Why the EU supports research and innovation in road transport
Road transport contributes nearly a quarter of the EU's total CO2 emissions, but it is vital for the economy. It carries more freight and more passengers than all other modes combined and provides jobs for more than 10 million people.
Research in road transport is essential and has great potential for helping us live more sustainably, especially in cities where car transport is the main source of pollution.
Road vehicle automation is a major trend that could help make road transport safer and cleaner, while reducing congestion.
Other research priority areas are
- reducing the number of road deaths
- new vehicle concepts and production technology
- improving air quality by making car engines cleaner and more efficient
Funding opportunities
On this page you can find more information, the work programme and a link to the environment-related calls
COST (European cooperation in science and technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks
CEF Transport co-finances projects that enhance multimodality, improve infrastructure and advance innovation and new technologies.
Projects and results
Specialised collection of projects at European, national and international levels.
The Commission's primary portal for results of EU-funded road transport research projects .
Stories of particularly successful EU-funded road research projects.
Latest news, interviews and features about thought-provoking science and innovative research projects funded by the EU.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results.
Batteries policy recommendations based on evidence provided by EU research and innovation projects.
Collaboration and jobs
Find partners for open EU calls for proposal
The European Green Vehicles Initiative Association for the 2Zero partnership (EGVIAfor2Zero) is an international non-profit association engaged with the European Commission into the 2Zero partnership in order to represent the Partners other than the Union.
ERTRAC ETP brings together industries and services in the road transport sector to improve coordination between road transport research activities. It also creates synergies by clustering research and innovation capacities.
Network for local and regional authorities to work together to promote sustainable mobility by deploying innovative transport solutions.
Researcher jobs in related fields
Scientific publications, tools and databases
Dashboard where you can search for data on beneficiaries of H2020 funding for smart mobility and services
Scientific publications produced by the European Commission (JRC)
The Commission's Joint Research Centre compiles databases and develops software and modelling tools. You can access transport related ones here.
Online library of EU road transport research publications
Single point of access to open data produced by the EU institutions - all data free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes
You can access all scientific publications from Horizon 2020 via OpenAIRE
In July 2023, the EC published a stakeholder survey aimed at gathering insights from experts in the road transport community regarding the status of CCAM in Europe.
