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Opening: 19 Sep 2023
Deadline(s): 07 Feb 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03:

Manufacturing as a Service: Technologies for customised, flexible, and decentralised production on demand (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

• Easy access to flexible and decentralised manufacturing and remanufacturing capacities, especially for SMEs, reducing the required investments for manufacturers while enabling them to use more sustainable and circular facilities.

• Availability of automation, emerging and digital technologies for the servitisation of manufacturing assets assuring optimal performance, fast reconfiguration and upgrade with minimal downtime, remote monitoring and predictive maintenance via trusted, secure and interoperable cross-company data exchange.

• Improved value chain integration through the availability of technologies and models for securely exchanging and leveraging life-cycle data of servitised manufacturing assets, also in view of the reuse or recycle of assets, components, and materials.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05:

Technologies/solutions circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Manufacturing industry should benefit from the following outcomes:

• Assessing the environmental impact of their products, including the flow of products after their use to reduce product and raw material waste with the support of digital technologies;

• Achieving a considerable net reduction of the environmental impact through the use of innovative modelling and simulation software that allows transport and manufacture monitoring, ultimately driving the decarbonisation of the manufacturing industry;

• Facilitating the development and uptake of digital tools/platforms such as the EU Digital Product Passport, to increase traceability and characterisation of materials and products (e.g. at analytical research infrastructures), including environmental footprint and quality;

• Removing barriers in the uptake of the digital tools from the market will be addressed and the workforce will be empowered through new skills.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-32:

Optimisation of thermal energy flows in the process industry (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

• Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by enhancing process industries energy efficiency, ensuring
  process flexibility and capturing the full potential of renewable energy (related to P4Planet operational objective 1).

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Energy intensive industries will be enabled to increase their energy efficiency through optimisation of thermal energy flows between processes, minimizing losses and using all levels of energy;

• Demonstrate highly process-integrated solutions that offer better opportunities to
  increase energy efficiency and reduce investment cost of high temperature installations;

• Demonstrate a substantial increase in flexibility of the processes;

• Contribute to achieving EU Climate neutrality goal and becoming independent from fossil fuel and fossil fuel imports as put forward in the REPowerEU Plan;

• Enable the increase of the competitiveness and resilience of the European process
  industry.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-34:

Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

• Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of
  Processes4Planet partnership by developing new processes integrating renewable hydrogen that can replace fossil feedstock-based processes, enabling the full potential of renewable energy sources, and ensuring process flexibility (related to P4Planet operational objectives 1 and 2).

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Enable the technical and economic feasibility of innovative production routes using hydrogen as feedstock demonstrated and validated at suitable scale against current state of art of industrial processes;

• Enable the efficient use and integration of hydrogen as a feedstock in innovative industry processes, considering also fluctuation of availability;

• Support the increased utilisation of renewable energy sources combined with digital technologies in the process industries, thereby contributing to the independency on fossil fuel and fossil fuel imports as put forward in the REPowerEU Plan;

• Contribute to EU Climate neutrality goal by proving the effectiveness of the GHG
  emission avoidance in the targeted process;

• Support Mission Innovation 2.0 NZEID on ‘Net-zero Industries’ and its ambition via
  networking and dissemination activities.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-35:

Turning CO2 emissions from the process industry to feedstock (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

• Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of
  Processes4Planet partnership by developing efficient CO/CO2 capture and purification technologies, in combination with valorisation routes; that will drive the partnership’s innovation portfolio towards first of a kind demonstrator and de-risk investment (related P4Planet operational objectives 3, 4 and 9).

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Master the capture, purification and conversion of CO/CO2 from process industry point sources and utilization of renewable energy at reasonable costs to pave the road to the production of a large range of chemicals and materials;

•  Showcase the system effectiveness for the GHG emission avoidance in the process industries as well as the scalability and the cost efficiency of the proposed concept;

• Enable the economic viability of the entire unit to compete with the existing state of the art production of the same or equivalent products (e.g., fossil-based production of chemicals and materials);

• Prove the efficient integration and use of renewable energy sources, and where relevant account for their intermittency and the possibility to offer demand-response flexibility;

• Enable the increase of the competitiveness and resilience of the European process
  industry.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38:

Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

• Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by demonstrating hubs for circularity (H4Cs) concepts, fostering circularity within and beyond process industries and driving the partnership’s innovation portfolio towards “First of a kind” demonstrators to de-risk investment for subsequent roll-out. (P4Planet operational objectives 8 and 9).

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Demonstrate zero urban waste in a near commercial scale environment through systemic resource recovery as alternative material feedstock; a decrease of GHG emissions is also expected by explicitly addressing the reduced flow of goods (due to geographical proximity);

• Reduce the freshwater consumption of the urban area by 50%, and re-use 90% of the solid waste generated by the water treatment;

• Citizens living in cities will benefit from a healthier environment through
  industrial/urban symbiosis by lowering emissions through circular and renewable energy sources and waste reduction;

• Use urban/industrial symbiosis and cross-sectorial cooperation to pave the way for
  achieving the EU Green Deal and “Fit for 55” package objectives: providing
  recommendations for optimized regional framework conditions by highlighting barriers and suitable innovation-oriented policies and looking for possible synergies with the cities selected by the Cities Mission.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41:

Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

• Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by designing processes for maximum resource efficiency (related to P4Planet operational objective 5).

