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• Clean Sky 2 Call for Proposals 08
  EU · Horizon · Deadline 2018-07-12

  Specific Challenge : The aim of the project is to develop a universal head for butt and lap joining of 0.4 – 3.0 mm thicknesses sheet metal plate using linear friction stir welding (FSW) for aluminum alloys 2xxx and 7xxx series. Developed head shall allow welding of flat and concave-convex geometries (R > 200 mm) and shall provide integration with most commercially available CNC machines (independently from machine control system). Please refer to the full topic descriptions document published in this call.

• Clean Sky Call for Proposals 04
  EU · Horizon · Deadline 2016-10-05

  Specific Challenge : The next generation of power electronic module needs to be highly integrated to reduce the weight impact for the more electrical aircraft. If new technologies of power components such as SiC and GAN support higher temperature environment, these power components need to be cooled to maintain reliable operating temperatures. The challenge is to develop effective heat sinks that serve for extracting and transferring the dissipated power from the power semiconductors with removal of heat by means of air flow through the heat sink. For this application, the partner shall combine material with high thermal conductivity properties and optimized folded brazed fin heat sink solution. The evaluation of heat sink prototypes is expected as a stand-alone effort and also in a mechanical structure to represent a power management system integrating a few electronic modules equipped with the high efficiency heat sink technology.

• Integration of Third-Country Nationals
  EU · Culture · Deadline 2018-03-01

  Scope : Integration happens first and foremost at local level and will only succeed if exchanges between third-country nationals and host-country nationals are fostered and encouraged from the very early stages through different activities such as cultural, sport or other activities. Volunteering can be a particularly effective way to foster the interaction between EU citizens and third country nationals at the local level. Therefore, projects submitted under this priority might include a volunteering component, involving both EU citizens and the third-country nationals. Synergies with the "European Solidarity Corps"[ https://europa.eu/youth/SOLiDARIty_en .] can be created in this regard. The objective is to support local communities making efforts to promote these exchanges and replicate this experience in other communities. The objectives of this priority are to: Support community building activities aiming at the integration of third country nationals at local level; Promote exchanges between third-country and host-country nationals at local level; Build partnerships and cooperation among all the actors involved in promoting integration at community level. Projects applications submitted under the present call for proposals under priority 2 can include the following activities (this list is non-exhaustive): cultural exchanges, in particular to promote culture and values of the receiving society, European values and the culture of the country of origin, including in the context of the 2018 European Year for Cultural Heritage; volunteering based activities in support of integration activities, involving EU citizens and third-country nationals at the community/neighbourhood level; sport, cultural and other educational activities; activities aiming at empowering migrants to participate in general community life.

• Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2023-04-20

  ExpectedOutcome : Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Increased number of solutions and approaches for construction of zero-emission buildings. Enhanced productivity of construction compared to standard practice. Reduced embodied emission and increased carbon storage, enhanced energy performance. Improved comfort, Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Environmental Quality. Increased awareness on zero-emission construction best practices. Enhanced circularity of construction. Scope : To demonstrate that high-quality and affordable zero-emission buildings, in line with the Proposed Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, can be delivered and mainstreamed. With new buildings already required to be nearly-zero energy buildings, the focus is on how to achieve zero emissions, zero or positive energy standards and how to reduce embodied emissions, also storing CO 2 where possible (using recycled, zero-carbon, or sustainably sourced construction materials acting as carbon sinks). Proposals are expected to address all of the following: Demonstrate innovative construction approaches and scalable solutions based on integrated existing solutions into standardised packages for a cost-effective construction of (new) zero-emission buildings, in line with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Ensure the approaches demonstrated: Allow to achieve zero or positive energy standards and to reduce embodied emissions, also storing carbon where possible, using recycled, zero-carbon or sustainably sourced carbon-storing construction materials. rely on mature construction products and materials, and technical building systems, seeking to deliver solutions that are ready for application and use, in view of significantly enhancing the energy performance of buildings. address all components of buildings (envelope, technical building systems, on-site renewable energy – e.g. BIPV – and, where relevant, electric vehicle charging points). are rooted in local and regional value chains for sourcing of buildings components and for involvement and upskilling of local and regional businesses. are tailored for the applicable regulatory framework: EU, national, and (where relevant) regional and local level. have strong potential for replication across Europe, in particular by construction SMEs. Demonstrations that include at least three real-life new construction projects, of which one at least should target public buildings. Ensure that the demonstrations: Cover at least three countries, with diverse climatic conditions and architectural patterns. Involve local and regional values chains, in particular SMEs, based on participatory approaches to increase innovation acceptability. Lead to clear and, where relevant, quantified and measurable indicators on the results achieved. An ambitious EU-wide dissemination roadmap addressing all relevant stakeholders (in particular businesses and authorities) to: promote the zero-emission buildings innovative construction approaches demonstrated. share guidance and recommendations on best practices for zero-emission construction. provide feedback to policy makers at EU, national, and (where relevant) regional and local level regarding the deployment of innovative and cost efficient solutions for constructing zero-emission buildings. Specific Topic Conditions : Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

• Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2016-01-21

  Specific Challenge : The competitiveness of European manufacturing depends on producing differentiated and high added value products in an efficient and sustainable manner, with reduced production costs, increased product quality and minimised time to market. To create a long-lasting competitive advantage for the European process industry it is also needed to properly inter-relate the production with modern and innovative ways of doing business. Therefore, technological innovation in sustainable manufacturing in the process industry needs to be matched with new business models, which may support industry and cross-sector clusters as well as industrial parks, while also allowing more flexible and delocalised operations. These new business models should be designed to address the barriers which have so far prevented regionally or locally adapted solutions, with an emphasis on technical but also non-technological barriers, such as legal, regulatory or cultural ones. On the other hand, these new business models should allow the positive interactions between the different actors (firms, neighbouring municipalities, infrastructure administrations), which can allow positive outcomes in terms of accrued economic value associated with perceived level of attractiveness to inward investors, leading to jobs creation, and sustainable development promotion by local authorities, industries and policy makers. In addition, these business models should consider the influence of industrial consumer trends on future energy and resource systems to achieve ambitious sustainability paths, which will be very relevant for the whole market. Scope : New business solutions should enable higher throughput operations and allowing industry to produce in a distributed and small scale manner; these new business models are expected to be more flexible and demand-driven. Site re-optimization studies will help identifying barriers towards good practice solutions and integrating several industries or processes. Activities should focus on all of the following areas: To determine the spatial flexibility parameters which allow to optimise activities interdependence and to define the resource flexibility parameters which allow optimising yearly fluxes between companies Integrated business model solutions for customer-driven supply chain management based on intensified processing. To deliver design constraints for new decentralised locations, which would position them, if applied, in the industrial symbiosis category, To pinpoint the routes which allow the reduction of carbon footprint at affordable interdependence investments Scenarios for novel distributed and intensified processing, sourcing and design solutions linking individual "home-based" designers and manufacturers to the supply-chain, promoting social inclusion and deploying skills locally available. Scenarios for local sourcing and supply, thus reducing the environmental footprint, taking into account both raw material and energy sources The proposals are expected to include an evaluation of best use and practical cases for intensified processing, while also providing an understanding on the research needs to achieve rapid deployment of the novel business solutions in particular consumer-targeted domains and a roadmap for their implementation. All relevant supply-chain stakeholders should be considered (including representatives from socio-economic sciences) and it is expected that SMEs will play an important role in the deployment and application of future business models. The needs of SMEs as part of the supply-chain should be addressed. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU between EUR 250000 and 500000 would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. No more than one action will be funded. Expected Impact : A study on the research needs to develop

• Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2016-10-27

  Specific Challenge : Microfluidics devices were initially based on non-polymeric materials like silicon or glass, manufactured in facilities developed for the semiconductor industry. New fabrication techniques that are completely based on polymer/plastic materials can lead to reducing fabrication costs and optimise time, including rapid prototyping methods for a new range of products. A new generation of 3D micro and nano structured and/or injection moulded polymeric or ceramic microfluidic MEMS products are targeted. Applications may include MEMS for nozzles or filters, sensor applications, lab-on-chip systems, printed biochemical materials, soft substrates etc., and open for new applications, including disposables where production cost need to be kept to a minimum. The adoption of environment friendly material solutions may also be explored (e.g. biodegradable materials, materials from renewable resources, reusable/recyclable materials). While typical features for the mentioned applications may be larger than leading edge semiconductor processes, the required feature sizes are nonetheless significantly smaller than what is available with current standard printing and injection moulding techniques i.e. micro- and nano-fabrication capabilities are required. Scope : The proposed pilot lines should address the development, upscaling and demonstration in relevant industrial environments. They should use existing pilot lines as a starting point for development, incorporating new materials and methods and/or instrumentation with real time characterization for measurement, analysis and monitoring at the nanoscale to characterise relevant materials, process properties and product features. The aim is to increase the level of robustness and repeatability of such industrial processes; to optimise and evaluate the increased performance of production lines in terms of productivity and cost-effectiveness; and finally to assess the functionality and performance of the new materials/products. Proposals should address the complete research-development-innovation cycle and obstacles remaining for industrial application, and involve a number of relevant materials producers and users, also considering the needs of SMEs. Non-technological aspects key for the marketing of such products (e.g. standardization, regulatory issues, user acceptance, HSE aspects, LCA) need to be considered. Applications may fall within areas such as: 3D micro and nano printed and/or injection moulded biological applications (including instrument on a chip, bio-medical/bio-physical sensors, Lab-on-chip, organ-on-a-chip, bio-compatible or toxic scaffolds, active influence of cell growth & differentiation). 3D micro and nano printed and/or injection moulded polymeric or ceramic microfluidic MEMS for nozzles or filters, sensor applications, and multi-use chip (including also injection molded nanostructures in polymers). In-line process control technologies as well as characterization methods needs to be included in order to meet recognised quality, environmental and safety standards and legislations. The increased performances of the production lines in terms of productivity and cost-effectiveness should be demonstrated together with the relative improved functionality and performance of the resulting products. SME needs should be catered for, e.g. through a coordinated network of pilot line, test and validation services, in order to prepare for management decisions to progress to the next step of new technology deployment, i.e. installation of industrial pilot lines and enter the commercialization stage. Activities are expected to focus on Technology Readiness Levels 4 to 6, and target Technology Readiness Level 7. This topic addresses cross-KET activities. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU between EUR 5 and 8 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submis

