FOODITY - Open Call #1

Description

The FOODITY project aims to create a dynamic European ecosystem of digital solutions for food and nutrition respectful of citizens’ right to personal data sovereignty — and demonstrate the potential of data-driven innovations in this area, engaging citizens in their development. The FOODITY - Open Call #1 will fund six (6) proposals to contribute to this ecosystem of solutions.  The open call invites multidisciplinary consortia of 2-3 entities (which must be led by an SME), and may include research and technology organisations (RTOs) and universities, social innovation actors and training organisations. The consortia must demonstrate the capacity to develop the data-driven solution and collectively show capacity for user engagement and social innovation. Specific consortium conditions apply. Applicants must develop a solution that addresses one of the following areas: (1) personalised nutrition, (2) shopping experiences or (3) sustainability, all within the domains of nutrition and food systems. An open challenge is also available. Citizen engagement is expected as part of the development of the solution and during the pilot. Applicants are also required to use the FOODITY datalake and dataU platform. Beneficiaries may receive up to €180,000 and qualify for the FOODITY Star Award valued at €7,500. The funding is broken into two phases: the first phase runs for 9 months and grants €150,000 (Phase 1) and the second phase runs for an additional 3 months and grants €30,000 (Phase 2). Only three of the six pilots will proceed to the second phase.  All six awarded projects will participate in the FOODITY programme and receive capacity building services, group coaching and technical support.

Beneficiary & submission

The FOODITY - Open Call #1 launches on 5 September 2023 and closes on 8 November 2023 (17:00 CET). The objective of the FOODITY - Open Call #1 is to fund innovative data-driven solutions for food and nutrition respectful of users’ personal data sovereignty. Other specific objectives include: Address the low readiness level and lack of standards in (food and data sovereignty) research. Address poor understanding of data rights and utilisation among citizens.  Bring together different actors towards developing data privacy standards. Submissions are done exclusively via https://www.f6s.com/foodity-open-call-1/apply. Submissions via e-mail or other means will not be eligible. In addition to specific information about the project and the consortium partners, all applicants must submit a detailed technical description of their project, addressing four items:  Concept & Research Challenges Impact & Innovation Potential Data Rights & Citizen Engagement Implementation & Team All proposals will initially be checked against defined eligibility criteria (applicant, proposal and financial). Eligible proposals will be evaluated against four criteria aligned with the mentioned items. Each application will be evaluated by a minimum of two external evaluators. All applicants, independently of their evaluation result, will be contacted. Note: Applicants are required to register at FS6 to be able to submit their proposals.

Further information

Full details about the FOODITY - Open Call #1 can be found at: https://foodity.eu/open-calls/