Projects are expected to contribute to several of the following outcomes:

• Achieve a step change in the process industry’s green transformation by improving by at least 30 % the industrial processes resource 63 efficiency compared to the state of the art;

• Enable the techno-economic feasibility of novel technologies and processes,
  demonstrated and validated at suitable scale against current industrial processes to produce the same products;

• Overall positive environmental and if relevant health and safety impact demonstrated;

• Reduce the CO2 intensity of the process industry and contribute to the climate neutrality goal;

• Enable the increase of the competitiveness and resilience of the European process
  industry.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-44:

Digital transformation and ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

• As mentioned in the Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), digitalisation and social aspects are both addressed in the Building Block (BB) 10 because of their strong role of enabling the carbon neutral transition. In particular, digitalisation enables all the other BBs, as evidenced in Table 12 of the CSP SRIA. So, the optimal deployment of digitalisation implementing the integrated approach along the steel value chain must be provided according to outcomes and scopes defined below.

Projects are expected to contribute to one or more of the following outcomes:

• Increasing awareness and effectivity leading to total safety of steel manufacturing
  processes and CO2 reduction through digital transition with better use of industrial data;

• Extension of inline and real-time tools to monitor and control sustainability of the
  running process conditions, to set up countermeasures to stay into the optimal process window; this includes, but is not limited to, energy and (intermediate) product quality forecasting, online comparison between forecast and realisation, control of metal slag;

• Enhancement of the in-line classification of feedstock and intermediate products through the continuous analysis of composition and bulk properties by applying holistic soft sensor approaches considering the assembly of sensors, specific models, and advanced data processing according to SRIA (specifically see page 41, 42 of the SRIA);

• Increasing effective and secure data sharing in steel plants to realise the seamless digital integration of the value chain and the interoperability of systems and tools by implementation of existing and enhanced standardised protocols;

• Novel sensors and models for real-time process control (see page 41, 42 of the SRIA), such as, but not limited to, metal slag parameters (e.g., composition) and temperature measurement, slag analysis, off-gas analysis, energy forecasting to match demand and offered mix in the power grid considering energy generated from renewable sources; the latter could require cooperation between steel experts and electric power players in the market. The expected outcome is an enhanced merging of planning activities and approaches to run plant processes;

• Application of digital technologies such as, for example, Digital Twins and/or enhanced statistical analysis, machine learning (ML) algorithms, or artificial intelligence (AI) to develop decision-supported planning and process monitoring tools operable in offline or online modes;

• Traceability of materials and process information throughout the value chain to promote improved product quality, efficiency and process integration control (including multi-scale modelling of structure, and structure vs. properties correlations).

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46:

CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity OR innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

The establishment of a clean steel market will be based upon decarbonisation of the steel making and production through the use of advanced and breakthrough technologies. The modification and change of production routes will have an impact onto the design of customised steel products and its applications in the market. Projects outcomes will enable achieving the objectives of the Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) by contributing to one of the following two aspects:

1. Enhance CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity;
2. Contribute to innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions.
   Projects related to the above point 1 are expected to contribute to one or more of the following outcomes:

• Introducing the use of secondary carbon sources, including waste and residues of
  biological origin in steelmaking processes to target improved sustainability and to allow a technically and economically feasible transition to reduce the use of fossil
  carbon as fuel or reducing agent;

• Combining the reduction of fossil carbon-related emissions obtained with technologies to reduce steelwork energy consumption with improvements in the materials and energy flows;

• Reduction of carbon footprint by incrementally adapting to the use of low-CO2 hydrogen to heat up steel for rolling, shaping, and heat treatment, considering also a coupling between hydrogen and/or electrical heating and fuel-flexibility concepts;

• Valorisation of non-conventional ores, e.g., in (photo)electrolysis processes;

• Substitution of fossil sources as carburiser and slag foaming agent by alternative materials in electric arc furnaces (EAF) and contribute to achieve low-CO2 steel production;

• Enhancing the handling of carbon-bearing residues and recovery of metal contents from low-value residues by pre-reduction or reduction smelting with hydrogen and/or electricity;

• Identify and analyse the amount of European existing technologies that could be efficiently retrofitted to CO2 neutral solutions (e.g. H2 DRI). Differentiate between incremental retrofits and retrofits allowing for production of carbon-free iron and steel. The final evaluation should provide a comprehensive overview of technical possibilities along with possible implementation timelines, and indicate on emission reduction stages and required financial investments. Projects awarded under this point are expected to involve among the consortium a balanced representation from academia, research centres and industry and to be developed in contact with the European Commission.

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Projects related to the above point 2 are expected to contribute to at least two of the following outcomes, which require designing steel alloys and products and validating their application for the clean steel market (related to the CSP specific objective 6, see also Building Block 12: Innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions in SRIA):

• New or modified alloying concepts, downstream processing and manufacturing
  processes for new clean steel grades, as well as derivation of new test methods that are closer to reality into the industrial application;

• Manufacture steels with improved life cycle contributions to CO2 emissions reduction; this is the case for, but not limited to, the transport sector, which includes improved possibilities for re-use and re-manufacture; this includes also innovative manufacturing technologies for steel grades supporting decarbonisation like, but not limited to, electric strip;

• Clean steel grades with improved in-use properties obtained by controlling the application properties (e.g., yield strength and/or high ductility steels, fatigue, embrittlement, internal and external corrosion and other properties relevant to service life in the application) supported by known or new techniques (e.g., machine learning (ML), metallurgical / thermodynamic simulations, multi-scale models, defect vs. structure vs. properties correlations, finite element methods (FEM), realistic and applied testing methods) to realise the desired steel grade characteristics;

• Innovative simulation methods and tools (e.g., Calculation of PHAse Diagrams (CALPHAD), crystal plasticity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), realistic and application-oriented testing methods, multi-scale modelling, and microstructure, defects and properties prediction tools, digital twins etc.) to accelerate the development processes of the mentioned clean steel grades and their manufacturing processes;

