1. Infravation Consensus Meeting 25-26 March 2015
Welcome!
RWS Brussels Office
Peter Wilbers
Coordinator Infravation

2. Geographical coverage

3. 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)

4. Infravation ERA-NET Plus

5. 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

6. Infravation ERA-NET Plus
EN Plus SST 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

7. Infravation 2014 Call

8. 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

9. 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)

10. Infravation 2014 Call: timeline

11. 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

12. 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
Ranking list proposals
Decision Infravation Steering Group + EC
Selection list (for negotiation and funding 6-8 projects)

13. Contact www.infravation.net Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment, Rijkswaterstaat
Coordinator
Call manager