Art-driven digital innovation: Towards human compatible and ecologically conscious technology (CSA)

Call updates

Jul 31, 2023 2:54:10 PM

EVALUATION results

Published: 07/12/2022

Deadline: 29/03/2023

Available budget: EUR 201 500 000

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 203

Number of inadmissible proposals: 7

Number of ineligible proposals: 8

Number of above-threshold proposals: 135

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 920,801,927.03

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

Mar 31, 2023 10:53:09 AM

Call HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01 has closed on the 29 March 2023.

203 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-82: 1 proposal

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in July 2023.

Jan 24, 2023 10:44:02 AM

We would like to draw your attention to an update of the “Detailed Budget Table” Excel template. A new template has been republished for your kind consideration and use.

An additional paragraph has been added to the instructions tab, explaining how to save the detailed budget table and how to upload it in the submission system:

“After you completed this Excel workbook, you must also complete the table ‘Budget for the proposal’ in Part A of the proposal, entering the requested EU contribution for each participant. Fill the Part A budget table using the total for each participant from the sheet ‘Lump sum breakdown’ in this Excel workbook. The format of this Excel workbook is .xlsm because it uses macros to generate sheets and make calculations automatically. Always save it as .xlsm. However, this format cannot be uploaded to the submission system for security reasons. Therefore, to submit the completed workbook, save a copy as an .xlsx or .xls document (and not as .xlsm) and upload it to the proposal submission tool at Step 5 of the submission process. Always keep a copy of the original .xlsm file. To save the workbook as .xlsx document, use the action button in the sheet “Instructions”. Alternatively, click on “File” and then “Save as”; in the “Save as” dialog box, choose “.xlsx” or “.xls” from the “Save as type” dropdown list.”

You can still use the template initially available in the submission system if you wish to, but please be aware of the instructions on how to upload and save the file.

Dec 9, 2022 10:18:36 AM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-82(HORIZON-CSA)

Art-driven digital innovation: Towards human compatible and ecologically conscious technology (CSA)

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-82

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies (HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT)
Type of action: HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 08 December 2022
Deadline date: 29 March 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

ExpectedOutcome:
This call encourages a mind change regarding the role of the arts in R&I in the spirit of a European innovation policy based on culture and values. It is building on results of the S+T+ARTS program that has demonstrated concrete benefits of art-technology collaboration for digital innovation and uptake of digital in society and economy.

Facilitate artistic experimentation with (digital) technologies to accelerate development and novel use cases of digital technologies. The emphasise will be on ecologically conscious and human compatible technologies and use cases of technologies.
To this end, the consortium will fund (via FSTP in form of grants) S+T+ARTS residencies of artists to be hosted by EC funded projects, technology institutions, or SMEs/industrial actors (both digital providers and end-users of digital). In the spirit of the topic, hosts of residencies must provide access to technology free of cost. The consortium will mentor residencies and help in follow-up/exploitation of the outcomes (commercial or other). Non-exclusive examples of intended outcomes include:

Art-driven development and use of human compatible Artificial Intelligence (AI) in spirit of the EC communication on ‘Trustworthy AI’
Art-driven applications of high-performance computing (visualisation, simulation etc).
Art as a catalyst for uptake of the digital in society and economy in the spirit of digital innovation hubs.
Art-driven use of technology to facilitate the Green Transition and contribute to UN Sustainable Development goals in the spirit of the ‘New European Bauhaus’ (urban development, green manufacturing, circular economy, water management, etc.)
Art-driven use of digital media to fight disinformation, for example to promote factual narratives and change behaviour in context of Green Transition and climate change.
b. Continuation of the annual S+T+ARTS prize: Achieve visibility of successful art and technology collaborations via an annual prize (FSTP in form of prizes) in two categories - to be defined by proposers, organize annual calls (launch, evaluation) and disseminate the prizes and its winners in an award ceremony and a travelling exhibition
c. Organise an annual AI and music S+T+ARTS Festival. The festival will highlight synergies of digital – in particular AI - with human creativity in art and music. Artistic use of digital can push limits of digital technology and is considered a measure of compatibility of digital with human values and needs.
Scope:
While Europe is strongly pushing innovation based on technological and scientific progress, it has always put social and ecological priorities on the same level as economic growth. This has led to a new alliance of the arts with S&T as part of a European innovation policy rooted in values and culture. Artists become key drivers of ‘art-driven innovation’ towards ecologically conscious and human compatible technologies. In this spirit, DG CONNECT launched S+T+ARTS - innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS – and the European Commission president proposed the ‘New European Bauhaus’, where synergies between art and novel technologies are identified as enablers of the Green Transition. The present call will thus encourage actors in R&I to adopt artistic experimentation as a complementary method for technology development and use across all EC programs.

The Commission considers a duration of 36 months as appropriate.