• Advanced grades of steel for use in efficient high temperature processes including, for instance, thermal reactors for waste recovery;

• Advanced grades of steel for use in the railway’s systems of high-speed trains to assure high quality, good weldability, and very high mechanical properties, including high yield strength, metal-to-metal wear resistance, and high rolling contact fatigue resistance;

• High-performance structural steels (e.g., high-strength, high-pressure resistant, creep resistant, oxidation resistant, etc.) not containing critical strategic elements (such as, V, Nb, Ti, etc.) and/or characterized by increased tolerance to the content of contaminants in the scrap, such as for instance Cu;

• Steel grades with increased use of low-quality input materials (e.g., scrap, secondary raw materials, ores / dust, etc.) by new knowledge of the influences on the application properties of manufactured steel products tested under realistic operating conditions, taking into account the entire manufacturing process to identify the acceptance of buyers / users (incl. economic / ecological benefits, questionnaires, market research).

Opening: 19 Sep 2023
Deadline(s): 07 Feb 2024 (First Stage), 24 Sep 2024 (Second Stage)

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01:

Bio-intelligent manufacturing industries (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

European manufacturing industries are reinforced through biological transformation; in particular

• Access to bio-intelligent production technologies and architecture;

• Technological advances and improvements in sustainability (in particular SDGs 11, 12 and 13) arising from the integration of bio-intelligent principles, functions, structures and technologies in manufacturing;

• Substitution of raw materials by bio-based materials, or implementation of bio-based or bio-intelligent manufacturing operations, and business models leading to regenerative production.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12:

Enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

• Extension of the service life of civil engineering infrastructure, which reduces the need to replace infrastructure, and ultimately in an overall lower CO-2 footprint for such infrastructure.

• Faster and more accurate detection and analysis of maintenance and repair needs in existing infrastructure.

• Reduction in time between the occurrence of infrastructure maintenance and repair-related problems and the on-site intervention.

• Reduced risks to health and safety of workers in carrying out tasks linked to
  infrastructure maintenance and repair.

• Cost savings in terms of both operational costs and deferred or avoided capital
  investment cost.

Opening: 19 Sep 2023
Deadline(s): 07 Feb 2024 (First Stage), 24 Sep 2024 (Second Stage)

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-35:

Biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA)

Expected Outcome: Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• The packaging industry will have access to the next generation of biodegradable polymer materials, which will also be recyclable materials. Plastic materials producers will switch from PP, PE, and PET to bio-degradable materials with reduced GHG emissions along the value chain.

• The packaging industry will apply business model of circularity-by-design and
  sustainable end-of-life (EoL) solutions for plastic packaging materials. This has the
  potential to lead to a reduction in landfill waste volume of packaging materials; and to a reduction of littering of plastics, coherent with the ambition of the Horizon Europe Ocean and Waters mission, to reduce the plastic pollution of the oceans. Projects are expected to contribute to the Plastics strategy, the Single-use Plastics Directive and the EU Circular Economy Action plan (CEAP).

• Standards and labels for specific applications will be further defined based on the
  development of testing of biodegradability of plastics in open environments.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-36:

Advanced biomaterials for the Health Care (IA)

Expected Outcome:

This topic refers to the innovation market for Healthcare and Medicine, which affects many citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity, lightweight materials. The topic should address several key policies of the European Union such as Circular Economy Action Plan, EU Chemicals strategy.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Develop the swiftly growing innovation market of medical applications, which is
  dependent on advanced biocompatible materials that can be printed or injected, including 4D materials that change their 3D structures following external impact (e.g. thermic, electric, mechanical or radiation treatment).

• Medical and/or surgical procedures will benefit from injectable materials for non-invasive surgical procedures.

• Some of their advantages include easy deliverability into the body, increased implantation precision, controllable release of therapeutic agents, antimicrobial properties and the possibility of monitoring or stimulating biological events. Medical suppliers can commercialise injectable hydrogels, including those made of nanocomposite, natural and synthetic polymer-based biomaterials, bone cements, bio-ceramics and electronics.

Opening: 19 Sep 2023
Deadline(s): 07 Feb 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01:

Exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Develop innovative technologies for exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits in the EU and non-EU countries;

• Increase the resources and reserves of various primary critical raw materials within the EU and non-EU countries;

• Accelerate development of EU domestic critical raw materials exploration projects
  integrating innovative technologies;

• Strengthen EU autonomy and ethical sourcing of raw materials by developing socially and environmentally acceptable means of discovery of primary raw materials.

• Improve responsible supply of raw materials to the EU in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, which are a non-regulatory set of principles based on the EU acquis. They set out requirements for sustainable raw materials and extraction and processing in Europe in terms of social, environmental and economic performance.

• Promote the utilisation of UNFC (United Nations Framework Classification for Resources) and UNRMS (United Nations Resource Management System) in the raw materials sector.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation of the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-04:

Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials1 for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Increase recovery rates of valuable raw materials, particularly critical raw materials from low grade or complex ores and/or from extractive waste;

• Significantly increase economic performance in terms of higher material-, water-, energy-and cost-efficiency and flexibility in minerals processing and metallurgical processes;

• Significantly improve the health, safety and environmental performance of the operations throughout the whole life cycle which is considered, including a reduction in waste, wastewater and emissions generation and a better recovery of resources from generated waste;

• Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, which are a non-regulatory set of principles based on the EU acquis. They set out requirements for sustainable raw materials and extraction and processing in Europe in terms of social, environmental and economic performance. Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-08:

Rare Earth and magnets innovation hubs (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Significantly improve supply security and reduced environmental footprint of rare earth value chains in the EU;

• Broad access to materials development facilities and services across Europe through a single entry point – innovation hub;

