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.
This topic funds up to three Research and Innovation Actions from a combined EUR 600,000 pool, so each award is modest relative to typical Horizon Europe grants, and money is paid as a fixed lump sum rather than reimbursed against actual costs. Proposals can start from a low technology readiness level, with the baseline expectation being TRL1 work and a technology concept possibly reaching TRL2, t…
This topic wants a Research and Innovation Action that studies how to apply Industry 5.0 principles to the rail sector: identifying stakeholders, implementation drivers, risks, and success factors such as competitiveness, talent attraction and meeting climate goals. It expects a measurement framework tracking progress on safety, reliability and efficiency, plus recommendations for pilot projects that move toward a human-centric rail system.
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