2020 TRA VISIONS in numbers

2020 Young Researcher Competition

In the TRA VISIONS 2020 YOUNG RESEARCHER COMPETITION, a total of 207 young researchers submitted 105 ideas.
The participating young researchers were from 24 different EU countries and 91 different universities.
The following charts contain some statistical information on all the ideas.

Young researcher ideas per mode

A total of 29 raod realted ideas were submitted, 17 rail, 26 waterborne ideas, 16 airborne ideas and 18 cross modal ideas. The charts show the number of young researcher ideas submitted per mode in percentage terms.

Road

TOTAL PROJECTS 29

Rail

TOTAL PROJECTS 17

Waterborne

TOTAL PROJECTS 26

Airborne

TOTAL PROJECTS 16

Cross-modality

TOTAL PROJECTS 18

Young researchers per country

The table shows the number of young researchers that participated per country. Young researchers were able to join the competition as individuals or as teams of up to 7 students.

Universities per country

The table shows the number of universities that participated in the young researcher competition per country.

Number of young researchers per university

Finally, this table shows the number of participating young researchers per university. Politecnico di Torino from Italy had the most young researchers participating while the University College London and Newcastle University came second and third.

Young researcher ideas per Research Area

The table shows the number of young researchers ideas per Research Area. The most popular Research Areas were RA7 - Technology and Engineering and RA8 - Planning, Modelling and System Design with 24 and 19 ideas, respectively, followed by RA3 - Automation and Robotisation and RA4 - Electrification, Energy and Power Alternatives with 12 ideas. The chart shows the number of young researcher ideas submitted per Research Area in percentage terms.

2020 Senior Researcher Competition

The TRA VISIONS 2020 Senior Researcher Competition received 81 entries from 20 countries. Only 49 were longlisted. The following charts contains some statistical information regarding all the seniors’ entries.

Entries per mode

A total of 20 road related entries, 7 rail related entries, 5 waterborne related entries, 5 airborne related entries and 12 cross modal related entries were submitted for the senior researcher competition. The charts show the number of entries submitted per mode in percentage terms.

Road

TOTAL PROJECTS 20

Rail

TOTAL PROJECTS 7

Waterborne

TOTAL PROJECTS 5

Airborne

TOTAL PROJECTS 5

Cross-modality

TOTAL PROJECTS 12

Entries per country

The table shows the number of entries submitted from each country. Spain was the largest contributor with a total of 10 eligible submissions, Italy came second with 9 submissions and UK and Germany came third with 8 entries each.

Entries per Research Area

The table shows the number of entries per Research Area. The most popular Research Areaa were RA1 “ Climate Change, Mitigation and Resilience“ with 10 research projects, RA5 “User-focused Mobility services, Servitisation” and RA7 “Technology and Engineering” with 7 research projects each.