• Accelerate development of products and processes for a faster market entry;

• Reduce costs for both industry and users and increased return on investment in research;

• Improve access to end users and easier marketability of products in Europe;

• Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, which are a non-regulatory set of principles based on the EU acquis. They set out requirements for sustainable raw materials and extraction and processing in Europe in terms of social, environmental and economic performance.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-10:

Addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains. (CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the
destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Improve responsible sourcing of raw materials and responsible business conduct initiatives with regard to raw materials;

• Equip the raw materials sector with tools to enable implementation of relevant regulatory initiatives;

• Identify and address gaps in the raw materials supply chains due diligence;

• Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, which are a non-regulatory set of principles based on the EU acquis. They set out requirements for sustainable raw materials and extraction and processing in Europe in terms of social, environmental and economic performance.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11:

Technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Strengthen EU cooperation with resource rich countries;

• Provide new relevant life cycle inventory data sets based on requirements for Environmental Footprint compliant datasets and in line with the 2021 Recommendation on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods, particularly focusing on the existing knowledge gaps (e.g., new technologies for open pit and underground mining).

• To evaluate the environmental performance of the technologies a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) study will be produced.

• Improved industrial viability, safety and environmental impacts of the operation in a way that leads to measureable improvements;

• Improved diversification EU sourcing of critical raw materials from third countries;

• Improved responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, which are a non-regulatory set of principles based on the EU acquis. They set out requirements for sustainable raw materials and extraction and processing in Europe in terms of social, environmental and economic performance.

Dissemination and exploitation of projects outputs is tailored for organisations and industry dealing with raw materials in the EU and project partner countries in resource rich countries.

In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation with partners established in resource rich countries with which the EU has strategic partnerships on raw materials is strongly encouraged.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-24:

Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• European industry will have access to safer and more sustainable innovative alternatives of chemicals and materials with reduced substitution barriers (e.g., performance, cost and supply demand);

• Industry will be able to test and demonstrate the applicability of the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework to develop innovative chemicals or materials to substitute substances of concern;

• The EU climate ambitions will be supported by contributing to a decrease of
  greenhouse gas emissions through a more sustainable production and use of Safe and Sustainable by Design chemicals and materials;

• The EU strategies/policies and regulation, such as the proposal for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU Ecolabel, REACH or CLP will be
  supported with safe and sustainable alternatives of chemicals and materials;

• The proof of concept of developing new Safe and Sustainable by Design chemicals or materials will bring evidence for new skills needed to apply the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework;

• Market uptake of the Safe and Sustainable by Design chemicals and materials will be encouraged by citizens better understanding their benefits.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-41:

’Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition (CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Support objectives of the European Green Deal and of the EU SME Strategy for a
  sustainable and digital Europe;

• Increased resilience of SMEs, by fostering technological and social innovation in SMEs to support their transition to more sustainable business models and more resource- efficient and circular processes and infrastructures;

• Increased competitive sustainability of SMEs through the uptake of advanced
  technologies;

• Stronger innovation support ecosystems supporting the green, social and economic transition of SMEs, by leveraging synergies between existing EU networks and SME support initiatives.

Opening: 21 Nov 2023
Deadline(s): 20 Feb 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-35:

Copernicus for Land and Water

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected
outcomes:

• Enhanced quality and efficiency of the Copernicus Land Monitoring service to respond respectively to several Green Deal policy and/or user requirements, including those related to the EU mission: ”Climate neutral and smart cities”, and to technological developments.

• Development of efficient and reliable new products chains, calling for new paradigms in data fusion, data processing and data visualisation essential for the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service to handle more high-volume satellite data sets and product sets. The baseline is to preserve continuity of what has been achieved while keeping the service modern and attractive.

• Development of efficient and reliable integrated products chains, calling with a holistic approach for better land use planning and hydrological monitoring and forecasting, combining and assimilating the current Copernicus service products, in particular the existing continental and global scale hydrological monitoring and forecasting systems of the Copernicus Emergency Management and Climate Change services (CEMS & C3S), and the potential development of new state of the art products complementing the existing ones.

• Development of a common leading-edge approach across services, and in the area of hydrological modelling serving the interests of various applications including agriculture, navigation, energy, flood prevention, and considering also hydrological climate change monitoring, assimilation of hydrological fluxes at the land-sea interface in ocean models, inland water river monitoring and forecasting (short term forecasting and climate monitoring). The development should consider cross services approaches and all relevant Copernicus service products, in particular the existing continental and global scale hydrological monitoring and forecasting systems of the Copernicus Emergency Management and Climate Change services (CEMS & C3S).

• Development of new algorithms and processing chains (e.g. data fusion, combination, assimilation, into monitoring and forecasting models) preparing also for the use of the new types of space observation data (being from new Sentinels or other contributing missions) should also be envisaged allowing the implementation of new products or the improvement of existing products.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-36:

Copernicus for Security

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to the following objectives:

• Enhanced fitness of the current services to better respond to evolving policy and user requirements.

• Enlargement of current service scope through the inclusion of new, complementary elements and extended communities of users.

• Significant technological enhancement in detection capabilities, timely access to data or delivery of information, narrowing the gap between capabilities and the more stringent security observation requirements.

• Significant improvement in integration of non-space data along end-user intelligence supply chains, bringing added value at operational level also at regional at local levels, or in support to field campaigns.

• Development of processing chain(s) to handle an increasing volume of satellite data, keeping abreast with technology developments and include new paradigms in data fusion, processing, automation, as well as added-value information access and visualisation.

