FORTIS Open Call #1: Boosting Development of the FORTIS Solution

Description

The Open Call #1 aims at attracting and engaging systems actors and innovators - universities/researchers, mid-caps, SMEs and start-ups - that are developing services that can benefit and speed up the uptake of technology. The outcome of this open call will contribute to develop, integrate and validate solutions in FORTIS project. Applicants must submit their proposals to one of the FORTIS topics or subtopics: Topic 1: Activity Recognition 1.1 Human Activity Recognition Using Non-wearable 1.2 Human Activity Recognition Using Wearable Sensors Topic 2: Long-term memory 2.1 Memory Consolidation and Forgetting Mechanisms 2.2 Lifelong and Continual Learning for Personalized Adaptation Topic 3: Enhancing Robotic Intelligibility Through Directional Audio and Visual Effects 3.1 Spatialized and Adaptive Audio for Robot Communication 3.2 Visual Cues for Enhanced Intelligibility Topic 4: Multimodality semantic segmentation/perception

Beneficiary & submission

FORTIS invites multidisciplinary consortia of 2-3 entities - groups of 2-3 companies and RTOs - to submit proposals for technology solutions that demonstrate fulfilling the requirements of one the FORTIS topics. 8 projects will be funded, with up to €250 000 per project and a maximum of €200 000 per partner. The non-industry partners involved cannot exceed 30% of total project budget. The FSTP will follow the same funding rate as the beneficiaries, as stated in 13-General Annexes of the HE Work Program 2023-2025, covering up to 100% of the total costs for non-profit organisation and 70% for SMEs and profit organisations. All the information and documents are available at: https://fortis-project.eu/open-call-1/. Applicants are required to apply online and answer all mandatory questions (with no exception) at: https://www.f6s.com/fortis-project-opencall-1/apply.

Further information

The FORTIS consortium will provide information to the applicants primarily via https://www.f6s.com/fortis-project-opencall-1/about , so that all information will be accessible to all potential applicants. No binding information will be provided via any other means (e.g., telephone or email). All the contacts below will be available from April 2025, when the OC#1 officially opens. ·More info about FORTIS at: https://fortis-project.eu/ ·More information about FORTIS – Open Call #1: https://fortis-project.eu/open-calls/ ·Apply via: https://www.f6s.com/fortis-project-opencall-1/apply ·Online Q&A and discussion forum: https://www.f6s.com/fortis-project-opencall-1/discuss ·F6S support team (for platform issues during the application): support@f6s.com ·Other support: opencall@fortis-project.eu