Horizon 2020 Cascade Funding Opportunities

H2020 Cascade Funding Opportunities
27 March 2020
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Draft Agenda
1) Welcome – Viola Hay, European Programmes, KTN
2) Introduction to Cascade Funding – Stafford Lloyd, NCP for ICT and FET, Innovate UK
3) Where to find and access Cascade Funding opportunities – Natalie Withenshaw,
Marketing Manager, KTN
4) Presentations from various projects offering Cascade Funding opportunities
• agROBOfood - Staša Stojkov Rošić, BioSense Institute, Erik Pekkeriet, Wageningen
University and Research
• Block.IS - António Damasceno, F6S Network Limited
• BlockStart - Maja Žikić, F6S Network Limited
• DAPSI, EDI, Data Markets and Services - Sara Mateo, Zabala Innovation Consulting
• NGI Atlantic - Jim Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
• RODIN Robotics - Geoff Pegman, R U Robots Limited
• XR4ALL - Youssef Sabbah
5) Q&A
6) Close

Introduction to cascade funding
in Horizon 2020
Dr Stafford Lloyd
Horizon 2020 National Contact Point
ICT & Future and Emerging Technologies
NCP-ICT-FET@Innovateuk.ukri.org
@UKH2020_ICT

What is Horizon 2020?
• EU’s flagship R&I funding programme, €80Bn budget from 2014-2020
• Orientated around 3 main objectives
• It is large scale collaborative R&I

Who am I?
20% 80% NCP-ICT-FET@innovateuk.ukri.org
• Network of National Contact Points (NCPs) is the main structure to provide guidance, practical
information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon 2020
• https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/ncp

A word on unprecedented events
• Brexit:
• Now we have ‘left with a deal’ it is largely business as usual for Horizon 2020
• Official notice on the Funding and Tenders portal: ‘…the UK and persons or entities
established in the UK continue to be eligible to receive Union funds under actions carried out
in direct, indirect or shared management, which implement Union programmes and activities
committed under the MFF 2014-2020 until the closure of those Union programmes and
activities. Restrictions may, however, apply for security-related reasons or concerning financial
instruments. When such restrictions apply, these will be clearly specified in the call for
proposals.’
• Link to UKRI guidance: https://www.ukri.org/research/international/ukri-europe/
• UK participation in Horizon Europe is being discussed as part of ongoing Brexit negotiations
• Covid-19:
• Call topics with deadlines up to and including 15th April have already been postponed
• Need for further delay has been accepted by the EC, with more announcements to follow

Cascade funding (or FSTP)
• In simplest terms, these are open calls run by individual EU projects funded under Horizon 2020
• Money is hence ‘cascaded’ from the commission to the project and then to successful participants
in the open call
• Often also called Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP); third party is the legal definition of
applicants in this case
• Generally specified in the topic description for the call funding projects that will operate the open
call
• Why cascade?
• Horizon 2020 is difficult to access for SMEs and
early career researchers
• Consortia that want to reach out and involve new
actors in their research and innovation process
• Lots of SMEs/start-ups in a given technological
community

Benefits of cascade funding
• Cascade funding is brilliant:
• Application is much simpler and shorter
• Much shorter time to grant ~2 months
• Shorter term projects, 6-18 months
• No need for 3 country participation
• Although…funding typically €50k to €300k
• Important things to note:
• Topics, target applicants, application processes and rules for participation are
set by the project – there’s no ‘one size fits all’ rule for cascade funding, it
depends on the project
• Lots of projects running, or that will be running, cascading grants will run well
beyond 2020, this is just the beginning
• They are often hard to find…

www.ktn-uk.org @KTNUK
Where to find and access Cascade Funding
opportunities
Natalie Withenshaw, Marketing Manager – European and International
Programmes, KTN

Where can I find all the available open calls?
There are three main places to find open calls:
1. The European Project’s own website
2. All of the competitive calls and calls for third parties are added to the
participant portal here and collated in one place:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-
tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls
3. KTN website – we highlight third party open calls in ‘H2020 Cascade
Funding Round-Ups’ https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/horizon-2020-cascade-
funding-opportunities-round-up and on our EU and International Twitter
account @KTNUK_EU