• Integration of the Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) and Earth Observation data analytics with a variety of other application-specific data sources like data from remote sensors accessed through IOT, as well as crow-sourced data, high velocity transnational data and social media posts.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-64:

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-B study & Technology Maturation

Expected Outcome:

• Support the EU space policy and the EU Green Deal by providing the detailed definition of a quantum space gravimetry (QSG) pathfinder mission.

• Ensure EU sovereignty and non-dependence for the development of capacities leading to the availability of quantum space gravimetry.

• Enhance the TRL of the critical components necessary to build quantum gravimetry for space.

These outcomes will contribute to securing the autonomy of supply for critical technologies and equipment, and fostering the EU’s space sector competitiveness, in line with the Expected Impact of the destination.

One proposal for this Phase-B study and the associated technology maturation will be
selected.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-73:

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• To reduce the dependence on critical technologies and capabilities from outside EU for the EU space programme components (i.e. Galileo/EGNOS, Copernicus, Govsatcom and SSA) and other space applications;

• To develop or regain in the mid-term the European capacity to operate independently in space;

• To enhance the technical capabilities and overall competitiveness of European space industry vendors on the worldwide market;

• To open new competition opportunities for European manufacturers by reducing
  dependency on export restricted technologies that are of strategic importance to future European space efforts;

• To improve the overall European space technology landscape and complement and/or create synergy with activities of European and national programmes either in the space or non-space fields.

Opening: 15 Nov 2023
Deadline(s): 19 Mar 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-01:

AI-driven data operations and compliance technologies (AI, data and robotics partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• To enable companies and public sector to easily comply with existing and emerging regulation (e.g. GDPR, Data Governance Act , Data Act, Artificial Intelligence Act) and create value on data assets that they possess or that they acquire from the market, and to allow citizens to feel more confident that data-driven systems treat them in a fair, unbiased and compliant way and respect their privacy/anonymity and other rights, and keep track of the use of personal data in a world where “everything” moves online.

• Define, quantify and measure bias in data sets (especially those used for AI
  development).

• Shorten the time-to-market and reduce development costs of compliant data solutions.

• Contribute to open, trusted and federated Common European data spaces.

•  Quantify and reduce the environmental footprint of data operations which will contribute to the Green Deal target “no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050”.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-03:

Piloting emerging Smart IoT Platforms and decentralized intelligence (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Implementations of edge paradigms in real environments leading to matured and
  customised IoT and next generation edge computing technologies for adoption in key applications and sectors.

•  Paving the way to strategic industrial cooperation in data processing required to support future hyper-distributed applications by building open platforms, agreement on common architectures and standards, critical to establishing a mature European supply chain.

• Open platforms underpinning an emerging open edge ecosystem including midcaps, SMEs and start-ups that foster edge solutions, which represent a modular functional spectrum of executable apps and services critical to establishing a mature European supply chain under challenging and extremely competitive market conditions.

• Demonstrating cross-domain standardisation and up-scaling of edge infrastructure solutions

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-05:

Platform Building, standardisation and Up-scaling of the ‘Cloud-Edge-IoT’ Solutions (Horizontal Activities – CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Supporting the Commission and the constituency in coordinating the proposal portfolio in particular resulting from HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-03, and ensure consistent exploitation of the outcomes.

• Alignment with national or regional initiatives will create an expanding innovation eco-system, anchored in local contexts across Europe.

• Underpinning an emerging open edge ecosystem including midcaps, SMEs and start-ups, critical to establishing a mature European supply chain.

• Outcomes are expected to accelerate the pick-up of novel advanced edge technology in most important sectors for Europe’s economy, and competitiveness as well as an analysis of cross cutting aspects like open standards, open-source frameworks, data compliance, security as well as synergies across sectors.

Opening: 15 Nov 2023
Deadline(s): 19 Mar 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03:

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-powered robots– step change in functionality (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following primary outcomes:

• Achieve the substantial next step in the ability of robots to perform non-repetitive
  functional tasks in realistic settings, based on underlying robot functions (e.g.
  guidance/navigation/manipulation/interaction etc.), demonstrated in key high impact sectors where robotics has the potential to deliver significant economic and/or societal benefits. This next step functionality should clearly delineate from state of the art solutions and can be illustrated by the following non-exhaustive examples that illustrate different types of functional ability. Proposals should address functional challenges that are of equivalent or greater complexity and/or combine different types of functions to deliver greater functional complexity:

• • To reach the point where the robot systems operating in harsh complex and
    dynamic working environments can carry out sequences of complex functions to achieve a functional goal.

• • For example a robot able to carry out a range of different types of functions where the choice and sequence of execution depends on the dynamics of the operating context as the task progresses.

• • In navigation to reliably and purposefully move between destinations within
    complex people centric environments that are occupied such as busy transport hubs, shopping malls or entertainment and sporting venues; or to move purposefully maintaining a direction of travel towards a target destination or sequence of destinations over variable terrain where the surface is shifting and reactive to the robot’s motion for example on sand, gravel or waterlogged ground; or to be able to navigate, move purposefully and transition between water and air or water and land including mixed surfaces attaining a target destination, or sequence of destinations over extended distances beyond the current state of the art.

• • In manipulation to reach human speed with equivalent dexterity, or manipulate objects beyond human capability, such as very small objects, or very precise manipulation tasks, or vary big objects, beyond current capabilities and functionalities; to manipulate complex articulated objects either as part of an assembly task or in order to use those objects as tools to achieve a specific function. For example handling a complex articulated part while a processing operation is taking place on it; or to manipulate and assemble soft objects or materials that deform under their own weight such as textiles as a part of a useful process.
• Step change in the enabling conditions essential for the accelerated diffusion of robots in various industries, sectors and services which can 1) handle tasks efficiently, robustly, and safely and 2) interact naturally and smoothly to support humans in their daily activities, based on a strong multidisciplinary approach, including the relevant SSH dimension.

