FIDAL Open Calls Round 2 on 5G Evolved Use Cases
Summary
Funding provided under previews programmes.
Programme Name
Call
Detailed Call Description
This Open Call aims the involvement and engagement of “third parties” to run 5G evolved field trials. FIDAL is inviting SMEs, start-ups, research institutes, groups of entrepreneurs, app developers and infrastructure owners to undertake a set of beyond 5G trials in a multitude of domains compatible to the FIDAL ones:
- Media
- Entertainment
- Emergency Services
- Time critical applications and services
This Open Call maximises the impact and accelerate adoption of FIDAL demonstrating flexibility, user acceptance and technology transfer. Through this Open Call, FIDAL ensures wide acceptance and achieve sustainability of its results and fosters the further take-up by inviting innovative use cases belonging to the project verticals or compatible, to tune up the FIDAL experimentation framework and associated products as well as the testbeds and large-scale trial facilities.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Each of the selected projects will run indicatively for a period of 9 months (this indicative period may be changed during the contracting phase) and receive a funding up to €150.000 (under option 1) or €250.000 (under option 2).
Moreover, 3 additional prizes of €10.000 will be awarded to the best Open Call contractors rewarding excellence of trials performance, adoption of the FIDAL framework and KPIs & KVIs production.
One proposal per organisation might be selected for funding in this Open Call.
The funding rate for selected projects is 100% of the eligible costs for all types of organisations.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications can be made by both private and public organisations from industry and research (not individual researchers), located within the EU Member States or Associated Countries.
FIDAL gives 2 options to the applicants of the Open Call:
Under option 2 the applicant may propose the integration of external testbeds implementing new services, besides using FIDAL ones, only if it provides a clear value to the project e.g. access to a large number of users participating in the proposed trial(s). The integration of the testbed will be performed by the applicant and has to be clearly described in the proposed implementation plan.
FIDAL consortium believes that large projects involving the inclusion of large number of trial users, usage of a significant amount of new datasets, FIDAL services, onboarding of external infrastructure, etc. will provide significant results.
FIDAL is inviting SMEs, start-ups, research institutes, groups of entrepreneurs, app developers and infrastructure owners.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€2.000.000Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
Call Opening Date
09/09/2024Call Closing Date
10/12/2024EU Contact Point
A specific Helpdesk opencall@fidal-he.eu is active to support the applicants.