activity 7-2-2 page 96 Call Fiche SST-2007-RTD-1: revised evaluation dates page 97 Call fiche SST-2007-TREN-1: revised closing dates page 98 Call Fiche SST-2007-TREN-1: revised evaluation dates pages 101-106 Correction of call identifier (Correct identifier FP7- TRANSPORT (TPT)-2007-RTD-1 page 108 Call Fiche TPT-2007-RTD-1: revised evaluation dates * New page, numbered as 2, inserted immediately following the title page and before the table of contents. Page 2 of 118 Table of Contents Objective:..............................................................................................................................4 Context..................................................................................................................................4 Approach...............................................................................................................................4 Implementation of calls for 2007...................................................................................5 Funding schemes............................................................................................................5 International Co-operation.............................................................................................6 SME relevant research...................................................................................................7 Horizontal and cross-cutting activities...........................................................................7 Other activities...............................................................................................................7 Science and Society........................................................................................................8 Dissemination actions....................................................................................................8 Risk Sharing Finance Facility........................................................................................8 Minimum number of participants...................................................................................9 Indicative budget for Transport (including Aeronautics) Theme for the 2007 Work Programme.....................................................................................................................9 7.1 AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT.................................................................11 1. CONTEXT...............................................................................................................11 2. CONTENT OF CALL FOR 2007............................................................................16 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS..........................................................................44 4. INDICATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE CALLS (2008)..................................51 7.2 SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT............................................................52 1. CONTEXT...............................................................................................................52 2. CONTENT OF CALL FOR 2007............................................................................55 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS..........................................................................95 4. INDICATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT-RTD CALLS (2008)..........................................................................101 7.3. HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for implementation of the TRANSPORT PROGRAMME........................................................................................................102 1. CONTEXT.............................................................................................................102 2. CONTENT OF CALL FOR 2007..........................................................................102 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS........................................................................109 4. INDICATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE CALLS (2008)................................111 7.4 GALILEO.................................................................................................................112 Page 3 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport THEME 7: TRANSPORT (including AERONAUTICS) Objective: Based on technological and operational advances and on the European transport policy, develop integrated, safer, “greener” and “smarter” pan-European transport systems for the benefit of all citizens and society and climate policy, respecting the environment and natural resources; and securing and further developing the competitiveness attained by the European industries in the global market. Context Policy Context The European transport system serves key roles in the transportation of people and goods in a local, regional, national, European and international context. At the same time, it is essential to Europe’s prosperity and closely linked to economic growth. However, ways must be found to mitigate the negative impacts and consequences of increased mobility in relation to the environment, energy usage, safety and security and public health. The White Paper on Transport “European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to decide”1 and its Mid-term review2 set out clearly those objectives to be addressed at a pan-European level. Research priorities outlined in this wok programme are based on these transport policy objectives as well as on support to industry competitiveness. Over the last years, transport industry has changed under the effects of the internal market and globalisation. Transport is fast becoming a high-technology industry, making research and innovation crucial to its further development and conducive to European competitiveness, environmental and social agendas. The Technology Platforms set up in the Transport sectors (ACARE for aeronautics and air transport, ERRAC for rail transport, ERTRAC for road transport, WATERBORNE for waterborne transport, Hydrogen and Fuel cells) have elaborated long-term visions and strategic research agendas which constitute useful inputs to the approach and activities of the Transport theme and complement the needs of policy makers and expectations of society. Approach The Transport theme will take a holistic “transport systems” approach in addressing the challenges, by considering the interactions of vehicles or vessels, networks or infrastructures and the use of transport services. Such an approach will necessitate the integration of new concepts, knowledge and technologies within a socio-economic and policy context. Given the different structure and focus of the sectors, the theme is divided into 3 sub-themes: 1 COM (2001) 370 final 2 Keep Europe Moving – sustainable mobility for our continent - COM (2006) 314 final Page 4 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT, SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT, GALILEO The synergies between the sub-themes and their contribution