Energy Data Space

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Code: 32977 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-ENERSPACE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective is to deploy a reliable and secure common European data space for energy announced in the European Strategy for Data and the EU Action plan on digitalising the energy system. This data space will broaden access to data needed to develop innovative energy services that will help to balance and optimise the electricity grids and improve the energy efficiency of the built environment. It will play a key role in increasing the integration of intermittent renewable energy sources and thus advancing towards the goals set by the ‘Fit for 55’ package and the RePowerEU plan.

European Green Deal Data Space

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Code: 32975 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-GREENDEAL | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective of this action is to deploy an operational Green Deal Data Space (GDDS). The action is expected to deploy a technical infrastructure and governance mechanism for the GDDS with related use cases. It will enable reusing and sharing data from existing relevant data ecosystems and dataspaces, which will feed new services and applications that contribute to reaching the objectives of the Green Deal.

Scheme of incentives for Students’ Accommodation in the Walled City of Nicosia

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Code: 32972 | Identifier Code: C[C3.4]-I[I6.c] - 3 | Programme name: 13602 | Start submission calls: 28/02/2024 | End submission calls: 31/12/2024

Objective of this Scheme is to provide incentives in the form of government funding to owners or tenants of existing buildings (with the signed consent of the owners) in the area covered by the Scheme. Purpose of the Scheme is the renovation or conservation of their properties with the primary goal of converting them into student residences or student rooms.

The Department of Town Planning and Housing (DTPH) has been designated as the Implementing Agency of the Scheme.

Reference deployments of European cloud-edge services (industrial IoT Edge and Telco Edge developments)

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Code: 32970 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-AI-06-EDGE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective of this action is to setup one pilot demonstrating Telco Edge deployment and benefits obtained in key application areas and sectors. Furthermore, this topic intends to incentivise the balanced deployment of climate-neutral highly secure edge nodes across the EU.

Making available a high performing open-source European foundation model for fine-tuning

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Code: 32959 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-06-FINETUNE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The initiative aims to propose and make available one open-source large language foundation model as an infrastructure designed to be largely used by public or private users, and in particular by European SMEs, for further fine tuning. With this objective, the initiative will support the scaling up of an existing European foundation model and will release it under an open licence to maximize the impact on European Industry.

Alliance for Language Technologies (CSA)

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Code: 32957 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-06-LANGUAGE-02 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

This action will directly contribute to preserving the linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe while effectively implementing the European Common Data Infrastructure and Service MCP’s objectives in the area of language technologies. This action will have a strong impact on the deployment of large language foundation models and their applications such as generative AI.

Alliance for Language Technologies (SG)

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Code: 32955 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-06-LANGUAGE-01 | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

This action will directly contribute to preserving the linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe while effectively implementing the European Common Data Infrastructure and Service MCP’s objectives in the area of language technologies. This action will have a strong impact on the deployment of large language foundation models and their applications such as generative AI.

AI in support of Quantum-Enhanced Metabolic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems

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Code: 32953 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-06-IMAGING | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The scope of this call is to develop and experimentally validate in an hospital environment a more precise and faster tool for the study, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer and/or neurological disorders (such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis) by enhancing existing MRI systems with quantum enhanced metabolic MRI and AI techniques.

EU AI Innovation Accelerator preparatory action

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Code: 32949 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-ACT-06-INNOV | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

This topic should focus on the creation of guidance, tools, software, online courses and technical specifications to enable easy implementation of the AI Act by companies, particularly SMEs, and public entities.

Pilot action for the establishment of future Union Testing Facilities in AI

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Code: 32947 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-ACT-06-TESTAI | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The main objective of this action is to launch a pilot project to prepare the implementation of the concept of “EU AI testing support structures” and define the requirements for a full-scale operation of these testing facilities (after the pilot phase).