Other current open calls available
Call Title Deadline
2nd INNOWIDE CALL 31 March 2020
NGI Zero PET (6th call) 1 April 2020
NGI Zero Discovery (6th call) 1 April 2020
Second Call for catalyst funding 6 April 2020
European Social Catalyst Fund - call for proposals 15 April 2020
NGI Explorers second open call – Expedition to the US 21 April 2020
eSSIF-Lab 1st Business-oriented open call 30 April 2020
TETRAMAX 4th open call for Bilateral Technology Transfer
Experiments (TTX)
30 April 2020
European Language Grid (ELG) – Open Call 1 30 April 2020

Other current open calls available - continued
Call Title Deadline
3rd Open Call NGI_TRUST 4 May 2020
Start at Best (EU / IE / PT) 6 May 2020
MARKET4.0 - 1st Open Call 28 May 2020
WeldGalaxy 1st open call 29 May 2020
QU4LITY - Digital Reality in Zero Defect Manufacturing 30 May 2020
NGI Zero PET (7th call) 1 June 2020
NGI Zero Discovery (7th call) 1 June 2020
European Data Incubator – 3rd Open Call for Start-ups 17 June 2020
PARSEC Open Call #2 – EO-based solutions for Food, Energy and
Environment sectors
20 June 2020

Other current open calls available - continued
Call Title Deadline
KET4CleanProduction 30 June 2020
Innovation vouchers for SMEs – Digital Innovation in the Food
Industry
15 September 2020
ENEN+ project: Call for grants 30 September 2020
Travel vouchers for SMEs – Digital Innovation in the Food Industry 30 October 2020
European Language Grid (ELG) – Call for Evaluators 31 October 2020
eSSIF-Lab Infrastructure-oriented Open Call 30 June 2021
DIGI-B-CUBE Travel Vouchers 28 February 2022
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-
tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls

Additional Information
We will continue to promote third party open calls in our newsletters,
website and social media accounts. www.ktn-uk.org
Please sign up to the KTN Newsletters as we regularly include Horizon 2020
news, events, and funding opportunities.
More information on financial support for third parties can be found here:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/wp/2016_
2017/annexes/h2020-wp1617-annex-k-fs3p_en.pdf

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 825395
Staša Stojkov Rošić
Project Manager
BioSense Institute
agROBOfood OpenCall
Innovation Experiments

GA No. 825395GA No. 825395
agROBOfood OpenCalls
3 Open
Calls
Industrial
Challenges
2.7 M €
Innovation
Experiments
5.3 M €
Open Call 1
1/3/20
31/05/20
Open Call 2
21/12/20
31/03/21
Open Call
1/08/20
31/10/20
This presentation is for informative purposes and is not legal binding. The only legal
binding document is the Guidelines for Applicants, which is subject to approval from EC Services.

GA No. 825395
1st Open Call for Innovation Experiments

GA No. 825395
Who is eligible?
End user
& technology
provider
Solution based
on robotic technology
Address a problem
in the agrifood sector
Has contact
with the
regional DIH
Consortia
2-5 partners

GA No. 825395
Addresses the topic
Shows technical excellence
Uses a viable business model
Proves sustainability impact
Has a diverse geographical coverage
Is implemented by competent partners
Your idea
GA No. 825395

GA No. 825395
Application process step by step
Register at the
agROBOfood
Innovation Portal
Carefully read all
the documents
Find cross-border or
cross-sectoral partners
Carefully define your
idea
Submit all
necessary
documents

GA No. 825395
Implementation of Innovation Experiments
Design
September 1st -
November 30th, 2020
(3 months)
Develop
December 1st, 2020 -
August 31st, 2021
(9 months)
Market
September 1st, 2021 -
February 28th, 2022
(6 months)
GA No. 825395

GA No. 825395
Implementation of Innovation Experiments
Design
September 1st -
November 30th, 2020
(3 months)
Develop
December 1st, 2020 -
August 31st, 2021
(9 months)
Market
September 1st, 2021 -
February 28th, 2022
(6 months)
30%
of funding released
40%
of funding released
30%
of funding
released
GA No. 825395

GA No. 825395
https://agrobofood.eu
For more information please contact:
stasa.stojkov@biosense.rs
Apply info
@agROBOfood.H2020
agrobofood.eu@agROBOfood
agROBOfood
info@agrobofood.eu

