dAIEDGE Open Call for Exchange Programmes

Description

About dAIEDGE dAIEDGE is a Network of Excellence (NoE) for distributed, trustworthy, efficient and scalable AI at the Edge. dAIEDGE seeks to strengthen and support the development of a dynamic European cutting-edge AI ecosystem under the umbrella of the European Lighthouse for AI, and to sustain the development of advanced AI. dAIEDGE fosters the exchange of ideas, concepts, and trends on cutting-edge next generation AI, creating links between ecosystem actors to help both the European Commission (EC) and the European Union (EU) identify strategies for future developments in Europe. The Exchange Programme will finance mobility and costs of living for individuals (researchers, PhD students) to spend 5 months in one of the dAIEDGE Hosting Institutions, in order to perform common research in the field of AI at the EDGE that lead to significant advances. The result of the programme should ideally lead to a common scientific publication between the beneficiary and the Hosting Institution. Each beneficiary can receive a maximum amount of up to 60.000€ for participating in the up to 7 months of the Exchange Programme, which includes the following stages: Stage 1: Plan Phase, during which the beneficiary should deliver a Research Plan Document (including challenges, research activities, planned publication and budget), the duration of this stage is up to 2 months and, after completing it, the beneficiary will receive a the 25% of the requested grant (up to 15.000€). Stage 2: Exchange Phase, which should lead to a Technical Report on the Conducted Research (minimal requirement). The duration of this stage is 5 months and, after completing it, the beneficiary will receive the 75% of the requested grant (up to 45.000€).

Beneficiary & submission

Submission through the application form available on: https://daiedge-1oc.fundingbox.com/ Applicants and eligibility: Researchers or PhD Students in the field of AI at the Edge, that can apply as Natural Persons, or RTO, Academia or SMEs (including Startups) which will delegate its individual Researcher or PhD Student. That are registered/have citizenship or legal residence in: EU Member States and its Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT), or Horizon Europe Associated Countries. The Evaluation of the Open Call proposals will be carried out in a four-step process: Step 1 will check the proposals against eligibility criteria. Step 2 (if necessary) will check the alignment of the proposal with the project objectives and scope. Step 3 will involve experts’ evaluation to assess the proposal according to the criteria.  Step 4 will involve the dAIEDGE consortium to choose the proposals based on the external evaluation results and the objectives of the dAIEDGE project. Finally, additional step 5 will include the review of legal documents before the Sub Grant Agreement signature. For further information see the Guide for Applicants section 4

Further information

OC application form: https://daiedge-1oc.fundingbox.com/ OC helpdesk email: dAIEDGE.help@fundingbox.com Project website: https://daiedge.eu/