Call for proposals
Horizon 2020 – Excellent Science – “FET PROACTIVE – Boosting Emerging Technologies” - H2020-FETPROACT-2018-2020
Objective and description
The
call for proposals “FET PROACTIVE – Boosting Emerging Technologies”
(call identifier: H2020-FETPROACT-2018-2020) has been opened for
submission of proposals under the Horizon 2020 Programme within the
pillar “Excellent Science”, Future and Emerging Technologies.
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) activities aim to create
in Europe a fertile ground for responsible and dynamic
multi-disciplinary collaborations on future technologies and for
kick-starting new European research and innovation ecosystems around
them. These will be seeds for future industrial leadership and for
tackling society's grand challenges in new ways. This work programme
features a selection of ambitious emerging technology topics derived
from an extensive consultation and advice from the FET Advisory Group.
FET Proactive aims to identify
the future and emerging technological paradigms with highest potential
for Europe's economy and society. For each of them, it looks to
establish a broad and solid European basis in terms of knowledge, key
technological building blocks and interdisciplinary communities. By
reaching out well beyond the research world, it ensures that Europe has
the best 'first mover' position to capitalise rapidly and effectively on
emerging societal and industrial opportunities.
Proposals are invited against the following topics:
· FETPROACT-01-2018: FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities
(RIA Research and Innovation action)
The
challenge of this proposal is to explore and consolidate a new
technological direction in order to put it firmly on the map as a viable
paradigm for future technology. proposals are sought for cutting-edge high-risk / high-reward research and innovation projects that aim to demonstrate a new technological paradigm within the scope of one of the following sub-topics:
a. Artificial organs, tissues, cells and sub-cellular structures
b. Time
c. Living technologies
d. Socially interactive technologies
e. Disruptive micro-energy and storage technologies
f. Topological matter
· FETPROACT-02-2018: Community building in Neuromorphic Computing Technologies
(CSA Coordination and support action)
It
aims at networking and coordinating the efforts of the European
academic and industrial research and innovation communities in
neuromorphic computing (NMC) technologies. Proposals should aim at
networking and coordinating the efforts of the relevant NMC
stakeholders, notably academia, RTOs and industry by addressing the
following: constituency/eco-system building, through dedicated events,
and the fostering of collaboration among related research and innovation
projects in Europe to facilitate the matching of NMC technologies with
industrial needs; joint research and innovation road mapping of NMC
technologies and solutions in different application domains;
pre-normative and education activities and; pre-normative and education
activities and harmonised benchmarking of NMC solutions in the different
application domains; and wide diffusion of NMC technologies, including
by supporting the promotion of technology cases and eye-opening
demonstrators in promising industry sectors such as automotive,
robotics, manufacturing and more generally for big data analysis,
learning and adaptation to evolving contexts of operation.
Eligible applicants
For “CSA Coordination and support actions” the eligible partners are: at least one legal entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country.
For “RIA Research and Innovation actions” the eligible partners are: at least three legal entities.
Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or
Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be
independent of each other.
Budget
· FETPROACT-01-2018: FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities
RIA Research and Innovation action: EUR 88 million
The
Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the
EU of EUR 4 to 7 million (but up to EUR 5 million for proposals on the
sub-topics of 'Time' and 'Topological matter') and with a duration of up
to 5 years would allow this specific challenge to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and
selection of proposals of different size and duration.
· FETPROACT-02-2018: Community building in Neuromorphic Computing Technologies
CSA Coordination and support action: EUR 500.000
Deadline for proposals’ submission
The deadline of this call is 22 March 2018, 17:00 (Brussels local time)..
Applicants must submit their proposal electronically, following the link on the submission service.
Further information
You can find more information and the call documents at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/y82w8zob
Kind regards,
Ioanna
Ioanna Asimakaki
Erasmus+ Trainee
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000, Brussels
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E-mail: eoc.brussels3@ucy.ac.cy
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