Horizon 2020 Cascade Funding
Opportunities: Webinar
Antonio Damasceno
Zoom, 27th March 2020

What is Block.IS?
European SMEs need simultaneous access to knowledge, technology, capital and markets in order to
respond to current challenges of the global competitive environment.
Cross Innovation
Ecosystem
Blockchain as
Technology
Framework
Block.IS
Acceleration
Programme

Blockchain focus: What is at stake?
● MARKET VALUE ● INNOVATION POTENTIAL ● CONNECTING MARKETS ●
The largest food & drink
exporter with 18 % of
global market share
AGRIFOOD
14% of EU’s GDP with
expected growth of
40% by 2040
LOGISTICS
20-30% of total service
market revenue and
about 20% of EU’s GDP
FINANCE

Block.IS Ecosystem
Tech SMEs/
Innovators
Clusters & SMEs
Associations
Investors/
Corporates
Startup
Accelerators
Authorities &
politicians

What’s in it for you?
Block.IS offers a holistic portfolio of technical and business support services to catalyze blockchain
adoption – cross-sector/border.
2 OPEN CALLS
FOR STARTUPS/ SMEs
to accelerate the most
promising cross-sector
solutions based on
blockchain
BLOCK.IS
ACCELERATOR
INNOVATE
EXPERIMENT
COMMERCIALIZE
€2.8M
TOTAL FUNDING
AMOUNT
INNOVATORS/SMEs
90 - 46 -20

What’s in it for you?
1-1 Business mentorship to help founders build
venture-backable, high-tech enterprises.
An Immersive bootcamp that reflect the latest
trends/insights in fundraising & startup scale-
ups.
Pan-EU pool of investors & corporates to fill the
gap between seed- & late-stage funding needs.
Support helpdesk for startups/ SMEs featuring
advanced technological knowledge and
resources.
Tailored tech support self-documentation
services, docker images & recipes, and more.
6 Blockchain-ready software enablers to
support the dev. of novel products/ services.
Block.IS offers a holistic portfolio of technical and business support services to catalyze blockchain
adoption – cross-sector/border.

Block.IS Accelerator Programme
1 month 8 months 2 months3 months 3-5 weeks
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2nd CALL 1st Semester 2020
45 / 45
PROJECTS
€3,000
23 / 23
PROJECTS
€50,000
10 / 10
PROJECTS
€7,000
Challenges 1st Semester 2020 4 Projects

A few simple rules…
DISCLAIMER: Please, follow the detailed rules provided in the Call Guideline.
The calls will fund the execution of projects by SMEs, legal entities
under the EC regulations.
Each SME may submit only one (1) proposal at each Block.IS Open Call.
Multiple submissions per call is a disqualify factor.
SMEs may participate in maximum one (1) accepted sub-project!
Resubmission is allowed in the second call if the applicant was not
accepted in the first one.
Each project funded will receive up to €60.000, based on the approval of
different deliverables/ milestones.

1st Open Call in Numbers
118
Submitted Applications
25
Countries
45
SMEs selected
42
Agrifood
59
Finance
42
Logistics

STAY TUNED!
2ND OPEN CALL
Challenges
1st Semester 2020

@h2020_blockIS
Block.IS
@h2020_blockIS
Block.IS
t.me/block_is
f6s.com/block.is
blockis.eu

Thank you!
Antonio Damasceno
antonio@f6s.com
social@blockis.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 828853.
Blockchain Partnership Program
Horizon 2020 Cascade Funding Opportunities
The Knowledge Transfer Network

BlockStart at a glance
Up to €20,000 equity free in cash, plus the opportunity to pilot
in real life and with real users

Who is the program for?
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Important: When there is not a constituted SME the applicants could be an
individual or group of individuals legally established in a H2020 eligible
country and with a written commitment to set up a legal SME if reaching
“Prototype” phase
The accepted applicants for BlockStart Open Call #1 have to be innovators or
technological startups/SMEs developing a use-case for an end-user SME
based on blockchain and other DLTs.
Applicants must fulfil the following criteria:
● registered as a company that complies with the Commission
Recommendation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
2003/361/EC*;
● located in EU and H2020 associated countries;
● able to develop solutions to the following sectors: fintech, ICT and retail.

