UTTER Financial Support for Third Parties – 1st Open Call (2023) – UTTER FSTP ’23

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Funding under projects

Programme Description

Funding provided under previews programmes.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

UTTER FSTP '23

Call

UTTER Financial Support for Third Parties – 1st Open Call (2023) – UTTER FSTP ’23

Summary

UTTER call for pilot (demonstrator) projects should further the design and implementation of XR models, aided by UTTER research and technology, enabling new types of human-human and human-machine interaction in new sectors.

Detailed Call Description

Projects will develop and/or pilot applications using XR models, from UTTER or elsewhere, in new sectors, exploring new boundaries in XR interaction and aiming for high societal or commercial impact and provide valuable user feedback to UTTER, and collaborate and consult with UTTER researchers as needed.

Examples of welcome project objectives include the following:

  • Improving or demonstrating efficiency of XR model inference;
  • Improving or demonstrating efficiency of XR model training;
  • Designing interfaces for usability;
  • Extending XR models to new languages, domains or modalities;
  • Applying XR models to new tasks;
  • Building resources for XR models;
  • Evaluation of XR models.

Call Total Budget

€895 206

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

The maximum amount of financial support is €60 000 per project.

Each funded project will receive a maximum of €60 000, depending on the proposal and funding appropriation. The funding takes the form of a lump sum contribution.

 

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Eligibility For Participation Notes

The call is open for only SMEs and research organisations (including but not limited to higher education organisations, independent research organisations and NGOs) eligible for EU funding in individual projects (i.e., no collaborative multi-party projects) and Horizon Europe eligible countries. The definition of SME is the one by the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.

Only one proposal per individual applicant will be accepted for evaluation. The last proposal submitted will be evaluated, others will be discarded. If the project proposal is not accepted in the first call, resubmission to the second call is allowed. No double funding is allowed between the project UTTER and/or any other incubator or similar scheme for Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP). Proposals with significant overlap or proposals requesting double funding will be considered ineligible.

Partners of the UTTER consortium are not eligible.

All applications and supporting documents must be submitted via the submission platform.

Call Opening Date

31/07/2023

Call Closing Date

15/10/2023

EU Contact Point

All relevant questions and communication with applicants will be published on the UTTER website. For any queries and call content you can send an email message to utter-fstp@list.uva.nl.