• 2018-2020 Mobility for Growth
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2020-04-28

  Specific Challenge : Innovative solutions in the fields of connected and automated transport, shared mobility, inter-modality, etc. are being deployed or tested for wide-scale implementation, re-shaping mobility and affecting the operation and business models of the transport sector. These changes result in the emergence of new stakeholders and services, new types of data (in particular ‘Big Data’), new risks and socio-economic impacts. The effective integration of disruptive technologies and solutions in the transport system, and policy design relies strongly on the capability to analyse, monitor and, assess mobility solutions and their potential socio-economic impact. However, current methodological tools, databases and models are not adapted to meet new research needs – including for electric mobility - resulting in growing knowledge gaps. In particular, many of the new knowledge needs require additional data, new data collection and management approaches, as well as new methods and tools to exploit the new types of data (in particular ‘Big Data’). Scope : Proposals should address all of the following aspects: Identify major conceptual, methodological and technical needs for analysis, monitoring and assessment of new and emerging mobility trends and solutions. Examine how conventional concepts and variables such as, for example, efficiency, reliability, safety, comfort and security evolve with the new mobility concepts and the new societal and industrial structures to which the future transport network will provide services. Identify major new concepts and variables that play an increasingly important role in transport/mobility analysis, and devise methods to estimate/quantify them. Elaborate advanced methods and tools for monitoring, assessment and analysis of mobility solutions. Review and assess a range of options for collecting and using new data, through new data collection and management approaches, as well as new methods and tools to exploit data (such as, for example, ‘Big Data’), taking into account different type of variables such as gender, age, ethnicity, etc. when relevant. Proposals can choose to focus either on passenger or logistics/freight sectors. Proposals should build on the latest state of the art in the research domain. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 1 and 2 million would allow the specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Expected Impact : Research will result in designing an up to date set of concepts, methods and tools that respond to the emerging disruptive technologies and solutions and that can be used in support of transport/mobility researchers, planners and policy makers. They will contribute to generating new knowledge and capabilities and serve for the purposes of effective implementation of innovative transport polices. Cross-cutting Priorities : Gender Socio-economic science and humanities

• Promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
  EU · Digital · Deadline 2023-05-25

  Objective : Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate crime and hate speech All forms and manifestations of hatred are incompatible with the EU values and the fundamental rights enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty and the Charter. Hatred affects the individual victims and the groups they belong to, generates societal polarisation and silences wide sectors of the population, weakening pluralism and undermining respectful public democratic debates. The online world has amplified the negative effects of hate speech. Hate crimes are a direct violation of the victims’ fundamental right to dignity, to equality and non-discrimination. Combating hate speech and hate crime is therefore a key part of the Commission’s action to promote EU values and to ensure that the Charter is upheld. At EU level, the 2008 Council Framework Decision requires the criminalisation of certain forms of hate speech and hate crimes. Also, the Commission adopted a Communication in December 2021 inviting the Council of the European Union to extend the legal basis for EU-level criminalisation to other forms of hate speech and hate crime beyond the racist and xenophobic grounds already covered by the Framework Decision. Civil society organisations play a crucial role in combating hate speech and hate crime, thereby safeguarding and promoting fundamental rights. Projects under this priority should aim to enable civil society organisations to establish mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities to support the reporting of episodes of hate crime and hate speech; to ensure support to victims of hate speech and hate crime; and to support law enforcement, including through training or data collection methodologies and tools. Projects should also focus on activities that tackle hate speech online, including reporting content to IT companies, designing countering narrative and awareness raising campaigns, and educational activities to address the societal challenges of hate speech online.

• Call for EDF development actions implemented via actual cost grants
  EU · Energy · Deadline 2023-11-22

  Objective : The main objective of the next generation self-protection systems (SPS) is to increase survivability of fixed-wing and rotary-wing, combat or non-combat aircraft in hostile environments. SPS is to face a wide, heterogeneous and evolving spectrum of hostile and directly threatening systems of surveillance, as well as to prioritise risks in the operational area and select the proper reaction mode through a network of distributed capabilities exploiting sensor nodes of various type inter/intra platforms. It should be reconfigurable depending on the mission and the platform targeted. It should also be able to self-adapt while operating, based on scenario monitoring and mission assets availability. Specific objective When operating in semi-permissive or even non-permissive environments, fixed- and rotary- wing platforms face a large spectrum of hostile systems of surveillance and direct threats, which are continuously improving their technology and effectiveness. Recent events in Ukraine and Syria clearly call for not neglecting any high intensity scenario and question the current self-protection capabilities of fixed- and rotary-wing, combat and non-combat platforms. Surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles with a wide range of guiding systems (RF, optronics) and a wide range of associated surveillance/warning systems are to be considered, as well as hostile fires and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The specific objective is to develop an enhanced SPS able to protect against: direct threats (e.g. missiles, loitering munition, RPG, etc.); indirect threats (e.g. surveillance/acquisition/tracking systems also with Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) radar capability; new proliferating types of threats, such as those in the field of loitering munitions, directed energy weapons (DEW) and cyber electromagnetic activity (CEMA) capabilities. Scope : The proposals must address the design, prototyping and testing of a new generation of integrated self-protection system, designed to protect both fixed- and rotary-wing, combat and non-combat platforms, with very high efficiency, in view of allowing the usage of these platforms for mission accomplishment even in contested airspace. Types of activities The following table lists the types of activities which are eligible for this topic, and whether they are mandatory or optional (see Article 10(3) EDF Regulation) : Types of activities (art 10(3) EDF Regulation) Eligible? (a) Activities that aim to create, underpin and improve knowledge, products and technologies , including disruptive technologies, which can achieve significant effects in the area of defence ( generating knowledge ) No (b) Activities that aim to increase interoperability and resilience, including secured production and exchange of data, to master critical defence technologies, to strengthen the security of supply or to enable the effective exploitation of results for defence products and technologies ( integrating knowledge ) Yes(optional) (c) Studies , such as feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of new or upgraded products, technologies, processes, services and solutions Yes(optional) (d) Design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the definition of the technical specifications on which such a design has been developed, including any partial test for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment Yes(mandatory) (e) System prototyping of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology Yes(mandatory) (f) Testing of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology Yes(mandatory) (g) Qualification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology Yes(optional) (h) Certification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology Yes(optional) (i) Development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies Yes(optional) The prop

• Call for EDF development actions implemented via actual cost grants
  EU · Digital · Deadline 2023-11-22

  Objective : Main Battle Tanks (MBT) remain a pivotal element of land military manoeuvre, especially in a conventional warfare context, thanks to their unique combination of protection, mobility, and firepower. Nonetheless, MBTs currently numbered in the fleet inventories of the EU Member States and EDF associated countries (Norway) are either ageing or obsolete and, therefore, the latter face the compelling need to modernise their in-service platforms and replace those of them approaching the end of their operational life. Against this background, the upgrade of current and development of future main battle tank technologies capable of outstanding operational effectiveness and mission success in all possible future scenarios are highly necessary. Specific objective To this end, it is of key importance for future European MBT systems to: be designed to operate in all environments, including urban and symmetrical high intensity warfare, counter peer or near peer and asymmetrical threats, by operating dispersed in the context of multi-dimensional operations; have a higher level of protection, enhanced stealth capability, enhanced survivability in all environments against symmetric and asymmetric threats, and resilience against cyber- and electronic warfare-attacks; have a higher capability of detecting and identifying threats at greater distances; be operated by a smaller crew, compared to present/today’s designs, allowing the system to be lighter, more compact, and agile; be equipped with advanced command and control system that supports the crew with situational awareness, target acquisition, target engagements, target handover, battle space management, data- and information sharing; be able to cooperate with adjacent manned and unmanned robotic assets; rely on a superior firepower to engage and win symmetrical duels, as well as to conduct urban and asymmetrical operations successfully; rely on advanced mobility (e.g. higher speed, better manoeuvrability in all terrains, new operating modes such as silent mode), a lower fuel consumption, greater operational range and autonomy, and supply the increased electric demand of on-board equipment and weapons; be prepared to be operated unmanned in the future. Scope : The proposals must address studies and design for the upgrade of current and development of future main battle tank technologies, including enabling and green technologies, leading to a system level, capable of outstanding operational effectiveness and mission success in all possible future scenarios. Furthermore, the proposals must take into account aspects such as mobility, deployability, autonomy, firepower, protection and cybersecurity. Types of activities The following table lists the types of activities which are eligible for this topic, and whether they are mandatory or optional (see Article 10(3) EDF Regulation) : Types of activities (art 10(3) EDF Regulation) Eligible? (a) Activities that aim to create, underpin and improve knowledge, products and technologies , including disruptive technologies, which can achieve significant effects in the area of defence ( generating knowledge ) No (b) Activities that aim to increase interoperability and resilience, including secured production and exchange of data, to master critical defence technologies, to strengthen the security of supply or to enable the effective exploitation of results for defence products and technologies ( integrating knowledge ) Yes(optional) (c) Studies , such as feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of new or upgraded products, technologies, processes, services and solutions Yes(mandatory) (d) Design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the definition of the technical specifications on which such a design has been developed, including any partial test for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment Yes(mandatory) (e) System prototyping of a defence product, tangible or intangible c

• HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2024-04-18

  ExpectedOutcome : The target outcomes address consolidation of results in the field of: Architectures providing built-in capabilities/mechanisms that enable the seamless integration of multiple system segments (e.g., public and private, terrestrial and satellite, inter-operation among operators, computing and networking) and allow the establishment of innovative business models, including the migration and deployment models. Increased global resilience (at a technical and economical level) is expected to be a key outcome of these architecture innovations. Innovative solutions for native and trustworthy AI for telecommunication to support end-to-end operational processes. Mechanisms (e.g., Digital twinning frameworks) to be used for the improved management and operation of 6G networks. New communication mechanisms and methods that new system level communication concepts and associated protocols and methods that will enable optimized communications such as shared situational awareness and dynamic capabilities among all stakeholders (verticals, service providers and network operators) through appropriate interfaces including APIs. Enhanced data plane frameworks that guarantee economically and technically sustainable architectures with cross-flow resource management capabilities. Algorithms, software and hardware implementations paired with organisational processes where appropriate, which can be used for PoC and later trials systems. Dissemination of solutions for international consensus building, which can be exploited in standardisation activities. Contributions to international standardisation, considering also topics related to backward compatibility and further evolution of the 6G architecture. Objective : Please refer to the "Specific Challenges and Objectives" section for Stream B in the Work Programme, available under ‘Topic Conditions and Documents - Additional Documents’. Scope : The focus of this Strand is on several complementary issues mentioned below and applicants may select one or more of these issues. New design approaches for 6G system architecture systems in all aspects of control, data and management plane including further advances that emerge out of the collaboration of individual networks or subsystems owned by different stakeholders, at computing and networking levels. These subsystems may potentially include Non-Public Networks (NPN) - including short/extreme connectivity - and/or NTN segments. This may require rethinking key service and network interfaces, structure and enablers covering simplification, sustainability, energy-efficiency, resource or asset sharing, resource configuration orchestration and allocation, robustness, and security, federation and mobility across networks. For the new advanced 6G services, it is desirable to enhance networks with the capability to guarantee a certain performance (i.e., latency, reliability, throughput) across different operation conditions (e.g., using overlay time synchronisation). Negotiation, accounting and billing across multiple systems, as well proper authentication, authorisation are also in scope. The work covers the migration/deployment strategies that may be most appropriate in EU deployment scenarios. Native and trustworthy integration of AI for telecommunications , including edge cloud continuum. Native integration of AI/ML is in scope to implement end-to-end adaptive decision-making ensuring conflict resolution and a high degree of trustworthiness while addressing privacy and explainability issues, operating at different time scales with expected impact on energy and network as well as other services’ performance. Network exposure to vertical application developers including protocols, algorithms, architectures and solutions for user-to-systems interface. Allowing exposition of available resources and required/value-added service attributes (performance, security, sustainability) related to the user applications and getting semantic of the requireme

• HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2024-04-18

  ExpectedOutcome : The key expected outcomes include: Realistic applicability of AI at large scale in 6G networks for natively supporting AI architectures, common data sets and/or federated learning methodologies and assessment models, including re-training of models with the introduction/update of the data sets; AI/ML solutions that will have impactful contribution to standardisation activities; Interpretability solution exploring standard-compliance testing & debugging techniques. Development of curated data sets of realistic 6G scenarios (using new real and/or synthetic data sets) for reference usage in telecommunication research and standardisation, targeting their wide acceptance and future usage for benchmarking by future EU R&I activities. Analysis, aggregation and harmonisation of results from existing projects and creation of an overall framework for benchmarking and calibration, end-to-end testing and evaluation of AI solutions for 6G networks. Metrics and models to assess the pros and cons of AI technologies in telecommunications, including aspects as energy efficiency, explainability, reliability, safety and security, non-discrimination, privacy and performance as well as usability & accessibility for users. Specific focus should be on energy-efficiency and computational complexity that are still open issues for real-time hardware. Recommendations for policy and regulatory guidelines on the development and usage of AI solutions for network optimisations and provision of AI as a service. Development of a trustworthy AI framework which should be addressed in each stage of the AI system building (from data to model development etc.). Focus should be on implementation and connected to current standardization efforts and state-of-the-art Open Source frameworks and tooling. Objective : Please refer to the "Specific Challenges and Objectives" section for Stream B in the Work Programme, available under ‘Topic Conditions and Documents - Additional Documents’. Scope : The focus of this Strand is on several complementary issues and applicants may select several or all the below-mentioned issues. The main goal of this project is to fill the gaps and work on the end-to-end system integration of SNS AI/ML solutions, or national level developed AI/ML solutions and not to focus on dedicated AI/ML problems of specific network domains. The targeted project scope includes: Development of a reference framework for end-to-end AI usage for the telecommunications domain in relation to 6G, including methodologies for centralized, distributed and federated applications, reference use cases, data acquisition and generation, repositories, curated training and evaluation data, as well as the technologies and functionalities needed to use it as a benchmarking platform for future AI/ML solutions for 6G networks. The framework should be expandable so that future R&I actions can follow its directives and easily provide new use cases and data sets. Towards this end, the reference framework shall be hardware-agnostic, so that it can support heterogeneous hardware implementations. Development of appropriate data infrastructure and functionalities that will enable novel AI-based services as well as AI as a Service to vertical industries. Models for AI costs and benefits in telecommunications applications. Typical 6G metrics should be able to be evaluated, including but not limited to data rate, latency, density, energy efficiency, flexibility and performance, and/or security and privacy, but other value metrics can be considered as well. Solutions that will guarantee reliable use of the technology and build trust in 6G and services enabled by 6G. Associated topics include: i) AI environment (training, development, production) evaluation; ii) assessment models of reliable AI costs and performance value; iii) conflict resolution among local and global AI models, iv) Vulnerability assessment of AI models for different telecommunication ap

