Scenario-based safety assurance of CCAM and related HMI in a dynamically evolving transport system (CCAM Partnership)
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02
- Programme
- Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- May 6, 2024
- Deadline
- September 4, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €7,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €3,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €3,500,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 2
- Keywords
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01Sustainable transport - general
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Safe scaling up of the deployment of CCAM systems for all levels of automation, including systems that for part of the driving phases rely on human-machine interaction.
- Assurance of vehicle safety despite system changes, e.g., due to software updates and data exchanges between vehicles and the infrastructure.
- Facilitating the introduction of fast developing technological innovations in the CCAM system’s functionality, such as AI.
To ensure the safety of CCAM, it is essential that vehicles are not only safe during the (first) type approval, but also during their complete lifetime in a fast-changing road transport system. Changes can result from the evolution of the CCAM system itself, for example, as a result of increasing connectivity using V2X communication, the use of AI-based systems, and OTA (over-the-air) software updates. The traffic system, in which CCAM systems are being deployed, is changing at a rapid pace as well, with an increased market share of vehicles with higher levels of automation, new (personal) mobility devices and autonomous mobility robots (e.g., for package delivery).
At the same time, the way CCAM systems interact with humans in traffic is changing. Until full automation in transport is reached, the human driver will keep on playing an essential role. Also, the interaction with other road users will change, supported by technologies that allow a CCAM system to communicate its intentions to other road users.
As a consequence of these innovations and developments, the safe deployment of CCAM systems needs an extension of the safety validation procedures and certification schemes, taking advanced human-machine interaction and a continuous in-service monitoring approach into account. Due to the many different scenarios and variations that can occur realistically and that consequently need to be tested, it should be possible that a large part of the assessment is performed in a virtual simulation environment.
The proposed actions are expected to address all of the following aspects:
- Developing a validation methodology for scenario-based safety assurance of AI-based CCAM functions. Trustworthiness of the AI-algorithms depends on how well the system responds to scenarios in its Operational Design Domain (ODD) – specificity and how it responds in case it ends-up outside its ODD – robustness. Consequently, methods need to be developed on the use of scenarios to describe the ODD of AI-based systems.
- Connectivity. Developing validation procedures for CCAM systems that rely on V2X for safety-critical functions i.e., the inclusion of the connectivity context. Ensuring aspects of reliability, trustworthiness and cyber-security with respect to V2X is essential. The approach to V2X connectivity is technology neutral.
- Continuous Safety Assurance approach. Developing an approach for a continuous safety validation methodology, to monitor the safety state of deployed CCAM systems in operation (real traffic) during its service life, following type approval. Performance metrics for the reliability of the monitored data, including cyber-security aspects, and indicators for the safety state should be proposed. Also needed is the development of requirements for the monitoring system for use in future standardisation, regarding the exchange of data and safety performance indicators with service organisations and authorities.
- Validating the virtual approach. Developing tools that ensure the relevant degree of detail and the appropriate representation of other road users’ behaviour (incl. Vulnerable Road Users such as pedestrians and/or bicyclists) in virtual scenario-based testing. This includes methods to deal with perception, localisation, and world modelling errors in the validation procedures.
- Human Machine Interaction. Developing a safety assurance methodology that incorporates the assessment of Human Machine Interaction (both driver-vehicle and vehicle-road user) concepts for higher levels of automation (conformity checks as well as test set-ups with suitable metrics) ensuring safe communication between driver and vehicle and between vehicle and other road users, making Human Machine Interaction inclusive (i.e. in terms of age, mental and physical ability, cultural aspects, etc.).
Proposed actions are expected to develop recommendations for harmonisation and standardisation and to feed into on-going discussions regarding EU type vehicle approval rules as well as in the framework of the UNECE.
Actions should be based on the outcomes of previous methodologies developed in HEADSTART[1], as well as research funded under HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-02[2].
Upcoming CCAM projects, in particular in the area of large-scale demonstrations, validation, digital infrastructure and key enabling technologies should be taken into account to ensure compatibility.
Links should be established with the Mobility Data Space initiatives from Digital Europe, federated data infrastructure projects (Gaia-X, International Data Spaces, Big Data Value - BDV).
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged, in particular with Japan and the United States but also with other relevant strategic partners in third countries.
This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility’ (CCAM). As such, projects resulting from this topic will be expected to report on results to the European Partnership ‘Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility’ (CCAM) in support of the monitoring of its KPIs.
[1] https://www.headstart-project.eu/
[2] “Common approaches for the safety validation of CCAM systems”
Destination & Scope
This Destination includes activities addressing safe and smart mobility services for passengers and goods.
Europe needs to manage the transformation of supply-based transport into safe, resilient and sustainable transport and demand-driven, smart mobility services for passengers and goods. Suitable research and innovation will enable significant safety, environmental, economic and social benefits by reducing accidents caused by human error, decreasing traffic congestion, reducing energy consumption and emissions of vehicles, increasing efficiency and productivity of freight transport operations. To succeed in this transformation, Europe’s ageing (and not always sustainable) transport infrastructure needs to be prepared for enabling cleaner and smarter operations.
Europe needs also to maintain a high-level of transport safety for its citizens. Resilience should be built in the transport systems to prevent, mitigate and recover from disruptions. Research and innovation will underpin the three safety pillars: technologies, regulations and human factors.
This Destination contributes to the following Strategic Plan’s Key Strategic Orientations (KSO):
- C: Making Europe the first digitally enabled circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy through the transformation of its mobility, energy, construction and production systems;
- A: Promoting an open strategic autonomy[1] by leading the development of key digital, enabling and emerging technologies, sectors and value chains to accelerate and steer the digital and green transitions through human-centred technologies and innovations.
It covers the following impact areas:
- Industrial leadership in key and emerging technologies that work for people;
- Smart and sustainable transport.
The expected impact, in line with the Strategic Plan, is to contribute to “Safe, seamless, smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable mobility systems for people and goods thanks to user-centric technologies and services including digital technologies and advanced satellite navigation services”, notably through:
- Accelerating the implementation of innovative connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM) technologies and systems for passengers and goods (more detailed information below).
- Further developing a multimodal transport system through sustainable and smart long-haul and urban freight transport and logistics, upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for smarter vehicles and operations, for optimised system-wide network efficiency (more detailed information below).
- Drastically decreasing the number of transport accidents, incidents and fatalities towards the EU’s long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 even in road transportation (Vision Zero) and increase the resilience of transport systems (more detailed information below).
Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM)
Joint actions are foreseen between the “Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility” (CCAM) partnership, the “2ZERO” Partnership and the Mission on “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities”, in particular the Joint topic “Co-designed smart systems and services for user-centred shared zero-emission mobility of people and goods in urban areas (see work programme of the Cities’ Mission 2023).
To test CCAM solutions, applicants can seek possibilities of involving the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in order to valorise the relevant expertise and physical facilities of JRC in demonstrating and testing energy and mobility applications of the JRC Living Lab for Future Urban Ecosystems https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-facility/living-labs-at-the-jrc
Main expected impacts:
- Seamless, affordable and user oriented CCAM based solutions with particular focus on shared, smart and zero emission mobility and goods deliveries for all and high public buy-in of these solutions.
- Validated safety and security, improved robustness and resilience of CCAM technologies and systems.
- Vehicle technologies and solutions which optimise the on-board and off-board experience in terms of well-being, security and privacy.
- Comprehensive set of verification, validation and rating procedures of CCAM systems
- Secure and trustworthy interaction between road users, CCAM and “conventional” vehicles, physical and digital infrastructure and services to achieve safer and more efficient transport flows (people and goods) and better use of infrastructure capacity.
- Clear understanding of societal needs and impacts of CCAM (including ethics, employment, socio-economic impacts) at individual and collective level, to ensure a more tailored, resilient and sustainable deployment of CCAM solutions.
- Better coordination of public and private R&I actions, large-scale testing and implementation plans in Europe towards harmonisation and standardisation.
Multimodal and sustainable transport systems for passengers and goods
Main expected impacts:
- Upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for clean, accessible and affordable multimodal mobility.
- Sustainable and smart long-haul and regional (including links to urban) freight transport and logistics, through increased efficiency and improved interconnectivity.
- Reduced external costs (e.g. congestion, traffic jams, emissions, air and noise pollution, road collisions) of passenger mobility and freight transport, as well as optimised system-wide network efficiency and resilience.
- Enhanced local and/or regional capacity for governance and innovation in passenger mobility and freight transport.
Safety and resilience - per mode and across all transport modes
Main expected impacts:
Safety in Urban Areas / Road Transport Safety
- Drastic reduction in serious injuries and fatalities in road crashes by 2030 and establishing a framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU.
- Avoiding risks, collisions and finding new ways of reducing long term consequences of road crashes.
- Minimising the effects of disruptive changes on transport safety and improving the resilience of transport systems by design.
- Better infrastructure safety on urban and secondary rural roads throughout a combination of adaptable monitoring and maintenance solutions.
Waterborne Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safe and secure exploitation of technologies like digitalisation, Internet of Things, and sensors
Aviation Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safety through aviation transformation (from green/digital technologies uptake up to independent certification).
[1] ‘Open strategic autonomy’ refers to the term ‘strategic autonomy while preserving an open economy’, as reflected in the conclusions of the European Council 1 – 2 October 2020.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
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 Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
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Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard application form (HE RIA IA Stage 1)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
MGA
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
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Latest Updates
Call update: EVALUATION results
Published: 07/12/2022
Deadline: 05/09/2024
Available budget: EUR 124,500,000.00
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
Topic | D6-01-01 | D6-01-02 | D6-01-03 | D6-01-04 | D6-01-05 | D6-01-06 | D6-01-07 |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 48 | 15 |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of ineligible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 34 | 12 |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 47,762,928.00 € | 27,999,436.00 € | 29,963,857.00 € | 135,479,203.00 € | 4,499,846.00 € | 171,508,721.00 € | 116,678,805.00 € |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Funding threshold* | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14 | 14 | 10.5 | 14 | 15 |
Ranking distribution |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
Topic | D6-01-08 | D6-01-09 | D6-01-10 | D6-01-11 | D6-01-12 | D6-01-13 | |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 29 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of ineligible proposals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 0 | |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 39,465,318.00 € | 41,766,523.00 € | 56,781,814.00 € | 85,857,663.00 € | 38,573,706.00 € | 0.00 € | |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Funding threshold* | 12 | 14.5 | 14 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
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Ranking distribution | |||||||
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
Summary of the observer report:
"The selection of experts was found to be well balanced, and the experts complemented each other well. In general, the content of the topics was well covered by the experts. The CINEA staff was well prepared, and the organisational set-up was professionally arranged. Transparency was ensured through briefings, clear guidelines and quality control. The evaluation process was found efficient, with well-organized briefings and supporting documentation. The evaluation was considered fair and impartial, with high confidentiality maintained. The evaluation was conducted in full conformity with the applicable rules and guidance documents, and the quality of the entire evaluation process was high. The report also highlights some recommendations for improvement".
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
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The call for proposals HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01 closed on 05/09/2024. 239 proposals were submitted to the call. The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-01 (RIA): 12
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02 (RIA): 3
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03 (IA): 7
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-04 (RIA): 30
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05 (CSA): 1
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06 (RIA): 51
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-07 (IA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08 (IA): 32
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09 (RIA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-10 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-11 (RIA): 31
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13 (CSA): 2
Following the adoption of an amendment to the 2023-2024 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, a topic has been added to call HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01, namely topic HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13: “EU Member States/Associated countries research policy cooperation network to accelerate zero-emission road mobility (2ZERO Partnership)”.