Deadline: 25-Jul-22
Are you involved in the research, development and application activities in the fields of Blockchain, Semantic Web, Ontology Engineering, Software Engineering, Cloud, Edge and Fog Computing, Ecosystem Economy, Smart Applications, Cryptography, Standardisation and similar? ONTOCHAIN third and last open call is the one for you.
Through this open call, ONTOCHAIN will select:
- Up to 3 projects to complete the missing blocks of the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure
- Up to 11 projects to Exploit the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure, designed and implemented respectively through ONTOCHAIN OC1 and ONTOCHAIN OC2, for real life use cases, that cover real need of individuals in terms of trustworthy data/services exchange and trustworthy content handling, from various vertical domains/vital sectors of the European economy
Topics
- Service Integration (Gateways APIs) for ONTOCHAIN applications
- Semantic Matching and Reasoning
- Energy-efficient and sustainable hosting infrastructure for the ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem and services
- Semantic Digital Logbooks for Companies, Buildings, Cars or similar
- Decentralised fact checking and data credibility for social content
- Decentralized Online Semantic Social Networks
- Semantic energy data management
- Smart City Applications relying on Trustworthy Semantic Metadata
- Automotive, e.g., electric vehicle charging, road side management, car insurance, communication interoperability
- Distribution Logistics / Supply Chains Using Trustworthy Semantic Data
- Data/Digital content /Multimedia marketplace, including social media
- Semantics-based DAO
- Decentralised public services & common goods
- Remote presence/working and metaverse
- Topic B12 – Open Topic
Benefits
- Financial support: Grants up to €119.500. The maximum amount of funding that each beneficiary may receive is subject to the legal status of the applicant.
- Access to top Infrastructure: All the teams selected will have access if willing and needing so, to the iExec blockchain platform, for their off-chain developments, and to the MyIntelliPatent web application, populated with updated blockchain applications, for patent analysis and monitoring.
- Business Services: To support the teams to exploit their use cases and successfully reach the market, different trainings and sessions with mentors will be organised. Depending on the team profile, aspects such as value proposition, pitching or IPR (among others) will be explored.
- Communication Services: Major visibility, promotion and networking opportunities are offered as part of the ONTOCHAIN project and the Next Generation Internet initiative.
Eligible Countries
Only Applicants legally established/resident in any of the following countries (hereafter collectively identified as the “Eligible Countries”) are eligible:
- The Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), including their outermost regions;
- The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the Member States
- H2020 associated countries (those which signed an agreement with the Union as identified in Article 7 of the Horizon 2020 Regulation): according to the updated list published by the EC2
- The UK Applicants are eligible under the conditions set by the EC for H2020 participation and as long as they comply with the same eligibility rules as the other Applicants.
Eligibility Criteria
The target Applicants of this call are Internet technologists, researchers, developers and innovators. Applicants can apply as individuals or linked to a legal entity. Hence, the participation is possible in several ways:
- Team of natural person(s):
- Team of individuals, all established in any eligible country. This does not consider the country of origin but the residence permit.
- Legal entity(ies):
- One or more entities (consortium) established in an eligible country;
- It can be: Universities, research centres, NGOs, foundations, micro, small and mediumsized enterprises (see definition of SME according to the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC), large enterprises working on Internet or/and other related technologies are eligible.
- Any combination of the above.
- In addition, the following condition apply:
- The participating organisations should not have been declared bankrupt or have initiated bankruptcy procedures.
- The organisations or individuals applying should not have convictions for fraudulent behaviour, other financial irregularities, and unethical or illegal business practices.
For more information, visit https://ontochain.ngi.eu/apply