• Enhancing the European R&I system
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2024-03-12

  ExpectedOutcome : Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Advanced and sustainable policy coordination support on ERA objectives on gender equality and inclusiveness among Member States and Associated Countries and through stakeholder and citizen engagement; Improved career paths and working conditions in European research and innovation organisations, including in the private sector, through enhanced policy dialogue on inclusive gender equality plans and policies; Increased research quality and societal responsibility and relevance of knowledge and innovations, through the integration of the gender and intersectional dimension in research and innovation content; Increased geographical inclusiveness by targeting less experienced countries and regions in terms of inclusive gender equality policies in research and innovation; Increased inclusion of underrepresented and socially disadvantaged persons in European research and innovation, through an intersectional lens on gender equality plans and policies. Scope : As the new package adopted on 26 November 2021 on the European Research Area (ERA) framework [1] reaffirms, there is a need for policy coordination to advance the implementation of the ERA gender equality and inclusiveness objectives within Member States, Associated Countries and among other ERA stakeholders, building on the commitment expressed through the Ljubljana Declaration on gender equality in research and innovation [2] . Ensuring the active promotion of gender equality and inclusiveness entails opening up gender equality policies in R&I to diversity, and more specifically to: social categories and grounds for discrimination intersecting with gender, such as ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or socio-economic status; ensuring geographical inclusiveness; and opening to the innovation and private sector. This new inclusive approach to gender equality is also embedded in the new European Commission Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. This action focuses on the development of a sustainable network of national representatives from all EU Member States and Associated Countries, both from national bodies (e.g., ministries) and from national research funding organisations, to support the implementation of the gender equality and inclusiveness objectives of the ERA. It should build on related actions funded through Horizon Europe call topics HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-81, HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-80, HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-80 and HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-81, the European Gender Equality Competence Facility funded under the 2022 WIDERA work programme, as well as on projects funded under the Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme. During its lifetime, the action should: Develop knowledge and build capacities, competences and expertise on the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of inclusive gender equality plans and policies in R&I with a variety of European and national stakeholders. Special consideration will be given to mutual learning exercises to enhance the competence of national gender equality representatives, including helping less experienced national gender equality representatives to acquire expertise; Further the development of a transnational Community of Practice of R&I funding organisations for the promotion of an inclusive and gender-responsive culture change in R&I institutions across the European Union; A specific focus should be placed on developing joint activities with actors from the private, innovation and entrepreneurship sectors, from across the European Union; Develop various innovative engagement activities, connect citizens, experts and policy-makers, and contribute to policy making on inclusive gender equality in R&I at national and European administration level; The work by this action should be performed in coordination with ERA-related official groups, such as the ERA Forum, and in collaboration with

• Coordination and Support Actions
  EU · R&D · LIFE · Deadline 2022-04-20

  Objective : The main objective of this CSA is to accelerate the development of edge computing solutions as part of 5G corridors and 5G local communities and to ensure an integrated approach with the development of European federated cloud and edge infrastructures funded under CEF Digital and Digital Europe. The objective is to develop - in cooperation with different stakeholder communities and various ongoing projects in the relevant deployment programmes - concepts and facilities for: (1) the interconnection of newly deployed 5G corridor sections and 5G infrastructure for local communities with edge computing facilities and federated cloud infrastructures; (2) relevant operational service platforms that enable the provision of CAM and commercial 5G connectivity services; and (3) the support of services of general interest in local communities. Furthermore, the objective is to accompany CEF-funded 5G deployment projects during their edge node deployment and service platform integration phase in order to adopt the common concepts developed. Scope : The CSA should gather and consolidate information on the various planned actions under European and national programmes as well as the main private sector initiatives in the field and raise awareness to the stakeholders involved in the various relevant ongoing or future projects. Based on this information it should – in close cooperation with stakeholders - deliver principles and network architecture concepts for connecting 5G infrastructures along transport corridors and 5G local communities to the edge node and federated cloud infrastructure with the aims (i) to meet service requirements for connected and automated mobility, in particular the stringent requirements for road safety and digital train operations, (ii) and to generate economic efficiencies, whereby the overall 5G-edge-cloud platform would serve the vertical needs of various communities and sectors, in particular mobility and socio-economic drivers. Once the concepts are agreed, the CSA should accompany the ongoing CEF-funded 5G Corridor and Community projects to deploy and integrate the solutions in the later phase of these deployment projects. The CSA should also monitor and report on the planned, ongoing and completed deployment of edge nodes with these projects and facilitate reporting in the European 5G Observatory. The following activities are in the scope of this CSA: Desk research and stakeholder outreach to gather and report on comprehensive information on ongoing relevant activities in the area of European federated cloud infrastructures. Identification and definition of use cases in the areas of connected and automated mobility and 5G communities covering several sectors whose provision will be enabled by integrated 5G-edge-cloud infrastructure. Gather requirements for business continuity across the border meeting CAM service requirements. Definition of functional and operational network architectures enabling the provision of the selected use cases and building on European federated cloud infrastructures and other relevant initiatives. Proof of concept, tests and pilots in cooperation with selected CEF-funded 5G deployment projects Outreach, engagement and advisory services for 5G Corridor (all ongoing CEF-funded projects) and Community (at least 10 CEF-funded projects) to integrate the developed solutions. For all t he proposals submitted under this topic , to be eligible, all participating legal entities must provide security guarantees approved by the Member State in which they are established , on the basis of national law. The approval can be provided in the context of Art 11.6 of the CEF Regulation 2021/1153 . These guarantees will certify that the legal entity: a) Exercises full control over its corporate structure and decision - making process in a manner that does not restrain or restrict in any way its ability to perform and complete the action and is not subject to foreign jurisdiction obligations

• LIFE Subprogramme Climate Action
  EU · Energy · Deadline 2021-11-30

  Objective : LIFE Climate Change Governance and Information aims at supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Union legislation and policy on climate change, contributing to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation . This includes improving governance through enhancing the capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society. Scope : Scope and areas of intervention: Support to the operation of the European Climate Pact Incentivising behavioural change, mainstream emission reduction and resource and energy efficiency actions Awareness-raising activities addressing adaptation and mitigation needs Activities linked to the development and implementation of the Sustainable Finance actions Greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting Implementation/further development of national 2030 climate and energy strategies and/or mid-century strategies Development and implementation of greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation in the land use sector Assessment of the functioning of the EU ETS Building capacity, raising awareness among end-users and the equipment distribution chain of fluorinated greenhouse gases Climate policy monitoring, assessment and ex-post evaluation Expected Impact : Efficient delivery of the quantified objectives by end of the project.

• Technical Assistance for preparation of SNAPs/SIPs
  EU · Deadline 2021-09-22

  Scope : Provides financial support for the preparation of a proposal for a Strategic Nature Project in order to implement - a Priority Action Framework (PAF), or other plans or strategies on international, national, regional or multiregional level that implement EU nature and/or biodiversity policy or legislation - at large territorial scale - with the involvement of al l concerned stakeholders and - including a coordination mechanism for funding supporting complementary measures necessary for the full implementation of the targeted PAF (or other eligible strategy).

• Technical Assistance for preparation of SNAPs/SIPs
  EU · Deadline 2021-09-22

  Scope : Provides financial support for the preparation of a proposal for a Strategic Integrated Project under the sub-programme Circular Economy and Quality of Life in the areas of Circular Economy, Waste, Water and Air, in order to implement - National or regional Circular Economy Action Plans, National and regional Waste Management Plans, River Basin Management Plans or Air Quality Plans - at large territorial scale - with the involvement of all concerned stakeholders and - including a coordination mechanism for funding supporting complementary measures necessary for the full implementation of the targeted plan or strategy .

