NGI Trust Chain 1st Open Call – Decentralised Digital Identity

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Funding under projects

Programme Description

Funding provided under previews programmes.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

NGI Trust Chain 1st Open Call

Call

NGI Trust Chain 1st Open Call – Decentralised Digital Identity

Summary

TRUSTCHAIN is a European project funded by the European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon Programme.  Its overall objective is to create a portfolio of Next Generation Internet protocols and an ecosystem of decentralised identity management software solutions that is transparent to the user, interoperable, privacy aware and regulatory compliant that can seamlessly integrate and interoperate with any of the existing decentralised applications.

Detailed Call Description

Under this Call, applicants are expected to develop interoperable and sustainable digital identity management applications that are transparent and address the needs of the future decentralised internet.

This Call welcomes applications that will clearly define, upgrade/extend the state-of-the-art, and develop the following types of solutions:  

  • Decentralised user-centric identity management framework for supporting an automated privacy preserving, legal and regulatory compliant infrastructure (e.g., GDPR) potentially in alignment with emerging European regulations and standards (i.e. eIDAS);
  • Protocols for trustworthiness assessment of entities by means of verifiable credentials and decentralised reputation systems;   
  • Smart oracles assessing the trustworthiness of data associated with digital identities;
  • Inclusive digital identity platforms focusing on marginalised communities (e.g., refugees, elderly, vulnerable);
  • Social identity for delegation and recovery that drives community-based trust establishment (i.e., social guardians);
  • Systems considering both public and private administration roles in issuing and managing decentralised identifiers;
  • Decentralised identity systems supporting Decentralised Authority Organizations (DAOs);
  • Use-case driven identity management system deployment (e.g., banking, publishing, healthcare, education etc).

The above system examples are only indicative, and applicants can propose solutions that integrate one or more of them. Applicants can also submit a proposal under a different example scenario, as long as it serves the overall TRUSTCHAIN vision and objectives and fits within the scope of human centric decentralised trustworthy digital identity. It should utilize existing concepts and technologies already developed for SSI and fit within TRUSTCHAIN’s vision and objectives.

Proposals should cover real needs of the end-users in one of the sectors such as for example banking, education, healthcare or e-democracy.

Call Total Budget

€1,755,000

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

The maximum amount that can be granted is €200,000. Up to a maximum of 15 proposals will be funded.

Thematic Categories

  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

Eligibility for Participation

  • Investment Funds
  • Large Enterprises
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

The target applicants of this call are developers, innovators, researchers, SMEs and entrepreneurs working on different NGI relevant Topics and Application domains at the intersection between the technical one (e.g. software engineering, network security, social sciences, semantic web, cryptography, blockchain, digital twin, blockchain security, digital Identity, blockchain protocol), the Social Sciences and Humanities one (e.g. Social Innovation, not-for-profit sector, social entrepreneurship, public goods) as well as any others domains including economics, environment, art, design.

Call Opening Date

08/02/2023

Call Closing Date

10/04/2023

EU Contact Point

THE EU ECO-TANDEM CONSORTIUM: info@eu-ecotandem.eu

https://www.eu-ecotandem.eu/contact-us

(Date of publishing: 09/03/2023)