to the common objectives of advancing competitiveness and responding to the societal challenges of the Transport system will be exploited as appropriate. A common structure making reference to Levels has been adopted for the sub-themes in the Work Programme so as to have a common categorisation of topics. Due to the specificities of the sectors and the transport modes included, definitions of Levels are provided in detail in the 'Approach' sections of the sub-themes (p. 10-11 for air transport and p. 50 for surface transport). A number of horizontal activities supporting integration within the transport theme are described in chapter 7.3 of the work programme. For topics with a predominant policy-making component based on the White Paper on Transport "European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide" and its Mid-term review detailed descriptions are provided. Implementation of calls for 2007 The work programme has the detail of five calls that will be open during 2007: FP7- AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT (AAT) - 2007- RTD-1 FP7- AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT (AAT) – 2007 – TREN-1 FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST) – 2007- RTD-1 FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST) – 2007- TREN-1 FP7- TRANSPORT (TPT) – 2007- RTD-1 Funding schemes The calls will be implemented by the following funding schemes: Collaborative Projects (CP), Networks of Excellence (NoE) and Coordination and Support Actions (CSA). The funding schemes applicable to each topic are indicated in the work programme, along with guidance to the expected level of ambition and other relevant information. Collaborative projects are subdivided as follows: − Aeronautics and air transport small or medium-scale focused research projects with a maximum requested Community contribution of up to 8 million Euros; − Aeronautics and air transport large-scale integrating projects with a minimum requested Community contribution of 8 million Euros up to a maximum of 60 million Euros; − Sustainable surface transport small or medium-scale focused research projects with a maximum requested Community contribution of up to 4 million Euros in the FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST) – 2007- RTD-1; Page 5 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport − Sustainable surface transport large-scale integrating projects with a minimum requested Community contribution of 4 million Euros FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST) – 2007- RTD-1; − Collaborative projects in the call Horizontal activities for implementation of the transport programme (FP7- TRANSPORT (TPT) – 2007- RTD-1) are small or medium-scale focused research projects with a maximum requested Community contribution of up to 1.5 million Euros. It is important to note that for the calls above, the mentioned funding thresholds will be applied as eligibility criteria and that the proposals not fulfilling these thresholds are considered as ineligible. The forms of grant to be used in the funding schemes for this work programme are detailed in Annex 3. All proposals will be evaluated under the one-step procedure in these calls. The activities related to the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) and Galileo will be implemented by separate mechanisms and the details of topics will not be elaborated in this work programme, but will be available on the respective websites3 in due course. In accordance with the proposed Council Decisions, SESAR activities will be implemented by the SESAR Joint Undertaking and Galileo activities by the GNSS Supervisory Authority. The Commission expects to make specific proposals to set up Joint Technology Initiatives during 2007, on the basis of Article 171 of the Treaty. The proposed Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Joint Technology Initiative will both have relevance and impact on transport research and technological developments. These activities will be implemented by separate mechanisms and the details of topics will not be elaborated in this work programme. International Co-operation International Cooperation activities will be encouraged in the Transport theme based around the following lines of activities: - market attraction (for example global trade development and connecting networks and services at continental and intercontinental level); - opportunities to access and acquire science and technology that is complementary to the current European knowledge and of mutual benefit; - where Europe responds to global needs (for example climate change), contributes to international standards and global systems (for example applied logistics and satellite navigation infrastructure) or addresses third countries' regional issues on the basis of mutual interest and benefit. 3 SESAR: http://www.eurocontrol.int/sesar ; GALILEO: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/ Page 6 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport All activities will be open to researchers and research institutions from third countries4. In some areas of mutual interest, enhanced participation of certain third countries will be emphasised where relevant expertise, opportunities and common challenges are identified. In this respect, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (including Russia) and large emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa are of special interest. Certain industrialised countries such as USA and Japan are identified for potential collaboration in certain topics. Mediterranean Partner Countries are addressed within a surface transport sub- theme. The International Cooperation activities will be embedded in the main calls. Coordination/Support Actions will be included to explore and stimulate further International Cooperation. The International Cooperation activities in this work programme will pave the way for Specific International Cooperation Actions in future work programmes. SME relevant research Specific measures will also be taken to promote the development of robust supply chains where SMEs are significant technology drivers in innovations. Emphasis will also be made on facilitating the start-up and emergence of new high-tech SMEs, particularly in the advanced transport technologies and ‘services-related’ activities specific to Transport. Where appropriate, the topics open for proposals will indicate whether there is particular relevance or encouragement for the participation of SMEs. Horizontal and cross-cutting activities Effective transport solutions need inputs from many different technologies and scientific disciplines. Activities supporting cross-cutting thematic topics will focus on transport specificities, for example security aspects as an inherent requirement to the transport system; the use of alternative energy sources in transport applications; and monitoring of environmental effects of transport, including climate change. Co-ordinated calls are envisaged with Energy, Environment and Security Themes. Other activities The theme will support ERA-NET5 activities that develop trans-national coordination in specific strategic topics. ERA-NET projects can network four types of activities: (1) Information exchange – (2) Definition and preparation of joint activities – (3) Implementation of joint activities – (4) Funding of joint trans-national research actions. ERA-NETs launched under FP6 that wish to submit a follow-up proposal under FP7 have to propose a strong coordination action focusing directly on steps three and four, in order to achieve mutual opening and trans-national research via joint/common calls, joint/common programmes or, if appropriate, other joint trans-national actions. The topic SST.2007.6.7. ERA-NET Transport II (see description on page 93), with Community contribution of up to 4 Both International Co-operation Partner Countries (ICPC) and industrialised countries can participate. ICPC will be funded in all cases, while industrialised countries only if indispensable (Cf. FP7 Rules for Participation). The list of eligible ICPC countries is provided in Annex 1. 