What can you get from us?
4
Startups/SMEs accepted into BlockStart will have access to a variety of perks, including:
● equity-free funding (up to €20.000 for blockchain/ DLT solution providers; up to €4.500
for SME adopters);
● piloting opportunities to help developers explore new value streams for market ready
blockchain-tech;
● support from BlockStart team and network of fellow participants, intermediaries and
advisors;
● Individualized coaching/mentorship from Bright Pixel, CIVITTA and F6S teams;
● Networking with industry leaders, technology pitching and showcase opportunities at
blockchain events and industry conferences.

How to apply?
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For tips and resources on the application process check out blockstart.eu
Open Call II Launching in June!

BlockStart SMEs – Call for Blockchain Adopters
BlockStart is looking for forward-thinking SME looking to tap into blockchain/ DLTs to
streamline their products and processes.
SMEs should be based in EU and H2020 Associated Countries, working in the fintech,
ICT, or retail fields, and willing to start innovating with blockchain NOW.
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Next cut-off Jun. 30th, 17.00 CET (Brussels time)
Could you be who we’re looking for?
Get up to €4,500 (equity-free)
for your engagement with developers
Take the first step in developing strategies
on new trends such as blockchain/ DLTs
APPLY NOW

@BlockStartEU
BlockStart
fb.me/BlockStartEU
t.me/BlockStartEU
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 828853.

Thank you!
Maja Zikic, Comms & Biz @F6S
maja@f6s.com

Cascade Funding
Programmes
Sara Mateo, Zabala Innovation Consulting
27/03/2020

Data Portability and
Services Incubator
DAPSI

NGI DAPSI empowers internet innovators to
develop human-centric technologies in the Data
Portability field
50
SMEs, startups,
researchers,
innovators
Up to
€150K
per Startup
5,6M€
Equity-free
funding
3
Open Calls
Partners:

22nd April 2020
1st Open Call
https://dapsi.ngi.eu/apply/
Find more info
dapsi.ngi.eu
Contact us dapsi@ngi.eu
Follow us
@NGI_DAPSI
facebook.com/NGI.DAPSI
linkedin.com/showcase/ngi-dapsi
THE PROGRAMME

+100
SMEs & Startups
5M€
Free-equity
funding
+25
Data Providers
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under grant agreement No 779790
Partners:
SUPPORT FOR STARTUPS & SMES WORKING
TO SOLVE BIG DATA CHALLENGES
PROPOSED BY BIG EUROPEAN
CORPORATIONS

Startups and SMEs pass through 3 phases of incubation:
Dedicated
coach
throughout the
process
Workshops
online, in Berlin
and Bilbao
Up to
EUR 100K
equity free
funding
Cloud
environment
for scalable
data
processing
Connections
with large
European
corporates
What’s in it for
the startup?:

17 June 12:00PM (CEST) NOON not midnight
Apply in F6S platform:
https://edincubator.eu/startups/

• Call for services (not funding):
• Data-centric SMEs and startups are welcome!
§ Fundraising: Public funding, Venture-Capital match making
§ Acceleration: Mobility incubation programme (4 accelerators in
Portugal, Germany, Romania and The Netherlands)
§ Standards and Legal: IPR for entrepreneurs, GDPR and
standardisation
§ Data skills: Data Science academy
§ Promotion: Marketing, TNW conference
This project has received funding from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement Nº. 825014

• 50 participants to be engaged in the 2nd Open call
• A 6-months programme starting in July
• Services provided as follows:
• Special deals for some of the lucky selected startups/SMEs Free
stand and tickets to The Next Web Conference and other events.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement Nº. 825014

• Applications open until 31st May
https://index.co/program/data-market-services-2020
• Who’s behind? Consultants, accelerators, researchers,
marketing specialists, law experts
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Programme under Grant Agreement Nº. 825014
www.datamarketservices.eu/
@dmsaccelerator
/Datamarketservices
/dmsaccelerator
/dmsaccelerator
/dmsaccelerator

Pamplona (sede central) · Barcelona · Bilbao · Bogotá · Bruselas · Londres · Madrid
París · Sevilla · Valencia · Vigo · Zaragoza
Sara Mateo
smateo@zabala.es
#InnovationWorks

