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GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Summary

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Call

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Detailed Call Description

Industry-empowering AI, data and robotics: enable and boost wide spread deployment of European technologies, in demonstrating clear benefits in particular applications coming from major industrial sectors, in improving processes, products or services, contributing to their competitiveness, quality of services, and strategy for environmental sustainability.

Proposals should focus on demonstrating the added value of AI and/or Data and/or Robotics technologies to optimise value-chains, products, services or associated processes, including knowledge automation (including capturing and elicitation), to increase competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and where relevant, working conditions, for example, through added flexibility, configurability, adaptability, etc. Proposals should also address non-technical issues hampering the adoption of AI, data and robotics in the selected application domain, e.g. ethical aspects for the possible replacement of human operators, trust, human-robots collaboration and cooperation, security and safety.

Two types of proposals are expected:

  • Focused projects (EU contribution around€ 3,00 million), involving the user industry and technology provider(s).
  • Larger projects (EU contribution around €5,00 million), where a number of companies in a given  application sector will identify in the proposal common challenges and use-cases, and organise competitive calls for AI, data and robotics solution providers to address such challenges. Competitive calls will be open to all types of companies, but only SMEs and Start-ups will receive financial support to third parties, with a maximum of  €200,000 per third party and 70% funding (100% for start-ups). At least 40% of the requested amount should be dedicated to financial support to third parties. The consortium will provide technical support with expertise in engineering integration, testing and validation to support the selected SMEs and start-ups acting as technology providers to demonstrate the added value of their solutions to address the challenges of the use-cases.

    • Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

    70%

    EU contribution per project: between €3,00 and €5,00 million

    Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. As third parties’ grants may include robotics components, requiring high equipment investment and/or important effort to integrate in a use-case to address the sectorial challenges, the maximum amount to be granted to each third party is  €200,000.

    Programme Category
    EU Competitive Programmes
    Total Budget
    €19,00 million
    Thematic Categories
    • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
    Eligibility for Participation
    • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
    Call Opening Date
    21/12/2021
    Call Closing Date
    05/04/2022
    National Contact Point(s)

    Research and Innovation Foundation

    29a Andrea Michalakopoulou Street, 1075 Nicosia
    T.Th. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
    +357 22205000
    Email: support@research.org.cy

    Dr Angelos Ntantos
    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: 35722205033
    Email: antantos@research.org.cy

    Dr Ioannis Theodorou

    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: 35722205038
    Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy

    (Publish Date: 21/12/2021-for internal use only)

    EU Contact Point

    Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

    https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact

    Website
    Funding&Tenders HE Main Work Programme 2021–2022 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space p.283
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