1. ERA-NET Plus Infravation
ERTRAC Plenary
Brussels, 2 March 2015
Richard van der Elburg
Infravation Call Manager
Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment, Rijkswaterstaat

2. Infravation 2014 Call: Partners
Rijkswaterstaat/NL (Coordinator)
TÜV Rheinland/DE
FEHRL/BRX
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/USA
European Commission (EC)

3. Geographical coverage

4. Structure EN Plus Infravation

5. Structure EN Plus Infravation

6. 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

7. 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)

8. Infravation 2014 Call: Timeline
Open call for light proposals
Publication
Information and Brokerage Event (Brussels, BE)
Deadline for submission of light proposals
March 1, 2014
March 20, 2014
June 30, 2014 
Evaluation of light proposals (step 1)
Completeness Check and Financial Viability Check
Qualitative Assessment of light proposals by national evaluators
Consensus Meeting
July 2014
July August 2014
September 2014
Call for full proposals (on invitation only)
Invitation to submit full proposals
Deadline to submit full proposals
End of September November 30, 2014
Evaluation of full proposals by international peer review (step 2)
Completeness Check
Individual Qualitative Assessment of full proposals by evaluators
December 2014
Mid Jan – March 4, 2015
March 25-26, 2015
Negotiation of Grant Agreements
May - August 2015
Start of transnational projects
June- September 2015
Project Duration
Max 30 months

9. 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

10. Overview submitted light proposals
521 Partners
Total Request for Funding: 122.4M€
Average per proposal: 1,2M€

11. Origin Coordinators Light Proposals

12. Origin Partners Light Proposals
To raise awareness of the project during the initial stages to secure positive engagement from relevant stakeholders. These stakeholders are important to secure both their contributions to the process, as well as their willingness to use the results
To strengthen the link between the project and the broader technical/scientific community. It is important that the technical rigour of the project is maintained through external scientific critique and challenge. This will be achieved by contributing to external conferences (including the TRA conference) and refereed journals. WP4 will also support the links to any standardisation efforts required.
To ensure that the activities of the project are disseminated to a wide community, including policy makers and the wider public. This will be achieved through the website, newsletters and articles, posters and flyers on the topic. An event at the European Parliament or European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will be arranged to explain the topic to policy makers.
To promote the outreach, knowledge transfer and implementation of the project results. This will focus on events to explain the findings to relevant stakeholders at regional and European level. Presentation material will be developed in at least five languages (EN, DE, FR, ES, IT) for use at relevant national workshops arranged by FEHRL members. Infravation will provide support for projects to develop further partners for the exploitation of products and service developed. 12

13. Overview invited for full Proposal
24 Proposals
137 Partners
Total Request for Funding: 29M€
Average per proposal: 1,2M€

14. Origin Coordinators invited Proposals

15. Origin Partners invited proposals

16. 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)

17. Communication

18. Communication Internet, and social media
Brokerage event 2014 Norway, NL, Brussels
TRB 2014
TRA 2014
World Highways Magazine
TRB 2015
FIRM 2015
TRB 2016
TRA 2016
ERTRAC

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