#2 OPEN CALL | LAUDS REPLICATION (OC-2024-LAUDSREP-01)

Description

Selected projects will be collaborating with LAUDS Factories in activities such as conceiving novel uses of technologies that help push for green solutions, and/or exploring alternative design methods using artistic practices creating new industrial models connecting potential manufacturers partners, creatives and end-users. These activities should provide answers to proposed challenges by the five LAUDS Factories with which the selected hybrid teams are to cooperate and should be replicated. Please consult the Catalogue of Challenges available on the LAUDS Factories webpage

Beneficiary & submission

SUBMISSION PROCESS Proposals must be submitted by a consortium composed of a minimum of 2 legal entities, with at least one artist/creative/designer/architect and one technology provider, which will constitute the hybrid team to implement the Replication. Entities must be established in an EU or a Horizon Europe Associated country. The Proposal Template (Technical Annex), the Budget Template and the Guidelines for Applicants for submitting proposals for the LAUDS Exploration Open Call are available on the LAUDS Factories website: https://lauds.eu/. Proposals to LAUDS Factories Open Call must be submitted electronically via https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/lauds-call-2-replication Applicants are encouraged to contact LAUDS Factories support team for additional information and guidance – lauds.opencall@inova.business EVALUATION PROCESS Proposals are evaluated against criteria of technical approach and art-tech congruency, innovation potential and impact, technical capacities and cost-benefit. Each criterion will be scored from 0 (Fail) to 5 (Excellent). The threshold for each criterion is three (3). This indicates that if a proposal scores less than 3 in any criterion the proposal is automatically rejected. Proposals that pass the criterion thresholds will be considered for funding.

Further information

A total budget of 216.000 Euros is allocated to the LAUDS Exploration Open Call for funding the participation of at least 8 Experiments[1]. Successful applicants will receive a grant that cannot surpass 27.000€ per Experiment. The grant will be paid in three lump sums: one at the beginning of the project (40% with the sub-grant agreement signature), the second with an interim assessment (40%) and at the end of the project pending the achievement of agreed milestones and deliverables (20% with expected outcome). [1] The LAUDS Factories 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 quality of the applications received and the results of the evaluation.