FranceDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution

AMI CORIFER 2023

Appel à manifestations d'intérêt CORIFER 2023

Funding Amount

Amount not specified

Deadline

28/11/2023

Eligible Organization Types

Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution

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What is the AMI CORIFER 2023 Call?

Grant Description
Projects contributing to the deep transformation of the rail sector and its mobility system, addressing technological, competitiveness and ecological transition challenges. Funded projects must be structuring for companies, the rail sector and the overall rail transport ecosystem. Support targets research and experimental development activities under France 2030’s transport innovation roadmap.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

Funded projects are expected to deliver:
• Structuring technological breakthroughs or demonstrators that accelerate the rail sector’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission mobility
• Enhanced industrial competitiveness through innovative processes, products, or services adopted by multiple players in the rail ecosystem
• Direct contributions to the France 2030 objectives: deployment of zero-emission rail vehicles and more resource-efficient, sovereign, resilient transport solutions
• Reinforced R&D collaboration across SMEs, mid-caps, large firms, research centers, and public authorities in the rail domain
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

Projects must:
• Contribute to a deep transformation of the rail sector and its mobility systems in line with the R&D roadmap defined by the rail industry committee and validated by the national Orientation Council
• Address key technological challenges (e.g. digitalization, automation, new materials, energy efficiency), improve industrial competitiveness, and accelerate ecological transition (e.g. zero-emission propulsion, resource-efficient operations)
• Be structuring for participating enterprises, the broader rail supply chain, and the wider rail transport ecosystem
• Align with the France 2030 investment plan objectives, notably producing 2 million zero-emission vehicles by 2030 and developing a sober, sovereign, and resilient mobility
• Properly justify any costs claimed as “industrial research”; unsubstantiated costs will be reclassified as experimental development and funded at the lower rate
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

- Aid is granted under EU State aid rules and consists of a two-part financing package: a non-recoverable subsidy and a repayable advance
• Subsidy rates: 75% of eligible costs for industrial research, 60% for experimental development
• Applicants must provide detailed cost justifications for the research industrial category, or risk reclassification
• The call is open until 28 November 2023 at 12:00 Paris time, with two submission cut-offs on 25 July 2023 and 28 November 2023 (both at 12:00)
• The exact aid intensity and budget envelope are defined in the call’s detailed terms of reference
Important dates

Deadline:28/11/2023

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