• Shift2Rail JU call proposals 2019
  EU · Horizon · Deadline 2019-06-18

  Specific Challenge : For the full topic description, please refer to Annex I of the 2019 Annual Work Plan (2019 Call for proposals for the JU members)

• Nuclear Research and Training
  EU · R&D · Horizon · Deadline 2021-10-07

  ExpectedOutcome : Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following outcomes: Demonstration of concepts and applications of nuclear and radiation technologies going beyond their traditional areas of implementation and exploring their market potential Demonstration of application of innovative technologies available from non-nuclear sectors for improving nuclear safety and safe applications of ionising radiation Demonstration of an added value to cross-sectoral products, standards and/or services in which ionising-radiation technologies are embedded. Scope : ‘Innovation beyond technology’ refers to a technology expertise, know-how or facilities developed for one sector (e.g. aerospace, aviation, telecoms or the automotive or nuclear industries) which can be used in a totally different area. It opens the way for transferring new or disruptive technologies to spin-offs, industry and the marketplace, to transform Europe’s capability for innovation in specific areas and to help capture and drive future economic growth. Nuclear and radiation technologies are present in a wide variety of applications in industry, research, health, food and agriculture, environment, security, space and cultural heritage. Ionising radiation (IR) is used in many domains like sterilisation, manufacturing, non-destructive testing and detection and environmental applications. Objectives of Horizon Europe should be reflected in this action. IR can modify the physical, chemical and biological properties of materials on an industrial scale. The industrial use of isotopes and radiation is of great importance for the development and improvement of processes, measuring, automation and quality control. Besides, the applications of nuclear technology could extend beyond our planet: European space exploration will be extremely difficult without radio-thermal generators and dynamic isotope power systems. Deep-space probes are impossible without radioisotopes and safety in the use of radio-sources for space exploration has to be considered. Further development of IR applications is essential for the benefit of EU citizens and a competitive industry in Europe if combined with newly emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, big data or metamaterials or industrial processes for production of low‑carbon energy carriers, thereby creating new markets and jobs opportunities in Europe. This action is expected to stimulate innovation and promote a robust, world-leading nuclear technologies sector based on EU safety culture and know-how. Exploiting the innovation potential in European and international industrial and academic communities will only be achieved by being a focal point where small and medium enterprises, large industry and end-users can work together with researchers to understand societal needs and the challenges of societal acceptability, address barriers, explore and develop new ideas and bring these to commercial reality. This action should aim at ‘open innovation’ involving a broad spectrum of actors from research and academic communities, industry, entrepreneurs and users. It should bring together multidisciplinary teams to generate ideas and solutions in an open innovation environment by increasing investment and bringing more companies and regions into the knowledge economy. Proposed research activities should contribute, to the extent it is relevant, to meeting EU's commitments in, for example, energy, digital, climate, health. This action could focus on closer-to-the-market activities including prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting and scaling-up for new or improved products, processes or services. Proposals may include limited research and development activities and clearly demonstrate European added value. Activities are expected to focus on Technology Readiness Levels 5 to 7 (indicative, but not mandatory, depending on the innovative potential field of application). Due to the scope of this topic, international c

• Backbone networks for pan-European cloud federation
  EU · Energy · LIFE · Deadline 2022-04-20

  Objective : Federated cloud infrastructures will gradually need to be interconnected with other cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures. The objective of this topic is to fund feasibility studies for these interconnections to anticipate the technical, legal and economic requirements to progressively establish a fully secured and highly energy-efficient European computing continuum. The studies funded under this topic should cover future investment needs and required technology for the interconnection of cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures. The priority is the identification of shortages that prevent the EU from holding digital independence while participating from the existing technological status quo. Scope : The applicants may apply for grants for studies, including the following activities: Analysis of investment needs related to the development and deployment of cross-border and national cloud infrastructure interconnections at both the physical (i.e. very high capacity networks) and functional levels (i.e. management systems, software-defined infrastructures) for public sector end-users and private actors operating data infrastructures for services of general public interest across the EU. Analysis of economic sovereignty of deployed alternatives. This covers the analysis of total cost of ownership and of the relevant items that result in the extraction of the funding from the required value-chains. Analysis of technological needs relevant for the interconnection of the aforementioned networks and resources. The end users will be public administrations or public and private entities entrusted with the operation of SGIs or SGEIs. In view of the particular sensitivity of cloud infrastructures from a security perspective and the importance to reduce exposure to risks to the maximum possible extent, proposals under this topic are subject to strict exclusion of non - EU controlled entities, under the Article 11.4 of the CEF Regulation . The assessment of the foreign (non - EU) control will be addressed during the eligibility phase of the evaluation of proposals. Participants will be requested to submit an ownership control questionnaire for this purpose to determine their control status. They will also be re quested to submit supporting documents in order for the Commission to determine that the entities are not controlled by a third country. Expected Impact : The call aims to result in the following key benefits: a) Investment roadmap for achieving a robust cloud federation network in the EU with increased competitiveness and resilience of the EU computing industry in line with EU rules on data protection, security, portability and sustainability. b) Roadmap for developing key building blocks to achieve technological autonomy in essential digital computing infrastructures to process EU data, in particular through European common dataspaces. The technological roadmap should also include the needs for the roll-out of emerging technologies, including AI, ‘internet of things’ (IoT), HPC in the aforementioned interconnections. c) Requirements definition for energy efficiency and sustainable large scale deployment of interconnected cloud-to-edge infrastructures across the EU territory.