Membership criterias
Qualifications
- Being able to demonstrate research income of > €1m per annum for dedicated rail research (members from developing and low cost countries may be exempted if necessary)
- Employing >20 dedicated railway researchers
- Owning or having access to rail testing and consultancy facilities and access to other rail related research facilities (for instance in the field of satellite technology and others)
- Being able to prove specialist knowledge and expertise in UIC strategic priority areas
- Having a rail industry advisory board
- Being experienced in industrial collaboration and/or rail research partnerships
- Having research contracts/projects with UIC and/or UIC members
- Having UIC preferred capability and capacities
Secondary qualifications (recommended)
- Experienced in contributing to rail standards
- Having received Prizes/Awards for rail research
- Having a track record of rail research and development publications
- Having UIC or UIC members on their rail industry advisory board
- Having links with other influential international rail research providers
- Broad range of rail research expertise
- Being recognized as a top quality research provider with multi-modal research links and large research turnover