Call Updates

Jul 31, 2023 2:26:56 PM

EVALUATION results (corrigendum):

Published: 15/12/2022

Deadline: 25/04/2023

Available budget: EUR 132 million

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 112

Number of inadmissible proposals: 0

Number of ineligible proposals: 0

Number of above-threshold proposals: 91

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 422,251,119.57

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

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

Apr 26, 2023 1:13:06 PM

PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023 has closed on the 25 April 2023 at 17.00.00.

112 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023-STREAM-CSA-01: 1 proposal
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in July 2023.

Jan 17, 2023 1:12:17 PM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023-STREAM-CSA-01(HORIZON-JU-CSA)

Please note that the funding rates in this topic are: 100% for non-for-profit organizations and 90% with respect to for-profit organizations. Unfortunately, the maximum funding rate in the budget table is set to 100%. We kindly ask all for-profit organizations to make a manual calculation and request only 90% of the budget.

SNS Societal Challenges

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023-STREAM-CSA-01

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023 (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023)
Type of action: HORIZON-JU-CSA HORIZON JU Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 17 January 2023
Deadline date: 25 April 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

ExpectedOutcome:
The CSA is expected to cover at least the following expected outcomes, in close cooperation with relevant SNS flagship initiatives and relevant EU and Member States projects:

Summary of the positions of stakeholders on the impact of next generation (6G) technologies on the society and the expected improvements on citizens’ everyday life
Technology acceptance model or roadmap building on outputs of relevant projects
Explanatory material (for non-experts) fostering a better understanding of the potential societal, environmental, public health, etc. effects of 6G and related technologies
General public information events and publications in non-specialised media, studies, citizen/end-user panels, open public debates with experts aiming at better understanding and promoting improved acceptance of 6G and its benefits where appropriate.
Development of sustainability indicators, building on the Key Value Indicators (KVIs) developed by the SNS projects towards larger public validation and downstream exploitation at international and standardisation level where relevant;
Advice for projects and other stakeholders on how to reflect EU policy objectives as well as existing and future EU legislation and guidance in SNS technology solutions for future networks’ development and services where appropriate. Relevant areas include industrial competitiveness, cyber-security, privacy, environmental and climate action, as well as health.
Objective:
For further information about the strategic role of the CSA in SNS, please refer to the Work Programme, available under ‘Topic Conditions and Documents - Additional Documents’.

Scope:
The scope covers:

At societal level, clearly identify why society needs 6G solutions and consider the acceptability of a new 6G technological wave. This will cover all aspects that may lead to acceptance and possibly adoption of a new technology by people, social sustainability and technology acceptability, including democracy, privacy and security principles, contribution to and impact on the society, and participation of the population are in scope as well as possible measures to address or improve the key factors of acceptability.
It includes the potential effects at societal and environmental levels and on public health.
From a sustainability point of view, analyse 6G contribution to the sustainability targets and a human-centric approach, with sustainability models for various application domains. Sustainability may be considered at large and should cover at least i) energy efficiency/carbon neutrality for various sectors; ii) energy and carbon footprint of current and future SNS technology solutions as well as related technology enablers and enabled applications; iii) affordability and accessibility considering the cost of technological solutions and the impact on availability and prices.
Public policy objectives as well as existing and future EU guidance in various fields including, cyber-security, privacy, environmental and climate action, as well as health that are important elements to be considered during the developments of new technology solutions.
European technological competitiveness and digital leadership, notably in terms of positions of European players in the supply chain and digital skills in the field of 6G technologies are of key importance. Activities under the SNS JU need to contribute to conceive, develop and deploy a European value-based approach to 6G (based on European KVIs and KPIs) and promote it through the 6G global standard setting process. Synergies with related SNS CSA projects from Phase 1 and other initiatives already in place (IPCEI on Microelectronics and Connectivity, Chips Act, etc.) may be considered.
Intellectual property aspects and its valorisation through standards in a changing (software/IT influenced) digital world is in the scope of the project. In this context confidentiality of exchanges of data and their security are aspects to be taken care of.
The CSA shall provide advice and coordination services at SNS programme level e.g. in relevant SNS Working Groups and liaise with the SNS flagship initiatives and projects, and with the relevant CSAs - notably by cooperating with the existing and future SNS CSAs, the SNS JU office and the SNS JU private side - to exploit synergies. The CSA should integrate its work plan with the operational plans of the relevant projects and initiatives.

Considering the strategic support nature of the CSA, the CSA partners should demonstrate a strong capability to mobilise strategic scientific and interdisciplinary expertise on a broad range of societal issues as well as relevant EU legislation and guidance, and a strong understanding of the telecommunication sector, and be able to liaise with and leverage upon existing relevant international and European authorities, committees, working groups and experts groups around the issues of acceptability, inclusiveness, security and sustainability of next generation smart networks and services. Thus, the consortium should be able to handle the multidisciplinary challenge by bridging new technical capabilities and societal needs

The CSA activities and outcome should be specific to the scope of SNS, in order to respect the competence of other EU and international organisations and bodies. Also, the specific tasks and methodology of the CSA and the expertise needed (i.e. within the fields of technology, health, security, environment, social sciences, communication and media and economics) should be defined by focusing on concrete topical problems/questions.


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