Integration of data life cycle, architectures and standards for complex data cycles and/or human factors, language (AI, data and robotics partnershi…
European Comission
ExpectedOutcome :
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- ability to process vast volumes data as one of the key enablers for other technological developments, supporting the competitiveness of the EU’s industrial ecosystems;
- successful deployment of data spaces involving several sectors of economy or society;
- improve data access (in line with the FAIR[1] principles), data sovereignty, data interoperability and data protection as an essential factor in the development of sustainable value chains respecting all stakeholder interests, particularly SMEs, but also the public sector as data providers and innovation/market ecosystem enablers. The European Strategy for Data[2] calls for actions to support and promote data sharing and the use of data for social and economic benefit. Scope :
Proposals should address the entire data life cycle from data generation/collection to the final use and disposal/deletion of data (especially when required by applicable legislation, for example the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)[3]. Proposals should build on existing and emerging standards, models and architectures and complement/expand them as necessary in view of interoperability of systems and portability of data, especially between sectors, between private and public sectors and between different communities/constituencies of actors, including consideration of cybersecurity issues and analysing the use and re-use potential, especially in view of use of data across sectors. Envisaged architectures and systems should enable correct allocation and enforcement of data-related rights, obligations and responsibilities across the life cycle. Proposals should address relevant human language issues at all stages of data life cycle, addressing the social and cultural factors as necessary. Systems and approaches should be able to process human-generated and human-related data (e.g. speech, text, images) and put data into context (including cultural, linguistic and social context). Likewise, the seamless integration of “human in the loop” (whenever full automation is not possible/desirable) should be considered and implemented where applicable. To achieve this, proposals should consider multidisciplinary research and involve all necessary competences in the consortium.
Proposed actions should build on or seek collaboration with existing projects and develop synergies with other relevant European, national or regional initiatives, funding programmes and platforms. Based on an analysis of cross-fertilisation potential of data re-use, the proposal should include use cases or pilots addressing or involving at least three different common European Data spaces and/or related ecosystems. In particular, they should create links with the Data Spaces support centre funded under the Digital Europe programme, and work in close collaboration with the emerging Common European data spaces in order to ensure interoperability and coordination of data architectures. Proposals should build on existing standards or contribute to standardisation. Interoperability for data sharing should be addressed, in line with the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), and contributing to open, standardized and trusted federated concepts, enabling cross-domain data sharing and data markets.
This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on AI, data and robotics.
Specific Topic Conditions :
Activities are expected to start at TRL 2-3 and achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project – see General Annex B
[1] FAIR = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable
[2]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0066
[3]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679
General conditions
- Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
- Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide .
- Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
The following exceptions apply:
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
Evaluation and award:
Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes
- Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Specific conditions
- Specific conditions: described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
MGA
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual