The main topic for the 9th Open Call will be “IoT, Cloud and Edge” .
Applications are to be considered equally valid and scored accordingly if they address any of the topics mentioned below taken from the Rolling Plan of the Multi-Stakeholder Platform for ICT Standardisation :
Accessibility of ICT products and services
Advanced manufacturing
Agri-food
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data, Open Data and Public Sector Information
Blockchain and Distributed Digital Ledger Technologies
Building Trust
Broadband infrastructure mapping
B2B Platform economy (for digital manufacturing industry)
Circular Economy
Citizen centric digital public services
Clean Planet
Cloud computing
Cloud Federation
Cobots
Construction – building information modelling
Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) for the EU maritime domain
Covid-19
Cross Domain Technologies
Cultural Heritage
Cybersecurity / network and information security
Data Economy
Data Governance
Data Interoperability
Digital Product Passport
Digital Twins
eCall
Edge Computing
Electronic identification and trust services including e-signatures
eGovernment
eHealth, healthy living and ageing
e-Invoicing
e-Infrastructures for research data and computing intensive science
Electromobility
EMC Radiation
European Global Navigation Satellite System (EGNSS)
Emergency communications
e-Procurement – pre- and post award
e-Privacy
European Electronic Toll Service (EETS)
Fintech and Regtech Standardisation
GDPR
Global Standard Governance
ICT Environmental impact
Identity Management and Anonymisation
Industry 4.0
Intelligent Transport Systems – Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (ITS-CCAM)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Justice
Language Technologies
Learning and Education
Machine Learning
Management of identities for smart organizations
Media
Metaverse
Ontologies
Open Data Standards
Open Source
Preservation of digital cinema
Privacy
Privacy protection
Public sector information, open data and big data
Quantum Technologies
Quantum Computing
Quantum Key Distribution
Robotics and autonomous systems
Safety, Transparency and Due Process Online
Semantic Interoperability
Single European Sky
Smart Contracts
Smart grids and smart metering
Smart City Covid+
Smart cities and communities/ technologies and services for smart and efficient energy use
Trusted Information
Trusted Secure Chips
U-Space
Water Management Digitalisation
3D Printing
5G
6G
5G & fixed network/internet,
IoT,
Cybersecurity,
Data Commons,
Cloud computing,
Quantum Technologies,
AI, Blockchain/DLT,
Industry 4.0,
ITS/automated driving,
FinTech/financial services,
eHealth
Three types of proposals can be funded under the StandICT.eu 2023 Open Calls, as shown below
– Proposal type: LT – Long term contribution (with travel option)
Description: Contribution to ongoing standards development as a chair or member of an SDO WG. E.g. comments on standards development and drafts, attending meetings also as an observer, paying membership or registration fees.
Maximum Contract Duration: 6 months
Funding Range: €5,000 – €10,000
– Proposal type: ST – Short-Term contributions (with travel option)
Description: Contribution to standards documentation e.g. liaison to WG, comments on standards drafts, participation at meeting paying membership or registration fees.
Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
Funding Range: €3,000 – €7,000
– Proposal type: OS – One-Shot contributions
Description: Support to ensure participation at workshop or event (e.g., participant, observer, presentation)
Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
Funding Range: Up to €3,000
Potential applicants are standardisation specialists, defined as professionals with proven expertise and experience in standardisation activities e.g. previous contributions to standards developments, participation in various Standards Development Organisations (SDO) groups working, previous or current chairs etc. in the respective priority area.
The StandICT.eu 2023 Calls are open to individuals or natural persons residing in the European Member States Associate Countries from both public and private sectors, industry and service companies including SMEs and start-ups, academia and research, and national and European associations, including NGOs representing consumers interests.
In particular, the target of StandICT.eu open calls are European specialists who have experience regarding developments of standards, e.g., in SDOs, , in groups set-up by the EC, or when creating documentation in open source developments; and who are not receiving support from other instruments (PPPs, EU or national R&I projects) for the proposed activities, and are not being funded from other sources for an identical activity.