• The development, use and exploitation of major advances in science and technology for the enhancement of European robotics, in order to maintain Europe’s scientific excellence and ensure sovereignty of key technologies relevant to robotics.

• Create opportunities to affect society in the longer term by contributing to impact on major broad societal challenges.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04:

Industrial leadership in AI, Data and Robotics boosting competitiveness and the green transition (AI Data and Robotics Partnership)

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Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to one of the two following outcomes,
exclusively:

• The creation of systems to address large scale challenges using combined robotics data and AI solutions that have significant impact on the objectives of the green deal. For example; in improving domestic energy consumption or in the cleaning up of contaminated land and waterways or in accelerating the circular economy along the complete value chain through automated waste avoidance and waste processing or reuse of materials.

• The creation of systems to address large scale resource optimisation challenges using combined AI and Data solutions, that have significant impact on the objectives of the green deal, such as optimisation of any kind of resources, from production to use along the complete value chain in order to minimise waste or foster the reuse of resources or in using AI and data solutions to maximize energy efficiency, ensuring energy security.

Which will contribute to

• The validation of solutions at scale by demonstrating the potential of integrating these technologies to address challenges in industrial ecosystems and develop solutions that are environmental friendly and contribute to the green deal.

• Making and exploiting major advances in science and technology, to maintain Europe’s scientific excellence and ensure sovereignty of these key technologies expected to affect the society in contributing to addressing major societal challenges affecting the environment.

• Exploring deployment solutions that can ensure efficient scale up.

• Boosting the uptake of AI, Data and Robotics to exploit the major contribution expected to environmental sustainability.

Proposals should clearly identify the outcome it will focus on.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-22:

Fundamentals of Software Engineering (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Responsible software engineering methods, tools, and best practices
leveraging, among others, novel AI and data technologies to accelerate the development and maintenance of software, including for multi-architecture systems, addressing in particular efficient and agile modelling, verification and validation, as well as vulnerability assessment and mitigation.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-54:

Smart photonics for joint communication & sensing and access everywhere (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Sensors/probes to monitor the quality of the communication network and of photonic signals transported in the communication network.

•  Methods to use the network as large-scale distributed sensor.

• Development of foundational optical technologies, systems and networks that provide the future access infrastructure.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-55:

Photonics Innovation Factory for Europe (Photonics Partnership) (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Substantially improved penetration of core photonics technologies into multiple end-user application domains and industry sectors, in particular through carefully selected SMEs and new start-ups with the strongest potential for high impact in terms of business growth and employment, enabling a demonstrably more competitive and technologically sovereign European industry.

• Creation of a sustainable streamlined ecosystem for photonics innovation in Europe from TRL 2-7, providing European Cross-Border Added Value with a high leveraging effect on investments made at national and regional level in photonics.

Opening: 15 Nov 2023
Deadline(s): 19 Mar 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21:

Open Source for Cloud/Edge to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to both of the following outcomes:

• Prototypes of cloud and edge servers demonstrated in relevant centralised and distributed environments and allowing full computing infrastructure deployments based on European processor technology, thereby establishing a full Open Computing Architecture stack, which supports emerging processing architectures (e.g. RISC-V).

• Standards and best practices consolidating the European Open Computing Architecture, as well as its interfaces to current industry standards.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23:

Public recognition scheme for Open Source (CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to both of the following outcomes:

• Establishment of a system of European annual awards that acts as a spotlight stirring up contributions to Open Source Software and Hardware projects.

• Increased interest for the contribution to, integration of and exploitation of Open Source assets.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31:

Pilot line(s) for 2D materials-based devices (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Broadly accessible pilot line(s) fostering the creation of electronic and photonic devices and systems (co-)integrating two-Dimensional Materials (2DM).

• Significant progress towards the adoption of the 2DM in the silicon and semi-conductor arena by allowing the production of new (co-)integrated devices and systems in a quality controlled way.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-34:

Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe (CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Well-coordinated European, national and regional initiatives in the field of graphene and two-dimensional materials (2DM);

• Further development of a strong European innovation ecosystem in 2DM-based
  technologies.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-42:

Stimulating transnational research and development of next generation quantum technologies, including basic theories and components (Cascading grant with FSTP)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Support to transnational projects in quantum technologies, fostering synergy between European, national and regional initiatives and promoting broader partnerships between the European stakeholders in quantum technologies.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-45:

Quantum sensing and metrology for market uptake (IA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to mature quantum sensing
technologies and devices (TRL 6-7) in different application sectors, with the goal of
establishing a reliable, efficient supply chain including first standardisation and calibration efforts for rapid market uptake.

Opening: 15 Nov 2023
Deadline(s): 19 Mar 2024

HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-01-06:

Explainable and Robust AI (AI Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to one of the following outcomes:

• Enhanced robustness, performance and reliability of AI systems, including awareness of the limits of operational robustness of the system.

• Improved explainability and accountability, transparency and autonomy of AI systems, including awareness of the working conditions of the system.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-01-07:

Collaborative intelligence – combining the best of machine and human (AI Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Demonstrate the value of human-machine collaboration and interaction by
  improved effectiveness, intuitiveness, efficiency, completeness, limits of knowledge indication and other objective or quantifiable subjective measures.

• Demonstrate how collaborative decision-making improves over human decision-
  making and that the collaborative decisions cover all stages of reasoning (that they are based on an improved coverage of data and knowledge sources, on an improved analytic ability to reason from input to output, and on a well-communicated decision).

