Open Calls closing in October’18

We compiled a selection of a few Open Calls, closing at the end of the month, that are interesting for the Living Lab Community:

WORTH Partnership Project: Call for Proposals

WORTH Partnership Project creates and supports transnational collaborations between fashion designers, creative people, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms looking to develop design-driven and innovative products.

Selected proposals will receive:

• Funding of up to € 10,000 for each project
• Coaching and advice
• Product market positioning and branding
• Participation at two international events
• Networking and cross-sector collaboration
• Product development.

DESIGNSCAPES: Open Call for Pilot Proposals
Anybody who is willing to solve urbanization related challenges is welcome to apply for the DESIGNSCAPES call, yet specifically designers and creative entrepreneurs. Both existing and completely new ideas and solutions may be entered.

What are they looking for:

Innovative solutions to help in facing challenges in the urban context. The best innovations are design-enabled, user-centered, embedded into an urban environment, practical and easily understood.

Deadline: 26 October 2018 (5PM CEST) edit: deadline of the submission has been extended to 30 November 

More information: http://designscapes.eu/open-calls/

FABULOS project: Request for Tenders open

Nearly 5.5 million euros available to support R&D work in developing systems capable of operating fleets of automated minibuses. In total, FABULOS procurement budget reaches around 5,500,000 Euros (including VAT). The maximum budget for individual suppliers involved in all three phases is over 1,000,000 million Euros (including VAT).  The project is coordinated by ENoLL Member Forum Virium Helsinki.

Deadline: 31 October 2018

More information: https://fabulos.eu/fabulos-request-for-tenders/

ACTIVAGE project: Open Call

Aim of the Open Call is to implement and deploy mature IoT solutions using the current European deployment sites’ IoT ecosystem for testing, demonstration and initial market take-up.

Target: European SMEs, Mid-Caps and Start-ups legally registered in a member state of the European Union or in a Horizon 2020 associated country.

Budget: 600.000€, with a maximum of 10 projects funded.

Deadline: 31 October 2018 (5pm CET)

More information: http://www.activageproject.eu/open-call

SynchroniCity: More than 130 applicants responded to 3M euro Open Call
The SynchroniCity 3M euro open call has closed on 30 September 2018. High interest came from both SMEs and Smart Cities to join the SynchroniCity community and build together a global IoT market. Those who applied for the Open Call will receive their results in November. Follow the SynchroniCity website for more information.