7. Transport (including aeronautics)

  1. Introduction
  2. What kind of programme is usually funded?
  3. What kind of participant is usually funded? - Participation rules
  4. What is the procedure for funding? - Financing models
  5. Where can I get consultation?
  6. Where can I find a Bavarian contact person?
  7. Where can I get more information?

1. Introduction

Increased mobility in Europe demands a constant expansion of and investigation into new intelligent and efficient transport systems and solutions. At the same time, negative repercussions must be controverted and global challenges such as environmental pollution, energy consumption, security and health must be overcome. The superordinate goal of the topic “Transport” is the development of integrated, secure, environmentally-friendly and intelligent transport systems for greater Europe. At the centre of this issue we find the benefits for all citizens and society, conservation of the environment and natural resources as well as the securing, strengthening and continued development of competitiveness for the European aeronautics and transport industries (large industry and SME) in the world market.

Goals:


Upgrading of the competitiveness of EU industry by means of minimization of raw-material-intensive transport systems

2. What kind of programme is usually funded?

The funding of research projects in this field is broken down into the following four sub-areas:

  • Aeronautics, aeronautics technology, air transport
  • Sustainable land and sea transport
  • Horizontal activities for the implementation of the funding programme
  • Applications for GALILEO (satellite navigation)

General characteristics:

  • An increase in the efficiency of the various transport systems and their interplay
  • Safeguarding passenger transport and goods transport with special consideration for security, environment, economy and health, by means of minimisation of emissions from greenhouse gases.

Subject areas:

  1. Aeronautics and air transport research
    • Environmentally friendlier air transport: development of environmentally friendlier, CO2-reductive aircraft, more ecological aircraft including upkeep and maintenance (“life-cycle”) and environmentally friendly management and/or environmentally friendlier operation of airports.
    • An increase in time-efficiency: systems for improved throughput and time-efficient flight management
    • Customer satisfaction and safety: passenger-friendly aircraft cabins and passenger-friendly flight management
    • An increase in cost-efficiency in aircraft construction: reduction in the operational costs of aircraft development and configuration of new components and systems, etc.
    • Protection of aircraft and flight passengers: aircraft security (against terrorist activities, for example) and operational security
    • Air transport of the future: development of new technologies for propulsion, internal space design, etc.

    The projects span here from fundamental research (level 1) to technology development (level 2) to flight-capable demonstrations, i.e. validation of systems including large-scale “Public-Private Partnerships” (level 3).

  2. Sustainable land and ship transport (rail, road, water)
    • Environmentally friendlier land and ship transport: environmentally friendly products and technologies and environmentally friendly processes for manufacturing and recycling
    • Promotion and strengthening of transport relocation and congestion control in the traffic corridors: logistics and inter-modal transport, inter-operability and security of the flow of traffic and goods.
    • Guarantee of a sustainable, inner-city mobility for all citizens including disadvantaged groups; new concepts for both transport and mobility, rise in quality of the public transport
    • An increase in technical safety and improved defence against dangers; safe, secured and sustainable transport systems
    • Strengthening of the general competitiveness of the transport and logistics sectors.
  3. Support of the European global satellite-navigation system (GALILEO and EGNOS)
    • Enhanced usage of the aggregate potential: development of applications for the broad masses, of applications for business clients, of scientific applications and of robust, safe applications, as well as usability for timing and synchronisation, search and rescue functions and actions.
    • Deployment of the instruments for and provision of the suitable framework conditions: certification and standardisation
    • Adjustment of the receiving equipment to the demands and modernisation of the most important technologies: Provision of customised terminals and local components
    • Funding for construction of the infrastructure: investigation and evaluation of user feedback

3. What kind of participant is usually funded? - Participation rules

Eligible legal entities

  • Universities and universities of applied sciences (formerly known as technical colleges or "Fachhochschulen")
  • Non-university research institutions
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
  • Enterprises with aspirations for innovation (from industry, commerce, etc)
  • Public facilities such as officials
  • Consultation facilities, etc.

Eligible nations

  • EU-27
  • Associated countries (Iceland, Israel, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey)
  • International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC-countries)
  • Third countries (USA, Canada etc.) => as a rule, they receive no funding!

Make-up of the consortium

  • Minimum three independent legal entities from three different EU member states (third nations do not count as minimum partners)
  • Possible exceptions and special cases are specified in the respective work programmes

4. What is the procedure for funding? – Financing models

For the time-period of FP7, a total budget of 4.16 M. € has been made available for this topic.

Depending on the type of project, participants and activity, the following quotas are given (not valid for SME-specific projects!):

Research & Technological development:

75% for research institutions and SMEs
50% for all other legal entities

Demonstration activities:

50% for all legal entities

Coordination, audit costs and other activities:

100% for all legal entities

Coordination/ Support Actions:

100% for all legal entities

Costs eligible for funding:

Personnel, travel, material, infrastructure, other costs, external services, common costs

5. Where can I get consultation?

DLR PT-LF
National Contact Point "Transport" (including aeronautics)
Königswinterer Straße 522-524
53227 Bonn

Peter Bentzinger (Programme coordination – aeronautics and air transport)
DLR, PT-LF
Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 447 - 672
Fax: +49 (0) 228 / 447 - 710
E-Mail:
Internet: http://www.dlr.de/pt-lf

David Doerr (Programme coordination – Land and Ship Transport)
TÜV Rheinland Consulting GmbH
Am Grauen Stein
51105 Köln

Tel.: +49 (0) 221- 806 - 4156
Fax : +49 (0) 221 – 806 - 3496
E-Mail:
Internet: http://www.tuvpt.de/

6. Where can I find a Bavarian contact person?

Bavarian Research Alliance GmbH
Prinzregentenstr. 52
D-80538 München

Dr. rer. nat. P. Panagiotou
Head of Unit Domain Natural Sciences and Technology
Tel: +49 (0) 89 - 9901 888 - 130
E-Mail:
Internet: http://www.bayfor.de

7. Where can I get more information?

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