Projects resulting from two topics worth €1.6 million and €0.2 million will be funded under the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU) 2021 Call for Proposals, within the framework of the S2R Annual Work Plan 2021. The application period is now open, and submissions will be accepted until 18th May 2021.

The two topics of the Call are:

• Digital Automated Coupler innovation for the European Delivery Programme (S2R-IP5-01-2021) and 
• R&I impact and benefits to make rail attractive for stakeholders (S2R-CCA-01-2021).

The Call is fully open to S2R Members and non-JU Members.

The indicative H2020 co-funding made available by the S2R JU for this Call is €1.8 million.

The related document including annual work plan and budget can be found here.

The application can be made from Funding and Tenders Portal. The link is here.

 The questions and answers document is published on 23/04/2021 is here.

Any further question can be addressed to info-call@s2r.europa.eu. Answers will be anonymised and published on this website. Please note that the deadline for questions related to Shift2Rail Call for Proposals is Friday 7 May 2021 at 17:00 (Brussels Local Time).

You can contact us via ncptransport@tubitak.gov.tr for general questions.

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Since January 2019 they have been working to encourage positive changes in the way people move around cities in order to make them more liveable places. The aim is to become the largest European initiative transforming urban mobility. Co-funding of up to € 400 million (2020-2026) from the EIT, a body of the European Union, will help make this happen.

EIT Urban Mobility First Calls for BP2022 - 2024 Frequently Asked Questions Document is Published

The current version of the First Calls for Business Plan 2022 - 2024 FAQ addresses the main questions relevant before proposal submission. Further information will follow for entities which will finally be involved in proposal submissions (after 18 May 2021) as well as to those entities who get awarded (beginning of August 2021).

The link for for the Frequently Asked Questions Document is here.

The Frequently Asked Questions Document is a living document. It is updated regularly in response to questions asked in events, online or in response to email queries according to internal procedures. Common questions and the most pertinent questions will be added to the FAQ.

In case of general questions, please email  ncptransport@tubitak.gov.tr

In case of technical questions please email call2022@eiturbanmobility.eu

Batteries Europe is inviting the battery research and innovation community to join the first of its online workshops of 2021, focusing on the digitalisation processes for batteries that will shape the future of smart energy and transport systems. The event is organised in collaboration with the ETIP SNET and EGVIA.

The event will be held on Wednesday 5 May 2021, 14.00 - 16.00 (CEST)

For more information about the event please open the link.

To register, please open the link.

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