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Horizon Europe Cluster 5 — Climate, Energy and Mobility

Horizon Mobility: Rural Road Safety and Resilience

Funds two €6M projects piloting road-safety fixes and a climate-risk mapping tool for rural roads, to help regional authorities cut crash deaths.

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Horizon Mobility: Rural Road Safety and Resilience is a European Commission call that funds two €6M projects piloting road-safety fixes and a climate-risk mapping tool for rural roads, to help regional authorities cut crash deaths. More than half of all EU road deaths happen on rural roads, and crashes there don't behave like crashes on motorways or in cities. The EU's Vision Zero goal is no road …

Piloting road-safety improvements and a climate-risk mapping tool for rural roads, run as real projects in at least three regions rather than a single case study. Each project has to extend the EU's network-wide road safety assessment method to secondary rural roads, design and test enforcement and prevention measures that change driver behaviour, and build a GIS tool that shows local and regional authorities where extreme weather threatens their road network. At least two of the three-plus regions have to be in a country with an above-EU-average rural road fatality rate, so the work lands where the problem is worst, not just where it's convenient to run.

CycleiHow often this grant runs - e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.-
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.22 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.-
Award typeiThe form of funding - grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.30%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€12M

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