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.
One grant is funded from this topic's EUR 700,000 lump-sum budget through a single-stage call on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, and the granting authority states it can fund a maximum of one project. Applicants use the CSA-specific Part B application form template, capped at 70 pages -- a specific exception to the usual Horizon Europe page-limit default. Award criteria go beyond the standard Hor…
This topic wants a Coordination and Support Action that runs the programme-management, capacity-mapping, cost analysis, stakeholder coordination and communication work behind the EU-RAIL FRMCS Deployment Subgroup, as railways move off GSM-R networks that manufacturers plan to phase out from 2030. It expects deliverables including a deployment dashboard, migration-scenario toolboxes, cost and risk studies, and technical expertise on authorisation, cybersecurity and RAMS.
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