Proposals are expected to address at least one of the expected outcomes.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-01-61:

Facilitate the engagement in global ICT standardisation development (CSA)

Expected Outcome:

Share information about global sectorial ICT standardisation ecosystems
and engagement of European stakeholders in global standardisation settings.
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Set-up of a facility to support participation of European specialists in international ICT Standard Developing Organisations (SDOs) and global fora and consortia, which should increase the influence of Europe into ICT standardisation, including representation in leadership and key positions, to promote incorporation of European requirements, values and interests in ICT standardisation;

• Develop and update sectorial ICT standardisation landscape and gap analysis of ICT standardisation needs in support of EU policies as outlined in the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation;

• Cooperate, synchronise and achieve capacity building with other similar initiatives or European players including from EU (and national) funded R&I projects; provide a forum for foresight analysis in different sectors;

• Increase awareness on ICT standardisation development;

• Financially support standardisation meetings in Europe of international SDOs and global fora and consortia, so that European players have easier conditions for participation.

Opening: 07 May 2024
Deadline(s): 05 Sep 2024

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-01:

Centralised, reliable, cyber-secure & upgradable in-vehicle electronic control architectures for CCAM connected to the cloud-edge continuum (CCAM Partnership)

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• New, centralised, reliable, cyber-secure and upgradable in-vehicle electronic control architectures for CCAM based on the application of co-designed hardware, software and big or smart data flows in combination with over-the-air updates.

• Widespread deployment of level 4 automation in road vehicles by expanding the
  Operational Design Domains (ODDs) of the control system towards higher complexity (city traffic, adverse weather conditions etc.) or greater scale.

• Safe operation of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) functions e.g. regarding Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) and ODD transitions through system agility, experience-based decision making and access to cloud intelligence

• Paradigm shift from human-based and component-supported vehicle control to a more integrated, resource efficient and reliable system for the control of CCAM systems.

• Strengthened cooperation of European OEMs and suppliers to co-design a standard cyber secure electronic architecture layout with harmonised interfaces.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02:

Scenario-based safety assurance of CCAM and related HMI in a dynamically evolving transport system (CCAM Partnership)

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Safe scaling up of the deployment of CCAM systems for all levels of automation,
  including systems that for part of the driving phases rely on human-machine interaction.

• Assurance of vehicle safety despite system changes, e.g., due to software updates and data exchanges between vehicles and the infrastructure.

• Facilitating the introduction of fast developing technological innovations in the CCAM system’s functionality, such as AI.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03:

Orchestration of heterogeneous actors in mixed traffic within the CCAM ecosystem (CCAM Partnership)

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• System approach towards traffic management that integrates the operations and needs of a wide range of road network users (vehicle drivers, passengers and different kinds of VRUs) traffic management centres and public authorities as well as service providers, (public transport/commercial/logistics fleet managers, infrastructure industry) within the mobility ecosystem.

• Safer, more efficient and sustainable traffic management through the orchestration of heterogeneous actors in mixed traffic336 within the CCAM ecosystem.

• Proven orchestration schemes in traffic management for operations of all types of
  vehicles and the different CCAM systems in real-time CCAM traffic conditions in urban and/or motorway environments.

• Governance and operational models that allow for better cooperation and collaboration of all relevant actors in the orchestration of traffic management through new mobility management for all modes and road types.

• Mobility management tools to seamlessly integrate CCAM systems and services
  including fleets of vehicles, public transport, logistics operations, demand management needs as well as governance and business models into the transport system.

• Strategic transport planning methods for all modes in the CCAM ecosystem including individual as well as public transport.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-04:

AI for advanced and collective perception and decision making for CCAM applications (CCAM Partnership)

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Approaches for resilient collective awareness, which can eventually be used in e.g.
  complex models of collective behaviour.

• Advanced collective awareness, decision making and triggering of actions for CCAM applications, enabled by new concepts and tools built on advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Hybrid Intelligence (HI).

• CCAM solutions evolving from reactive into predictive system state awareness
  (including driver state and road user diversity), decision making and actuation,
  enhancing road safety.

• Understanding of AI-related ethical issues and user needs, together with capabilities, limitations and potential conflicts of AI based systems for CCAM, including a definition and a measure of human-like control.

• Increased user acceptability and societal benefit of CCAM solutions, based on
  explainable, trustworthy and human-centric AI. Interactions with AI-based vehicles are understandable, human-like and reflect human psychological capabilities.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05:

Robust Knowledge and Know-How transfer for Key-Deployment Pathways and implementation of the EU-CEM (CCAM Partnership)

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• Extended and up to date CCAM Knowledge Base 347 , including CCAM projects,
  demonstration and deployment initiatives, standards, facilitating the exchange of best practices and the deployment of CCAM services.

• Well established network of experts and forum for stakeholders in the different thematic R&I fields of CCAM.

• Strong collaboration and cooperation between all CCAM stakeholders through effective collaboration mechanisms fostering exchanges of practices, experiences, tools and methodologies supporting the transition to large-scale deployment.

• Increased and high-quality exchanges and cooperation between the EU Member
  States/Associated countries.

• EU CCAM common evaluation methodology (EU-CEM) widely used in Europe.

• Good level of understanding and awareness of CCAM among citizens, decision and policy makers in Europe.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06:

Optimising multimodal network and traffic management, harnessing data from infrastructures, mobility of passengers and freight transport

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to at least 4 of the following expected outcomes:

• Optimised multimodal transport network and traffic management, for efficient door-to-door mobility of passengers and freight (from producers to last mile deliveries).

• Validated solutions for effective and secure data exchange across all modes of transport, for dynamic and responsive multimodal network and traffic management.

• Validated systems for accurate detection and resolution of network bottlenecks,
  improving safety, security, resilience and overall performance of the transport network, enabling pro-active mobility management.

