FUTUREROADS Programme 2021-2026 Programme Summary

Munkhbaatar Buuveibaatar, Judith Fauth, Linjun Lu, Yuandong Pan, Varun Kumar Reja, Shirin Malihi, Mengtian Yin, Junxiang Zhu, Yiming Zhang, Zhaojie Sun, Anand Sreeram, Vahid Afroughsabet, Quentin Félix Adam, Abbas Solouki, Ze Zhou Wang, Fengqiao Zhang, Daniel Großegger, Khashayar Kazemzadeh, Jie Liu, Jinying Xu, Zizhen Xu, Arsen Abdulali, Kai Fung Chu, Chapa Hewa Pelendage, Yue Xie, Xiang Wang

The Future Roads Fellowship Programme (FUTUREROADS) is a £6.3 million international research and training initiative led by the University of Cambridge to support the digital and sustainable transformation of road infrastructure. Running over five years, the programme brings together academia and industry to develop the next generation of research leaders through a series of 36‑month fellowships. The programme focuses on five key themes: Digital Twins Smart Materials Data Science Automation and Robotics Sustainability Solutions Supported by 24 industry partners, FUTUREROADS provides researchers with interdisciplinary training, international mobility, and opportunities to work closely with industry on real-world challenges facing road networks. Its aim is to advance innovative, low-carbon, resilient, and data-driven infrastructure solutions while strengthening research and innovation capacity across Europe. The programme is funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND scheme and has established a strong platform for collaboration between researchers, infrastructure owners, and industry stakeholders.