Exchange Schemes Open Call (oc4-2025-TES-02)

Description

Task description The researchers to be funded under ENFIELD Exchange Scheme Open Call will need to conduct foundational research activities related to specific scientific/technological challenges in artificial intelligence related to one of the research pillars or industrial domains presented next. Research Pillar: Green AI G-AI.1 | Technological Symbioses and Rebound Effects with AI G-AI.2 | Green AI Indexing for Efficient Image and Point Cloud Retrieval G-AI.3 | Energy-Efficient Multi-Agent AI for Code Generation in Digital Twin Understanding G-AI.4 | How Green is Physics-Informed Machine Learning? Research Pillar: Adaptive AI A-AI.1 | AI-Enhanced Visual Understanding for Inspection and Maintenance A-AI.2 | Efficient Continual Learning Systems A-AI.3 | Lifelong Learning and Fine-tuning in LLMs A-AI.4 | Flexible plastics sorting system based on the combination of multiple vision sensors and adaptive AI A-AI-IDM.5| Batch pattern mining in industrial signals Research Pillar: Human-Centric AI HC-AI.1 | Empowering Human-AI Decision-Making through Real-Time User Modeling HC-AI.2 | Interpretability and uncertainty in predictive models HC-AI.3| Human-Centric Explainable AI for Critical Digital Infrastructure HC-AI.4 | Human-Centered Causal Machine Learning for Real-World Decision Support HC-AI.5 | Explainable AI Methods for Human-AI Decision Making Research Pillar: Trustworthy AI T-AI.1 | Security and Robustness of AI systems T-AI.2 | Privacy and Compliance of AI systems T-AI.3 | AI in Distributed systems T-AI.4 | Enhancing User Trust in AI-powered Chatbots using UBM T-AI.5 | Trustworthy ML based scheduling for the energy domain T-AI.6 | Unified approach to assess safety and security of AI systems T-AI.7 | LLM Safety and Security Industrial Domain: Energy IDE.1 | AI for Green Energy curtailment minimization IDE.2 | Explainable fault detection and classification in power grids IDE.3 | Combine AI with LLM for clear human interaction with complex data IDE.4 | LLM based data queries and visualization Industrial Domain: Manufacturing IDM.1 | Adversarial Robustness Metrics and Evaluation for AI-Driven Safety Systems IDM.2 | Bias-aware People Detection: Quantifying and Mitigating Dataset and Model Biases Towards Safety Certification IDM.3| Explainable Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Making for AI Systems in Manufacturing IDM-A.AI.4 | Multimodal AI for Human-State Monitoring IDM-A.AI.5 | Egocentric perception for shopfloor operators Industrial Domain: Space IDS.1 | Detection of potential water illegal abstractions using Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation IDS.2 | Causal Machine Learning model to identify agricultural practices aiding in yield productivity improvement using Earth Observation (EO) data IDS.3 | Advancing Eelgrass Monitoring Using Stationary High-Altitude Balloons and Hyperspectral AI-based Earth Observations IDS.4 | Enhancing natural disaster response through satellite-based earth observation and language models Refer to oc4-2025-TES-02_Catalogue_of_Challenges for details of the proposed scientific challenges, research activities, and expected results. TRL of activities to be implemented: TRL2-TRL4.

Beneficiary & submission

APPLICATION PROCESS The application process is described in more detail in the Guide for Applicants available at https://enfield-project.eu/open-calls/4th-exchange-scheme-open-call. Project proposals must be submitted by completing the Application Form online, here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/oc4-2025-TES-02. Proposals must include a 2-minute video from the applicant presenting themself (or the group of researchers), submitted in English. A direct link to the video should be provided and it must be viewable by the reviewers without requiring a login. It is strongly recommended not to wait until the last minute to submit the proposal. Failure of the proposal to arrive in time for any reason, including network communications delays or working from multiple browsers or multiple browser windows, is not acceptable as an extenuating circumstance. Late submissions are not permitted. The time of receipt of the application as recorded by the submission system will be definitive. PROPOSAL EVALUATION An initial eligibility verification will be done to filter out and discard non-eligible proposals. Proposals considered eligible will move on to the evaluation phase. The evaluation will be done remotely by three senior researchers from ENFIELD partners’ scientific organisations. The proposals will be scored (between 0- fail and 5- excellent) based on the criteria below: 1) Advanced state of the art: The extent to which the proposal is beyond the state-of-the- art and presents an innovative approach behind it (e.g., novel concepts and methodologies, development between or across disciplines, novel methods and algorithms addressing societal challenges). 2) Scientific approach: Feasibility of the proposed research methodology and working arrangements. 3) Dissemination and communication: Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results which must include methods (publications, presentations, workshops and/or webinars) and targeted audiences. 4) Technical and creative capacities: i) Demonstration of competences and skills of the researcher (or group of researchers) involved in the proposal. ii) Ability to carry out the activities for the proposed application. iii) Track-record of the team in scientific publications and similar projects. In case of an application submitted by a consortium, complementarity of researchers.

Further information

Further information A total budget of 1.100.000 € is allocated by ENFIELD for funding the participation of at least 76 researchers in Exchange Schemes. This fourth open call is expected to select at least 20 beneficiaries. The consortium reserves the right not to award all available funds or to redistribute them between the open calls planned within the project, depending on the applications received and the results of the evaluation. The Exchange Open Calls does not fund research itself but promotes interactions and strengthens research collaboration among researchers across Europe by granting researchers with a mobility allowance of 2.400€/month (up to 14.400€ in total) for them to carry out research activities in ENFIELD partner organizations for 3-6 months. Details are available at: https://enfield-project.eu/open-calls/4th-exchange-scheme-open-call.