All you need to know about
NGIatlantic.eu's 1st Open Call
27 March 2020, 12:30 GMT
KTN Webinar
Slides prepared by:
Jim Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland, NGIatlantic.eu project coordinator, jclarke@tssg.org
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Sara Pittonet Gaiarin – Senior Project Manager, Trust-IT, s.pittonet@trust-itservices.com

NGI AT A GLANCE
Launched in 2016, the Next
Generation Internet (NGI) initiative
aims to shape the development of the
Internet of tomorrow into an Internet
of Humans that responds to people’s
fundamental needs, including trust,
security and inclusion, and reflects the
European values and norms
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SUPPORTING INTERNET INNOVATION
AND COORDINATE EFFORTS ACROSS EUROPE
š Research and Innovation Actions are acting as intermediaries: 20% of their budget to select,
monitor, mentor, train and build the community; 80% to fund individual projects among 3rd party
researchers, developers, hi-tech start-ups/SMEs
š The NGI builds also on Coordination and Support Actions to ensure synergies across all
stakeholders, with a focus on:
⇢ Outreach, community building, business acceleration
⇢ Policy and strategic programming
⇢ EU-US collaboration
To attract top talents, €75m of grants are directly supporting innovators
including individual researchers, developers, start-ups and social
innovators.
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THE NGI TOPICS AND WHO RUNS THE OPEN CALLS
š Privacy and Trust Enhancing Technologies
š Decentralised (and better) Data Governance
š Discovery and identification technologies, search and discovery
š Strengthening internet trustworthiness with electronic identities
š Service and data portability
š Open Internet architecture renovation
& EU-US collaboration on NGI
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Trust-IT partner presentation
NGIatlantic.eu: bridging EU-US research on NGI
From January 2020 through
June 2022, NGIatlantic.eu will
fund EU-based researchers and
innovators in carrying out Next
Generation Internet related
experiments, in collaboration
with US research teams.

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NGIatlantic.eu key features

JOIN THE TWINNING
LAB!
ü Showcase your expertise
in addressing NGI
challenges
ü Find the ideal partner for
your EU-US NGI
experiment
The Twinning Lab
A space for researchers, innovators and
start-ups from EU and US to discover and
connect with transatlantic actors and
establish complementary partnerships.
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ngiatlantic.eu/twinning-lab

š Duration of Open call: 1st April – 29th May, 2020 at 17:00 CET. Evaluation and notification
will take place in June, 2020
š Total indicative funding available for Open call 1: 600,000 euros
š Expected Start dates of projects: 1st July, 2020
š Two types of proposals à
Main goal: to incentivize EU – US NGI teams to carry out
experiments using EU and/or US based experimental platforms
Proposal type Description Maximum
Contract duration
Monitoring
frequency
Funding range*
LT – Long term
contributions
EU-US NGI experiment
project with R&I activities
6 months Monthly €50,000 - €150,000
ST – Short-Term
contributions
EU-US NGI experiment
project with R&I activities.
3 months Fortnightly €25,000 - €75,000
* Eligible Costs: Cost of personnel (inclusive of 25% overhead) and travel & subsistence (cost-reimbursement contracts).
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1st Open call details (1/5)