AI regulatory sandboxes: EU-level coordination and support

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Code: 32944 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-ACT-06-SANDBOX | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

This action aims at providing support and coordination at EU level for AI regulatory sandboxes established under the future AI Act. This action will play a critical role in providing technical support, advice, tools and common frameworks for the effective establishment and operation of AI regulatory sandboxes and cross-border cooperation at EU level.

Support for Health Data Access Bodies to foster efficient pathways for AI in healthcare

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Code: 32942 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-06-HEALTHCARE-AI | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The goal of this action is to facilitate and streamline access to EU-wide real-world health data for specific purposes such as the development, testing, deployment and uptake of products or services contributing to public health or the training, testing and evaluation of algorithms, including in medical devices, AI systems and digital health applications. The aim of this action is also to reduce time-to-market and foster the development of new AI-based healthcare products and services that significantly improve patient safety and wellbeing, while preserving privacy and security.

Data Space for Skills (deployment)

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Code: 32940 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-06-SKILLS | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective of this topic is to develop and deploy a secure and trusted data space for skills. The awarded proposal will integrate, test, and deploy the data space, allowing participants to make data available and accessible, as well as sharing it, in a controlled, simple and secure way.

Data Space for Manufacturing (deployment)

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Code: 32938 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-CLOUD-DATA-06-MANUFSPACE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The goal of this action is to significantly scale up the deployment and use of the data space(s) for manufacturing by reaching a critical mass of manufacturing industries sharing industrial data and improving company operations and value chains among providers.

Digital Skills and Jobs Platform

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Code: 32936 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-06-SKILLS | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective of this call is to ensure the establishment of new National Coalitions and national websites in Member States that do not have one yet as well as the continued operation and expansion of activities of already established National Coalitions and national websites.

EUROSTARS Cyprus

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Code: 32930 | Identifier Code: EP/EUROSTARS-3/0324 | Programme name: 2799 | Start submission calls: 01/03/2024 | End submission calls: 22/03/2024

“European Partnerships” Programme aims to encourage local organisation to participate in transnational consortia for the implementation of research and innovation projects in areas of high importance for Cyprus, which are implemented in the frame of Joint Programmes of European Partnerships under the EU “Horizon Europe” Programme, in which the country participates. Furthermore, the Programme promotes the extroversion of local enterprises and research organisations, and their collaboration and networking with foreign organisations through their participation in the transnational projects.

The present Call for Proposals aims to encourage innovative SMEs to participate in transnational research activities and to enhance their competitiveness through the development of new products / services / production methods of high added value or the development of significantly improved existing products / services / production methods which are expected to be commercially exploited by the participating organisations.

Further, the Programme aims to promote the networking and collaboration between Cypriot and foreign organisation through the participation in transnational industrial research and development projects.

Comparative law studies and periodical publications

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Code: 32931 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-04 | Programme name: 10984 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

Projects must aim to protect the EU’s financial interests by preventing and combating fraud, corruption and any other illegal activity affecting the EU’s financial interests.

Under this topic, the following activities can be funded: studies in comparative law and periodical publications and disseminating relevant information through periodical publications.

Staff exchanges

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Code: 32924 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-03 | Programme name: 10984 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

Projects must aim to protect the EU’s financial interests by preventing and combating fraud, corruption and any other illegal activity affecting the EU’s financial interests.

Under this topic, the following activities can be funded: organising staff exchanges between national and regional administrations (including from candidate and neighbouring countries) aiming to help further develop, improve and update staff skills in protecting the financial interests of the Union.

Innovative and Connected Public Administrations

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Code: 32921 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-BESTUSE-06-INNOV-ADMIN | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The aim of this action is to create the conditions for developing a platform for awareness raising, ideation and piloting interoperability assets needed for cross-border digital public services.

Girls and Women in Digital

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Code: 32919 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-SKILLS-06-WOMEN | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 29/05/2024

The objective of this action is to enhance girls’ and women’s involvement in Information and communications technology (ICT), hence advancing on the DDPP target of employing 20 million ICT specialists in the Union by 2030 as well as on the ‘Women in Digital Declaration’ goal of equality in tech.