• New tools and services for optimising mobility of passengers and freight, in cities and other areas, cutting traffic jams and improving multimodal traffic flows. The proposed solutions should demonstrate (e.g. through simulations, pilots) the potential to reduce by at least 30% the average travel delay, as well as the overall transport energy consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants in the network.

• Workable governance arrangements for multimodal transport network and traffic
  management, in view of further supporting regulatory and policy actions.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-07:

Scaling up logistics innovations supporting freight transport decarbonisation in an affordable way

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 in the project networks, without reducing the overall performance of the logistics supply chain and taking account of all costs and externalities.

• Gains in terms of operational efficiency and environmental impact from the
  implementation of the Physical Internet 353 are clearly identified, demonstrated and measured.

• Logistics concepts speeding up freight decarbonisation and adoption of zero emissions vehicles/vessels and multimodality are developed.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08:

Improved transport infrastructure performance – Innovative digital tools and solutions to monitor and improve the management and operation of transport infrastructure

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to ALL of the following outcomes (with a clear baseline for each use case):

• Better interconnection of transport infrastructure and transport means resulting in optimised door-to-door mobility for passengers and goods by assuring at least 30% reduction of average delay (time lost per vehicle per km).

• Reduction of transport operation costs by 20% for transport operators along with 20% reduction of fossil fuels consumption in transport.

• Assessment and redesign of existing infrastructure (e.g. cycling lanes, walking paths, charging points, parking spaces etc.) in order to ensure its effective and safe use by different transport modes. Different infrastructure types should be assessed in each of the pilot demonstrations and safe coexistence of various forms of mobility enhanced (e.g. soft, active, shared mobility).

• Increase in the robustness of transport infrastructure by reducing the infrastructure failure probability by 30%.

• Reduce the transport emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants by 30% by 2030 in the pilot demonstrations.

• Reduce the number of accidents involving infrastructure users and infrastructure workers by 50% in the pilot demonstrations.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09:

Policies and governance shaping the future transport and mobility systems

Expected Outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• A better understanding of the effects of governance, policies, and incentives, but
  also land use and spatial planning, on the choice of individuals, families, or social groups of different kinds to use a specific transport and/or mobility mode.

• Reinforced public engagement in shaping co-created transport and mobility policies.

• Effective policy interventions, co-created with target constituencies and building on high-quality policy; strengthening of research-policy cooperation models to reinforce impact and trust in science.

• More effective and sustainable national, regional and transnational transport and
  mobility policies toward accepted approaches, based on a system-thinking perspective.

• Better harnessing the potential of digitised mobility data while protecting citizen’s
  privacy.

• Providing concepts and policy recommendations sustainably integrating passenger and freight transportation in order to create a future proof holistic mobility system.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-10:

Ensuring the safety, resilience and security of waterborne digital systems

Expected Outcome:

Project outputs and results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:

• Increased safety and resilience of waterborne digital systems, including system of
  systems and their functions and considering both malicious intervention and system failure with particular regard to the application of artificial intelligence methodologies, networks of sensors and the onshore on-board communications.

• Improved system design addressing human factors issues in the changing levels of human/automated system interactions

• Assurance of the resilience, safety and security of waterborne digital and connected systems is undertaken on the basis of robust methodologies to a similar standard to that applied within other sectors which apply safety critical digital technology and their application in safety critical conditions including the safety of navigation and its systems.

• Robust by design waterborne digital and connected systems for safety and resilience (incl. reliability regimes such as fail safe, fail secure, fail to operation etc., HAZOP, system of systems, security, hardware and equipment data, etc.)

• Methodologies to enable effective HAZOP analysis and validation of waterborne digital systems are developed and disseminated, increasing the use of common approaches, also when using artificial intelligence applications.

• Increased software safety (incl. functional analysis and reliability assessment).

• Increased cyber security for operation and maintenance (incl. software maintenance).

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-11:

Effects of disruptive changes in transport: towards resilient, safe and energy efficient mobility

Expected Outcome:

Research is expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:

• Transport systems that are resilient, i.e. prepared for disruptive changes of different kinds, and thereby supporting continuously improved traffic safety.

• Resilience to unexpected events (pandemics, natural disasters, political decisions,
  conflicts, energy and fuel disruptions, raw materials and component supply
  vulnerabilities etc.) as an integrated principle in the design and development of future transport systems.

• Increased understanding how sudden changes in the availability of transport means e.g. through dramatic weather events or emission induced ban of certain vehicles in a city, affect the safety of transport system users, and the underlying psychological effects for users’ reactions.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12:

A new framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU

Expected Outcome:

Research results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:

• Growing a positive traffic safety culture across the EU that supports the Vision Zero goal and the Safe System Approach, and which is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the 2020 Stockholm Declaration, UN General Assembly Resolution and Global Plan of Action for the second decade on road safety.

• Remedial action against detrimental, non-temporary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on certain road safety risk factors such as a shift from collective to individual means of transport. Facilitation of a shift to increase efficiency in road safety related public spending across Europe together with a shift towards more energy efficient mobility choices.

• Development and evaluation of strategies to transform the traffic safety culture of road users and stakeholders based on a valid model that identifies the key components defining traffic safety culture, including, for example, social norms, attitudes, perceived control, values, and system assumptions (including its energy efficiency and consumption).

• Concepts and guidelines to make the concept of traffic safety culture an integral part of road safety work of actors across the socio-economic systems of European societies.

• Better understanding of the link between road safety outcomes and safety culture; pilot implementation of road safety education at secondary school level and also for decision makers and practitioners in EU Member States/Associated countries.