Strategy is to use the open
calls to team up EU
innovators to experiment with
NGI results with US teams to
carry out experiments on an
Experimental Platform of the
proposer’s choice. Note that
while the 1st Open call topics
are mapping the NGI topics in
other RIAs, the NGIatlantic.eu
open calls are open to all
innovators.
1st Open call topics
š Call topic 1. Privacy and Trust enhancing
technologies – experimentation of results on the NGI call topic
related to the development of robust and easy to use technologies to
help users gain improved trust and greater control when sharing their
personal data, attributes and information.
š Call topic 2. Decentralised data governance -
experimentation of results on the NGI call topic related to leveraging
distributed open hardware and software ecosystems based on
blockchains, distributed ledger technology, open data and peer-to-
peer technologies with particular focus on ethical, legal and privacy
issues, as well the concepts of autonomy, data sovereignty and
ownership, values and regulations.
š Call topic 3. Discovery and identification
technologies - experimentation of results on the NGI call topic
related to new methods of search, discovery, and access of large
heterogeneous data sources, services, objects and sensors, devices,
multi-media content, etc. and which may include aspects of
numbering; providing contextual querying, personalised information
retrieval and improved quality of experience
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š EU - NGI Experimentation (NGI-EXP), FED4FIRE+, 5G-PPP, among others;
š US - NSF’s Wired and Wireless funded programs, such as ENTeR / GENI, FABRIC,
and Future Cloud Platform, Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR),
US Ignite, and dedicated US-EU Internet Core & Edge (ICE-T) program, among
others. We are compiling these links in our Twinning Lab.
The calls are open to all EU or US experimental platforms (or even
some combination)
Some examples of the types of platforms that could be involved are:
EU – US Experimental platforms
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1. Innovator(s) in EU that have developed an NGI-based solution to improve
new ways of search and discovery functionality teamed up with a US based
experimental platform funded by the NSF;
2. Innovator(s) in US funded by NSF that have developed NGI - based solutions
on decentralised data governance that want to team up with an EU based
partner who has also developed similar solutions and team up for further
development and testing on an EU based experimental platform e.g.
FED4FIRE+ or 5G-PPP.
Some examples of EU – US project teams*
* In both of these examples, according to the funding rules, NGIatlantic.eu would fund the EU – based partners and the NSF
would fund the US partners, either under their existing project funds or new US – EU project funds e.g. similar to the
dedicated US-EU Internet Core & Edge (ICE-T) program.
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Each proposal will be evaluated based on the 4-criterion given below,
with a scoring from 1 to 10 and the weighting indicated:
š Criteria 1: Soundness of the proposal and foreseen impact on the Open Call topic (30%);
š Criteria 2: Technical excellence & adherence to the Open Call topics (30%);
š Criteria 3: Experience and qualifications of the applicant (20%);
š Criteria 4: Economics of the proposal (20%).
The final scoring and ranking will be automatically determined by averaging the scores provided by the
3 independent evaluators identified from NGIatlantic.eu’s External Pool of Evaluators.
1st Open call evaluation criteria
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Who can receive financial support?
• Private and public organisations of any size (not individual
researchers) located within the EU Member States or Associated
Countries and twinned with a US counterpart, as described to
carry out the activities proposed see **.
• Up until end of 2020 (at least), UK participants can participate in
EU open calls.
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**Please note that the funding is limited to coverage of the work to be carried out by the EU team. For
the US teams, please refer to the funding mechanisms of your US partners (e.g. National Science
Foundation, or others);

Supporting Documents
š FAQ
š Full Open Call text soon available on the website
š General information presentation
The following documents will be available when the 1st open call opens.
š Proposal template in pdf & word format (contains brief instructions and its use is
mandatory)
š Standard Contract for successful proposals (Cost-reimbursement contract)
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Cannot make it for OpenCall #1?
4 more Open Calls are scheduled!
OpenCall #2 will open in August 2020

Thank you! Any questions?
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ngiatlantic.eu/contact-us
linkedin.com/in/ngiatlantic-eu
twitter.com/NGIatlantic

Introduction to RODIN and the Robotics Digital Innovation
Hub Networks
Geoff Pegman
Managing Director R U Robots Limited
27th March 2020

Definitions
• Competence Centre: Physical centre with technical expertise in
specific technical area
• Digital Innovation Hub: Centre with technical expertise and
additional financial and business expertise
• Digital Innovation Hub Network: A network of Digital Innovation
Hubs formed around a core application area and aimed at extending
the expertise available to the individual geographic regions

Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP)
• Contracts awarded by H2020 projects to third parties
• SMEs are usually the key target (But see next slide)
• Application process is simpler and shorter
• No need for 3 country participation
• Core partners fulfil need
• Can work with local partners
• Typically short term projects
• 6 – 24 months
• Funding typically €100k - €300k

DIH Networks FSTP
• “SME or slightly bigger”

Robotics Digital Innovation Networks
Agile
Production
Healthcare
Agri-Food
Inspection &
Maintenance
Network
Coordination
RODIN Project Coordinates:
• Five Networks Work together
• Sharing Best Practice and
Expertise
• Addressing common standards
>100 DIH Core Network
Partners across Europe…
In 4 Priority Application Areas

