Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (JU) has launched its Call for Proposals 2025-02, with a total EU funding of EUR 148.2 million, for expected projects worth EUR 245 million.
Funded projects will contribute to Research & Innovation (R&I) activities under the Europe’s Rail Amended Work Programme 2025-2026. The Call is now open and applications will be accepted until 11 February.
The Call for Proposals 2025-02 is expected to raise high interest in the transport community and beyond. It builds upon the results of the EU-Rail Flagship Projects and sets the scene for the next step, to reach higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), paving the way to the deployment of innovative operational and technological solutions in Europe.
“The launch of this major call for proposals from EU-Rail is a decisive step for the future of European rail. Through Flagship Projects, EU-Rail will take innovations from the lab to the tracks, making rail more digital, more sustainable and more reliable for passengers and freight. This initiative also strengthens Europe’s competitiveness by accelerating the deployment of interoperable solutions across the Single Market,” said Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism.
This ambitious call represents the second wave of Flagship Projects, covering the areas of European rail network management, automation and digitalisation of rail operations, sustainable and resilient systems, rail freight in the supply chain perspective and regional and capillary lines.
Additionally, EU-Rail calls upon innovative studies in rail industry 5.0, innovation in climate finance for rail and continues to support knowledge creation and new talents with PhDs.
With this call, Europe’s Rail accelerates its contribution to the European Green Deal, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and sets the ground for contributing to the next programming period of the European Union, addressing the challenges rail is facing today.
The systemic approach introduced by the System Pillar works will continue to frame the systems harmonization towards a single European Rail Area, under the strategic guidance of the European Commission.
“We are working in partnership with the rail stakeholders and beyond to realise the ambitions of the European Union and to make rail the clean engine of our mobility and logistics economy. Participating in the EU-Rail call 2025-2 is an opportunity to shape the future of rail in Europe—our future,” said Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director at Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking.
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