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Specific Challenge:It is expected that the introduction of new delivery technologies such as drones, and mobility as a service will alter mobility which will result in large improvements in the quality of urban living. These unmanned aerial systems (UAS) require new kind of services. U-space services provide services to UAS flying without services from ATM, but may take place in airspace shared with manned aviation, some of which may be receiving ATC services. This exploratory research challenge refers to the development of new U-space services (especially in the more advanced U3 and U4 service levels), as well as to the linked regulatory challenges.
Scope:Proposals must include research activities leading to further development of the U-space concept. The following non-exhaustive research areas of interest have been identified by the SJU:
Application area 1: use of U-space services by general aviation
The objective is to research if U-space services that are being developed for drones may also be useful for manned aviation, including general aviation. This could include access to local weather information, dynamic obstacle data bases,...
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Specific Challenge:It is expected that the introduction of new delivery technologies such as drones, and mobility as a service will alter mobility which will result in large improvements in the quality of urban living. These unmanned aerial systems (UAS) require new kind of services. U-space services provide services to UAS flying without services from ATM, but may take place in airspace shared with manned aviation, some of which may be receiving ATC services. This exploratory research challenge refers to the development of new U-space services (especially in the more advanced U3 and U4 service levels), as well as to the linked regulatory challenges.
Scope:Proposals must include research activities leading to further development of the U-space concept. The following non-exhaustive research areas of interest have been identified by the SJU:
Application area 1: use of U-space services by general aviation
The objective is to research if U-space services that are being developed for drones may also be useful for manned aviation, including general aviation. This could include access to local weather information, dynamic obstacle data bases, information on planned or active drone activity, geo-fenced volumes or additional services provided to the drone community via a ground-based data communications network.
Application area 2: Common altitude reference
UAS must be able to keep clear of each other, and of manned aircraft using the same airspace. To ensure vertical separation from these aircraft, it is essential that they use the same altitude reference. They must also be able to keep clear of objects on the ground - buildings, cranes, trees, etc. - and of course people and property in general. Their pilots (or their on-board flight controllers) need, therefore, to be able to understand their height above the ground in an unambiguous way, to be able to relate this to databases of objects and terrain, and to the declared altitude of other aircraft.
EUROCONTROL and EASA have published a discussion paper and describes potential solutions, while identifying areas for additional research. Work under this topic should examine the EUROCONTROL/EASA discussion paper and augment its analysis in the light of additional investigation. It should also present final conclusions that propose a justified and tested solution to the common altitude reference issue.
Application area 3: Urban airspace rules
The largest concentration of drones is expected over large populated areas. This has led to the proposal that airspace above urban areas (e.g. up to 1000 ft. above) be declared drone-only airspace, where rules of the air do not apply (because there are no manned flights). Manned flights would still be possible (e.g. security forces, emergency services), but they would need special authorization, and proposals should be described about how this could safely be done without adversely affecting priority manned aviation. There are important challenges associated to this concept, both from the operational point of view and from the societal point of view (noise impact, acceptable accident rate). Research should also cover urban-specific issues such as, inter alia, C2 performance in a heavily built-up area, GNSS performance and the potential impact of micro-climates. Finally, models for the design and management of drone trajectories – fixed or otherwise – should be proposed and analysed to support potentially large numbers of simultaneous drone operations. Bids should review the existing literature and describe how their proposed work would address the existing challenges.
Application area 4: flight-planning and demand and capacity balancing for drones
As demand for drones over populated areas explodes, there will be a need for limiting the density of flights. Research should explore the initial U-space DCB concept, which may require drones to flight-plan and get approval before departure.