Priority Application Areas (PAA)
DIH
Networks
Technologies
Platforms
Agri-Food Infrastructure
Inspection and
Maintenance
Agile
Production
Healthcare
DIH^2
RIMA
DIH Coordination (CSA) (RODIN)
Working Groups
Work Programme 2019-2020 Overview
ICT-47-2020 RIA
…boosting promising robotics
applications
AgROBOfood
Competitions (CSA 2019)
DT-12-2020
ICT-46-2020 a) RIA
Pilots
ICT-46-2020 b) IA
TRINITY
DIH-HERO AI on demand platform
AI technology
DataKnowledge
ICT-48/49-2020

Robotics Digital Innovation Hub Networks
Each Network has €8m for infrastructure building
Each DIH Network has €8m to apply in FSTP funding in support of SMEs
(or slightly bigger)
€40m over 4 years
You cannot be funded for the same project twice

DIH Network Announced Opportunities
Current Calls
• Technology Transfer Experiments
• DIH-HERO 15th April 2020 (200k – up to 15 months)
• Innovation Experiments
• agROBOfood 31st May 2020 (€300k-€500k – 18 months)
Upcoming
• Technology Demonstrators
• RIMA: December 2020 (€100k – 6 months)
• Technology Transfer Experiments
• RIMA: December 2020 (€300k – 14 months)

SHOP4CF Introduction
(Courtesy Pieter Becue, IMEC)

NEED –
Learning a new system is time-consuming and the companies cannot
afford maintenance of several systems therefore they stick to one vendor
for all applications (even if it is not optimized for each).
Increase the flexibility a seamless
integration of deliverables of different
providers is required.
“vendor-lock”

APPROACH
A virtual marketplace with apps to be downloaded and installed by the
customer.
User-centric approach in app development and interoperability.
be easy to download and install
software will be fully installed within less than half a working day
apps will come with full documentation easy to understand
basic software is open source.

Corporate PilotsCorporate Pilots

Pilot
establishment
Pilot
establishment
Pilot
establishment
Pilot
extension
Pilot
extension
Open Calls

THE END
Contact: geoff.pegman@rurobots.co.uk

This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation
Programme under Grant Agreement N° 825545
eXtended Reality for All
XR4ALL open call
Youssef Sabbah
Europe Unlimited
Online webinar, 27 March 2020

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About XR4ALL
ØXR4ALL ambitions to forge a competitive and sustainable ecosystem of
European Interactive technologies providers and users
ØXR Community and forum to coordinate and foster collaboration
ØXR Developer platform
ØOpen call for funding opportunities
ØEstablish an XR Research agenda
ØFostering technology transfer and investments
ØPromoting the XR activities and achievements

XR4ALL Open call
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calls for proposals to select and provide financial support to outstanding research teams to
develop new solutions in immersive/interactive technologies.
1.44 M € for
48 projects to be funded
www.xr4all.eu/opencall
Selected projects undergo 2 support phases:
• Phase I: Concept Validation €10,000* (2 months) to refine and validate
the proposed concept
• Phase II: Development and integration €40,000* (4 months) to develop
a working version of the proposed solution
* If deliverables submitted on time and evaluated to have sufficient quality

Who is it for - Eligibility
4
XR4ALL calls for proposals from:
ØXR research teams from established legal entities (SMEs, Industry, Research institutions, …)
ØLegal entities based in a EU country, Overseas Countries and Territories, Associated countries
ØLegal entities not previously selected by XR4ALL
Proposals submitted by an XR research team should
ØBuild a solution related to immersive/interactive technologies
ØExclusively focus on civil applications
ØFeed the XR Solutions Catalogue by publishing the final solution or a limited functionality version
ØBe submitted before one of the cut-off dates
ØBe submitted exclusively online through the platform at http://www.xr4all.eu/opencall
ØBe submitted in English

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement N° 825545
Youssef Sabbah
Europe Unlimited
Youssef@e-unlimited.com – opencall@xr4all.eu

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About me
ØProject Lead Manager at Europe Unlimited (Belgium) part of Tech Tour
which connects the most active corporates and investors in Europe and
connecting them with the most promising entrepreneurs to establish smart
partnerships and drive innovation
ØXR4ALL project Manager
ØResponsible of the XR4ALL open call

Horizon 2020 Cascade Funding Opportunities

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