National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 4 - Digital, NCP and Delegate for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and NCP and National Representative for the Smart Networks and Services (SNS) Joint Undertaking.
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Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Work Programme (HE CL4):
The call closures for the last calls for topics in the 2023-2024 Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Digital Industry and Space Work Programme are approaching.
The remaining digital topics are in destinations: 3, 4 and 6, described as follows, where you can view the remaining topics by selecting the relevant link.
Destination 3: Three topics - World Leading Data and Computing Technologies closing 19 March 2024.
Destination 4: Eleven topics, spread over two calls - HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 and HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-CNECT with both calls closing 19 March 2024.
Destination 6: Three topics - please note that the Commission intends to cancel the three topics that are included in Call Horizon-CL4-2024-HUMAN-01 with planned closing date 19 March 2024.
A new call that would be opened around April 2024 is foreseen.
Please contact the Cluster 4 Digital NCPs for details on this.
Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU)
The European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is a Public-Private Partnership that aims to facilitate and develop industrial leadership in Europe in 5G and 6G networks and services.
The SNS JU funds projects that shape a solid research and innovation (R&I) roadmap and deployment agenda by engaging a critical mass of European stakeholders and facilitating international cooperation on various 6G initiatives.
The 2024 call is now open since 16 January 2024 and closes on 18 April 2024. Applications and all documents are now available via the following link Funding & tenders SNS JU 2024. Of particular interest, watch the SNS JU 2024 Information Day held on 22 January and the SNS JU Online Brokerage event.
For more information, please visit the SNS JU website. This is an excellent website and provides all the relevant information required for participating in this emerging field of technology research and innovation.
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
The JRC plan the upcoming launch of calls for participation in training and capacity building courses at the laboratories. I will be attending a training course for these on 21 February. Please contact me for further information on the following calls:
Digital Europe Programme (DEP)
I am currently providing NCP services for the Digital Europe Programme (DEP). The first call for 2024 will be published on 13 February 2024. The call itself will open on 29 February 2024, with deadline on 29 May 2024. A publication date for the second call in 2024 is not known yet. However, the call itself will open on 4 July 2024, with deadline on 21 November 2024. Also, please see the following link to access the DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06 Deployment Actions in the area of Cybersecurity call that opened on the 16 January 2024: Deployment Actions in the area of Cybersecurity (DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06)
Further Information
Please contact me for further information about any of the above. Also, please sign up for our Cluster 4 newsletter. Through this you will receive regular newsletters and updates on all the relevant Digital topics for Cluster 4 – Digital and the SNS JU.