Application area 5: U-space separation management service
With increasing numbers of drones in flight, there may be a need to ensure that they remain separated from each other and from manned aviation. Note that this is distinct from the requirement to avoid collisions; this topic considers a formal process whereby drones are separated from other drones and manned aviation according to agreed concepts and minima, equating to the ICAO second layer of conflict management for manned aviation: separation provision. This research topic should consider under what circumstances separation provision will be necessary, and how it could be implemented. There is a need to establish who will be the separator (the drone itself or the U-space service), what the separation minima will be, and what the separation management processes will be. There is also a need to define when separation will be procedural (e.g. two drones on different routes can be deemed separated without needing to check their positions in real time), and when tactical separation will be applied (in which case the surveillance tracks must be separated beyond defined separation minima). For tactical separation, it is necessary to establish who will take the role of the separator (the U-space service or the drone), and what are the performance requirements needed by communications, navigation and surveillance systems to support the provision of tactical separation. For procedural separation, navigation performance requirements will need to be developed. The research should also consider how such separation services should behave when airspace is shared with manned aviation, with and without ATC. Finally, it should consider how separation services relate to complementary collision-avoidance technologies and procedures.
Application area 6: Drone traffic management for airports
It is expected that large airports will operate fleets of drones in support of airport operations, e.g. for runway and lighting inspection. Research will develop an airport drone management concept that ensures that airport drones can perform their function without posing a risk to operations at the airport.
The research should assess the feasibility and potential benefits of large airports operating fleets of drones in support of airport operations (e.g. for transporting spare parts or high value cargo, for runway and lighting inspection, etc.)
In particular, the research must develop of how airport service drones could be managed, de-conflicted, in order to smoothly move around their allocated areas in a safe and efficient manner.
Please note that the development of geofencing aspects are out of the scope of this research topic (they are already covered by GEOSAFE l). However, proposals in this area may develop geofencing requirements specific for airport service drones if they deem them necessary.
The U-space research areas described above do not constitute a prescriptive list; proposals addressing research outside of the research areas on the list are welcome, provided adequate justification and background are provided in the bid.
Projects working in this area must be willing to share information with one another and reserve effort for coordination with other projects in this area and with SJU activities that bring together all U-space research efforts (e.g. U-space demonstrations).
Expected Impact:Advanced U-space services will enable the safe and efficient operations of large numbers of drones without adversely affecting manned aviation.
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A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 Work Programme and in the SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021.
Proposal page limits and layout:
The title, list of participants and sections 1, 2 and 3, together, should not be longer than 35 pages, as established in the Call conditions for this call.
Please note that this page limit is lower than the standard one for Research and Innovation Actions.
Please refer to Part B of the SJU proposal template in the electronic submission system.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in the SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreement:
... 1. List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in Annex A of the H2020 Work Programme and in the SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 Work Programme and in the SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021.
Proposal page limits and layout:
The title, list of participants and sections 1, 2 and 3, together, should not be longer than 35 pages, as established in the Call conditions for this call.
Please note that this page limit is lower than the standard one for Research and Innovation Actions.
Please refer to Part B of the SJU proposal template in the electronic submission system.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in the SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of single-stage evaluation: maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
SESAR JU Research and Innovation Action (SESAR-RIA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
ER4 Proposal templates
SESAR JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional requirements:
The SESAR JU considers that proposals addressing topics in Work Area 2 can request a contribution from the EU between EUR 1.000.000 minimum and EUR 2.000.000 maximum and should end no later than Q4 2022 (including 6 months for dissemination activities after delivering final results). These conditions are intended to allow the specific challenges to be addressed appropriately.
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Financial support to Third Parties
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the H2020 main Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents
Please read carefully all documents below before the preparation of your application. The key reference documents below set out the purpose and scope of the Exploratory Research 4 Call for Proposals and describe the activities that will be implemented via the resulting Grant Agreements as well as the conditions for participation and award.
SJU Single Programming Document 2019-2021
Project Handbook of SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research Call ER4 - Programme Execution Guidance
Technical Specification of SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research 4 Call - ER4
ATM Master Plan
Communication Guidelines S2020 Projects
Frequently Asked Questions & Answers (all updates are constantly reflected in the document)
H2020 Regulation of Establishment
H2020 Rules for Participation
H2020 Specific Programme
Información adicional de la convocatoria
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