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Summary
The Scope of this Open Call is to fund and support projects that will develop technologies and solutions centered on internet and web related activities as well as privacy and trust for users who are searching and discovering information and resources on the internet/web.
Detailed Call Description
The main objective of the NGI Search 4th Open Call is to attract entrepreneurs, developers, socially engaged people, SMEs (including newly established organisations), research organisations, academic research groups, non-profit organisations etc. who can strongly demonstrate that they contribute towards the scope of NGI SEARCH – that is to change the way we use and experience, search and discover data and resources on the internet and web.
This Open Call will be funding projects in the following areas:
- Search and discovery features for existing digital common projects
- Revolutionising Internet Dynamics: AI-Network Synergies, Digital Twins, and Metaverse Innovations
- Natural language processing
- Semantic analysis
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
- Search-Engine Evaluation and Ethics in search and discovery
- Retrieval Augmented Generative Models and Conversational Search
- Privacy Preserving Technologies in Search and Discovery
- Transfer learning for search and discovery
- Content Quality Assessment towards human-centric content provision
Project applications must clearly address a specific technology, method, tool or problem related to information retrieval, search, indexing, discovery and exploration of information. Project applications can be new, under development or part of larger ongoing projects; however, the applicants need to identify the specific contribution they are planning to make.
Project proposals should be in line with the NGI vision, and they need to have a clear European dimension.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The total maximum funding per project up to €150.000 cannot be exceeded, no matter the size and composition of the project nor if the applicant participates in more than one consortium.
The upper funding up to €50.000 per natural person also remains, no matter if they apply independently, or within a consortium or across several consortia and NGI Search Open Calls.
On top of this financial support, NGI Search will also provide technical, business and innovation support in an open and agile environment.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applicants can be entrepreneurs, tech-geeks, developers, socially engaged people, SMEs (including newly established entities), research entities, academic research groups, non-profit entities etc. Applicant types are divided into two main groups:
- Natural Persons who are residents of an EU Member State, or in Horizon Europe Associated Countries; or
- entities officially registered in an EU Member State or in Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
An SME will be considered as such, if it complies with the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. As a summary, the criteria which define a SME are:
- Headcount in Annual Work Unit (AWU) less than 250;
- Annual turnover less or equal to €50.000.00 or annual balance sheet total less or equal to €43.000.000.
The project also accepts consortia of natural persons, consortia of entities or consortia of natural persons and entities, as long as the eligibility criteria are met. However, if the applicant decides to participate in a consortium, note that there is a limit of 3 members per consortia (and maximum of €150.000 per project).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
For additional information please contact the following email: ngisearch@fundingbox.com