Infravation Consensus Meeting 25-26 March 2015 Welcome! RWS Brussels Office Peter Wilbers Coordinator Infravation
Geographical coverage
Infravation partners Rijkswaterstaat/NL (Coordinator) TÜV Rheinland/DE FEHRL BMVBS/DE Danish Road Directorate/DK Trafikverket/SE Norwegian Public Roads administration/NO Icelandic Road Administration/IS MEDDE/FR CDTI/ES ANAS/IT Israelian National Transport Infrastructure Company/IL Federal Highway Administration/US European Commission (EC)
Infravation ERA-NET Plus
Infravation ERA-NET Plus European Research Area Network Instrument European Commission (EC) for enhancing Europe’s competitiveness in research area Programme owners and managers Pooling scarce resources Transnational calls for tenders + proposals FP7 H2020 ERA-NET Plus (EN Plus) Financial top-up by EC: 50% of country contributions Focussed large call for proposals Consortium of 5 countries/regions minimum Grant Agreement (GA) with EC Strict peer-review full proposals
Infravation ERA-NET Plus EN Plus SST.2013.1-3. call text: Advanced Systems, Materials and Techniques for next generation infrastructure Surface transport Road infrastructure Towards Infravation 2014 Call Scoping Team/scoping study Team of experts Workshops in participating countries/regions Scanning tours, e.g. in US Infravation 2014 Call content
Infravation 2014 Call
Infravation 2014 Call: challenges Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes Enhanced durability and life-time extension Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and performance checks of materials and construction Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive maintenance Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather conditions Resource and energy efficiency in road construction and maintenance (Eco-design) Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling
Infravation 2014 Call: characteristics 2-Step approach (light-full proposal submission) Real common pot Participation US (FHWA), US institutes can apply Applicants non-funding EU countries can apply too Central negotiation, funding + monitoring Budget 100% for research, funding partners contribute management efforts in kind Instrument FP7 + H2020 based, light version Call budget 9,025 MEURO (incl. top-up EC)
Infravation 2014 Call: timeline
Infravation 2014 Call: 1st step evaluation 30 June 2014 submission deadline 103 light proposals submitted! Quality assessments by national experts Remotely Consensus meeting Output: short list 24 best quality proposals Invitation to submit full proposals All 7 challenges represented
Infravation 2014 Call: 2nd step evaluation Full proposal submission until November 30, 2014 All 24 invited coordinators submitted a full proposal Eligibility check Independent international experts/peer-review Remote quality assessments Consensus meeting, March 25-26 2015 Ranking list proposals Decision Infravation Steering Group + EC Selection list (for negotiation and funding 6-8 projects)
Contact www.infravation.net Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat Coordinator Peter.wilbers@rws.nl Call manager richard.vander.elburg@rws.nl