NGI Search 2nd Open Call

Description

NGI Search, funded by the European Commission, as part of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement Nº101069364, framed under Next Generation Internet Initiative, foresees as an eligible activity the provision of financial support to third parties, as a means to achieve the objectives of the "Next Generation Internet" initiative - and thus to contribute to a resilient, trustworthy and sustainably open internet. Today, it is very important to be able to find, represent and ultimately make sense of internet-based data sources and resources without the need of relying on non-transparent organisations offering such services, potentially violating privacy and trust. The vision of the NGI Search project is to change the way we use and experience search & discover data and resources on the internet and web. This includes new user interfaces for searching and representing data (e.g. voice and image-based), heterogeneous data sources (e.g. IoT, semantic data, multimedia, social media as well as traditional websites), new methodologies (e.g. machine learning and natural language processing) in generic context and specific use cases (e.g. industry 4.0, health, social media). NGI Search is looking to fund and support projects that will develop technologies and solutions centred on privacy and trust for end-users searching and discovering information and resources on the internet. All projects are expected to have an open-source development, they also need to provide real demonstrations either as research demonstrators showcasing novel concepts; minimum viable products showcasing a potential business; and/or community projects that are in a deployable state.  Project proposals must clearly address a specific technology, method, tool or problem related to information retrieval, search, indexing, discovery and exploration of information

Beneficiary & submission

The main objective of the NGI Search Open Call is to attract entrepreneurs, tech-geeks, developers, socially engaged people, SMEs (including newly established organisations), research organisations, academic research groups, non-profit organisations etc. who can strongly demonstrate that they contribute towards the scope of NGI SEARCH - that is to change the way we use and experience, search and discover data and resources on the internet and web. This Open Call will be funding projects in the following areas: Power cognitive search by reinforcement learning  Machine-based data  AI-based taxonomies  Network analysis  AI-based search tools and content generators  Ethics in search and discovery  Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information Application submission is made online, through the official Open Call website: https://ngi-search-2nd-open-call.fundingbox.com/ The submitted application will be evaluated in 4 stages: eligibility check; minimum quality criteria check; external evaluation; and consensus. The evaluation process is explained in detail in the Open Call’s Guide for Applicants, which can be found on the official Open Call website here: https://ngi-search-2nd-open-call.fundingbox.com/.  Note: Project proposals should be in line with the NGI vision, and they need to have a clear European dimension. 

Further information

A more complete overview of the Open Call and proposal guidelines can be found on the official Open Call website here https://ngi-search-2nd-open-call.fundingbox.com/ Email address for further information: ngisearch@fundingbox.com  Official Open Call helpdesk: https://spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/the-next-generation-internet-ngi-community-ngi-search Project website: https://www.ngisearch.eu/ More information about the Next Generation Internet: https://www.ngi.eu/