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TRIP Transport Research & Innovation Portal
www.transport-research.info
Access to International Transportation Research
Information Conference TRB
12 September 2012
Contents
• Background: scope, goals and history
• Inside TRIP: what to be found, search mechanism, quick “roundTRIP”
• External links – partnerships: EU and national databases, potential and bottlenecks, link to TRID
Previously TRKC, TRIP has been a strong contributor to dissemination and promotion of transport research and
innovation since the initiative was created in 1997.
TRIP is the one single portal for all transport research conducted on European and national
levels.
What is TRIP?
Main Goals of TRIP
awareness understanding
Increase awareness of EU, national and
international transport research activities and
results
Enhance understanding of transport research projects activities and
results
Encourage the active take up of the transport
research activities and outcomes
active take-up
TRIP offers easy access to the most up-to-date
information in one single portal
TRIP offers aggregated analysis of transport
research results organised into 24 themes
TRIP stimulates innovation by accelerating the
application of research results through extended
networking
Who Benefits?
Policy makers at local, national and EU level, in the EU and beyond, researchers of transport and mobility,
RTD professionals, service providers, research users, and citizens can all benefit from TRIP.
TRIP increases awareness, understanding, and active take-up of transport activities and results. Easy access to the most up to date information is key to building and sharing knowledge, creating
solutions, and innovating for the future.
Key processes
awareness access
Increase awareness of EU, national and
international transport research activities and
results
Enhance access to transport research
projects activities and results
Strengthen the contents basis by providing relevant results of transport research
contents
TRIP is reaching out for TRIP users by actively
communicating transport research and innovation
and building partnerships
TRIP constantly expands its database by adding
information on projects, programmes and countries
TRIP offers easy access to the most up-to-date
information on one single website
Inside TRIP
• Project Database of more than 7,300 transport research related projects
• Country Profiles presenting national institutions
and organisations responsible for promoting and supporting transport research
• Programmes for research and innovation in transport
Inside TRIP
• Policy Brochures presenting highlights of the research results according to policy topics, and Research Summaries on 24 transport themes
• Videos for each policy brochure
• News of the latest in transport research, policies and innovation including monthly e-Newsletters
• Events Calendar of high-level international transport conferences
Find information on TRIP
• Full text search – Searches entire portal and related documents
• Database Search – Searches database fields associated with projects
e.g. title, origin, date, keyword, and more
Project Database Results
Acronym
Full title
Duration
Key themes
Source of funding
Contact information
Key project information
Country Profiles
The country profile sections presents national
institutions and organisations responsible
for promoting and supporting transport
research
All ERA Member States 30 Countries
Programmes
The Programme section contains
different programmes
which provide funding for
transport research at national,
European and international level.
Publications
TRIP publications comprise:
Policy Brochures presenting
highlights of the research results
according to policy topics, and
Research Summaries on 24 transport themes
.
News & Newsletters
News of the latest in
transport research,
policies and innovation
including monthly e-
Newsletters
External links - partnerships
• Positioning TRIP - need for partnerships
• Linking with other databases
Positioning TRIP
CORDIS
TRIP EC entities: DG RTD,
Connect, etc
National programmes
Sectoral databases:
UIC, etc
ERKC
Other sectors
EC projects: HERMES, ETNA, etc
Positioning TRIP
CORDIS
TRIP EC entities: DG RTD,
Connect, etc
National programmes
Sectoral databases:
UIC, etc
ERKC
Other sectors
EC projects: HERMES, ETNA, etc
TRB - TRID
Opportunities and challenges
• Excellent cooperation in covering EU funded transport research.
• In addition, there is a lot….. many initiatives at national and sectoral level. Willingness to share and exchange.
• Currently in the process of how to best manage this process.
• Challenging to fully integrate databases, for various reasons. Considering set of alternatives.