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Fundamental research for other topics

SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking Research and Innovation Actions

Funding Amount

€500K - €1.0M

Deadline

16/09/2025

Eligible Organization Types

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

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What is the Fundamental research for other topics Call?

Grant Description
This call supports fundamental curiosity-driven research in air traffic management and U-space at technology readiness level zero. It seeks innovative ideas, concepts, emerging technologies, methods and theories that push the boundaries of knowledge and have potential to evolve the future ATM/U-space system. Outputs should contribute to the ATM Master Plan vision and one or more of its five transformation levers.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Generation of new knowledge pushing the current boundary of ATM/U-Space research (TRL 0).

• Innovative ideas, concepts, emerging technologies, methods and theories with high potential to shape future ATM/U-Space systems.

• Identification and preliminary validation of interdisciplinary approaches offering novel benefits for ATM/U-Space evolution.

• Foundations for subsequent development phases aligned with the ATM Master Plan’s transformation levers, informing future R&D and deployment roadmaps.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

Proposals must: cover ATM/U-Space topics not addressed by previous FR-1, FR-2 or FR-3 calls; demonstrate clear breakthrough/innovation potential; justify alignment with the ATM Master Plan vision; and show how outcomes will contribute to one or more of its five key transformation levers:

• Trajectory optimisation: systematic, continuous, precise gate-to-gate trajectory planning and execution in congested airspace.

• Data volumes: secure collection, processing and real-time sharing of large heterogeneous data sets to sustain common situational awareness.

• Automation: advanced AI-driven tools enabling effective human–machine teaming for safe, capacity- and environment-optimised decision making.

• Dynamic airspace: near real-time configuration of airspace, blending human and system roles for civil and military users, with full automation in certain flight phases.

• Role and function of human operators: evolution and emergence of operator roles and skills, civil–military coordination, CNS interoperability, U-Space and HAO implications.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Grant model: HORIZON lump sum (HORIZON-AG-LS) with max 30-month duration (including 6 months for end-of-project communications/dissemination/exploitation).

• Admissibility, eligibility, financial/operational capacity, exclusion, evaluation, award criteria, scoring, thresholds and legal/financial setup per Horizon Europe General Annexes (Annexes A–G, D, E, F) and BAWP 2024-2025 Annex III.

• Protection of European communication networks restrictions apply.

• Additional dissemination obligations: proactive, royalty-free, timely sharing of all relevant results among grants under this call; to be described in proposals and Annex I.

• Additional exploitation obligations: make results available under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) conditions via a trusted repository; grant royalty-free, non-exclusive licences for standardisation; ensure mutual access to background and results of linked actions as specified in the BAWP and call.

• Enquiries to info-call@sesarju.eu at least two weeks before deadline; Q&A documents and bi-annual work programme updates govern topic conditions.
Important dates

Open from: 01/04/2025

Deadline:16/09/2025

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