5 ERA-NET activities will be subject to a joint call across the Specific programme 'Cooperation' – See Annex 4 Page 7 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport 3 million Euros, is subject to a joint call (FP7-ERANET-2007-RTD) that will be launched separately. Additional topics within the Transport theme may be considered for new ERA-NETs during FP7. These should address at least the first three steps, but are encouraged to aim at the “four step approach”, as described above. No new topics are open for 2007. Coordination will also be stimulated through the Technology Platforms. A Network of National Contact Points (NCP) is instrumental for helping access to FP7 calls, to lower entry barriers for newcomers, and to raise the average quality of submitted proposals. A topic for supporting a transnational NCP network through a coordination and support action is included in the first call of 2007 (TPT.2007.9). Science and Society The pursuit of scientific knowledge and its technical application towards society requires the talent, perspectives and insight that can only be assured by increasing diversity in the research workforce. Many of the activities to be funded under this programme will also make positive contributions to education and training and to raising general levels of awareness of the nature of the research undertaken and the benefits likely to accrue. Dissemination actions Building a European transport system that serves the citizen and society by means of safe, secure, greener, quality transport options for the demands of life in the 21st century requires significant RTD investment. There is a need for a better understanding of the positive impacts of transport on modern society as well as measures that need to be taken to mitigate the negative impacts of enhanced mobility. Better public engagement, raising awareness and education is an important component of the communication and dissemination strategy for the Transport theme and specific actions will be taken to ensure greater visibility and understanding of the EU investments. Risk Sharing Finance Facility In addition to direct financial support to participants in RTD actions, the Community will improve their access to private sector finance by contributing financially to the 'Risk-Sharing Finance Facility' (RSFF) established by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The Community contribution to RSFF will be used, by the Bank, in accordance with the eligibility criteria set out in Annex 4 of this work programme, RSFF support is not conditional on promoters securing grants resulting from calls for proposals described herein, although the combination of grants and RSFF-supported financing from EIB is possible. In accordance with the Specific Programme 'Cooperation', which stipulates that the Community contribution to RSFF will be funded by proportional contributions of all Themes, except Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities, the Commitment Appropriations for this Theme to RSFF in 2007 will be 21.33 million Euros. This amount will be committed entirely in 2007. Page 8 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport The use of the Community Contribution from the Specific Programme 'Cooperation' will be on a 'first come, first served' basis and will not be constrained by the proportional contribution of Themes. Further information on the RSFF is provided in Annex 4 of this work programme. Minimum number of participants The minimum number of participating legal entities required, for all funding schemes, is set out in the Rules for Participation and outlined below. Funding scheme Minimum conditions Collaborative project At least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC. Network of excellence At least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC. Co-ordination and support At least 3 independent legal entities, each of action (co-ordinating) which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC. Co-ordination and support At least 1 independent legal entity action (supporting) Research for the benefit of At least 3 independent legal entities, each of specific groups, such as SMEs which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC. Indicative budget for Transport (including Aeronautics) Theme for the 2007 Work Programme European Commission's DG Research 2007 153.48M€* FP7- AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT (AAT) - 2007- RTD-1 * FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT 153.48M€** / ** (SST) – 2007- RTD-1 * FP7- TRANSPORT (TPT) – 2007- RTD-1 12M€ 318.96 M € Total for RTD calls General activities (cf. Annex 4) 25.788M€ Other activities: 3M€ • Evaluations (1 M €) • Programme impact assessment • Information/ communication • JTI preparatory activities Estimated total budget allocation 347.75M€ Page 9 of 118 FP 7 Cooperation Work Programme: Transport European Commission's DG Transport and 2007* Energy FP7- AERONAUTICS and AIR TRANSPORT 4M€ (AAT) – 2007 – TREN-1 FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT 60M€ (SST) – 2007- TREN-1 64 M € Total for TREN calls General activities (cf. Annex 4) 6.99M€ Other activities: • Galileo (40M€) 40M€ • Sesar (10M€) 10M€ • Evaluations and monitoring (0.7 M€) 0.7M€ • Programme impact assessment • Information/ communication Estimated total budget allocation 121.69M€ * An amount from 2008 budget is expected to be added to this call for which a new financing decision to cover the budget for that year will be requested at the appropriate time. ** This amount includes an indicative amount of up to €3M for the ERA-NET foreseen under this Theme – See Annex 4 (Table 2 - Overview of Activities and Topics mentioned in Cooperation Themes which are part of the FP7-ERANET-2007 –RTD joint call). Summary of RTD budget allocation to general activities for 2007 (cf. Annex 4) Cordis 0.68 M € Eureka/Research 0.078 M € organisations COST 2.94 M € ERA-NET 6.18 M € RSFF 15.91 M € Total 25.788 M € Summary of TREN budget allocation to general activities for 2007 (cf. Annex 4) Cordis 230 070 Eureka/Research 26 294 organisations COST 986015 ERA-NET 328 672 RSFF 5 420 000 Total 6 991 051 € Page 10 of 118