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Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-RAIL JU)

EU-RAIL JU funds universities, research institutes, and rail-sector organisations working on research priorities set out in its own work programme.

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Programs12

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Total grants12

About

Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) is a body of the European Union and the European partnership for rail research and innovation established under the Horizon Europe programme, covering the 2020-2027 period. It is the successor to the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, taking over its role following a Council Regulation adopted in November 2021. EU-Rail organises its work through three pillars: …

Programs & grants under this funder

Studies on Rail Industry 5.0

Funds studies mapping how Industry 5.0 principles — human-centric, resilient, sustainable manufacturing — can improve safety, reliability and efficiency in European rail.

1 grant

Studies on Rail Industry 5.0

Closed

€600K pool

Studies on Innovation in Climate Finance for Rail

Funds studies on unlocking green bonds, carbon credits and other climate finance to pay for low-carbon rail investment.

1 grant

Studies on Innovation in Climate Finance for Rail

Closed

€600K pool

Extending the Rail Network of PhDs

Funds university consortia to create 3-5 industry-linked PhD positions researching rail topics such as noise barriers and smart energy grids.

1 grant

Extending the Rail Network of PhDs

Closed

€1M pool

Support to the European FRMCS Deployment Group

Pays one consortium to coordinate Europe's switch from the ageing GSM-R rail radio system to the 5G-based FRMCS standard.

1 grant

Support to the European FRMCS Deployment Group

Closed

€700K pool

Network Management Planning and Control & Mobility Management in a Multimodal Environment and Digital Enablers

Funds one flagship consortium to build AI-driven rail traffic planning, real-time network management and digital-twin data infrastructure across Europe.

1 grant

Network Management Planning and Control & Mobility Management in a Multimodal Environment and Digital Enablers

Closed

€22.4M pool

Digital & Automatic up to Automated Train Operations

Funds one flagship consortium to demonstrate next-generation automatic train control, from remote driving to fully automated operation, across passenger and freight rail.

1 grant

Digital & Automatic up to Automated Train Operations

Closed

€33.1M pool

Intelligent & Integrated Asset Management

Funds one flagship consortium to build AI-driven, unmanned inspection, digital-twin and robotic maintenance systems for European rail assets.

1 grant

Intelligent & Integrated Asset Management

Closed

€32.8M pool

A Sustainable and Green Rail System

Funds one flagship consortium to demonstrate battery and hydrogen trains, smarter rail power grids and healthier, more circular rolling stock.

1 grant

A Sustainable and Green Rail System

Closed

€26.6M pool

Sustainable Competitive Digital Green Rail Freight Services

Funds one flagship consortium to roll out digital automatic couplers, automated yard shunting and cross-border freight booking systems for European rail.

1 grant

Sustainable Competitive Digital Green Rail Freight Services

Closed

€20.4M pool

Regional Rail Services / Innovative Rail Services to Revitalise Capillary Lines

Funds one flagship consortium to build low-cost signalling, communications and customer-service technology that revives Europe's regional and low-density rail lines.

1 grant

Regional Rail Services / Innovative Rail Services to Revitalise Capillary Lines

Closed

€10M pool

Innovation for Regional Rail Services and New Guided Transport Systems

Funds one consortium to design a lightweight regional rail vehicle and an automated pod-based multimodal transport system.

1 grant

Innovation for Regional Rail Services and New Guided Transport Systems

Closed

€3.1M pool

Safety and Certification Guidelines and Demonstration of Safety Components for Hyperloop

Funds one consortium to write hyperloop safety and certification guidelines and lab-test key safety components such as braking and signalling.

1 grant

Safety and Certification Guidelines and Demonstration of Safety Components for Hyperloop

Closed

€3M pool

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