NebulOuS Open Call #1

NebulOuS Open Call #1

Type of grant: Cascade funding

Opening date: 14 February 2024

Deadline model: single-stage

Deadline date: 17 April 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Status: Forthcoming

Expected duration of participation: 7 months

Total funding available: €600,000.00

Project acronym: NebulOus

Full name of the EU funded project: A META OPERATING SYSTEM FOR BROKERING HYPER-DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS ON CLOUD COMPUTING CONTINUUMS

Grant agreement number: 101070516

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-05 - Future European platforms for the Edge: Meta Operating Systems (RIA)

Submission & evaluation process

Submission:

1. Project applications must be submitted by 17 April 2024 at 17:00 CET here: https://www.f6s.com/nebulous-open-call-1/apply

Evaluation:

1. Step 1: Eligibility check

Proposals must meet ALL the eligibility criteria. The eligibility check enables the creation of a shortlist of proposals to be evaluated in the next step of the evaluation process.

1. Step 2: External remote evaluation

Eligible proposals will be evaluated remotely by independent evaluators. The following evaluation criteria apply:

C1 - Novelty, adequateness of the proposed use-case to be implemented with NebulOuS.

C2 - Economic, social and environmental impact of the planned use-case

C3 - Expertise and excellence of the proposed team

C4 - Project planning and value for money

Further information

Eligible beneficiaries:

NebulOuS will fund third-party projects that may be from:

1. Single entity - Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on the IoT, Edge, Cloud or other related technologies.
2. Consortium of maximum of 2 entities - Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on the IoT, Edge, Cloud or other related technologies AND research organisation. SMEs is a leader of the consortium.

Further information:

1. More info about NebulOuS at: https://nebulouscloud.eu/
2. More information about NebulOuS Open Call #1: https://nebulouscloud.eu/open-calls/
3. For additional communication need, please contact the Help Desk: opencall@nebulouscloud.eu

Task description

The objective of the NebulOuS Open Call #1 is to give selected applicants the opportunity to discover NebulOuS at the second half of the project, when a mature release of the Meta-OS stack will be available. Selected teams will test components of the NebulOuS architecture, by providing additional use cases where an IoT to Edge to Cloud infrastructure is needed, demonstrating the replicability and sustainability of NebulOuS framework covering a wide spectrum of use cases. It also aims to guarantee proper and wide external evaluation and validation of the project results, increase awareness, attract and engage key stakeholders and end-users, and ensure sustainability throughout and after the project end.

Participants in NebulOuS Open Call #1 are invited to submit a proposal addressing at least one of the following challenges:

1. Challenge 1 - Workflow application
2. Challenge 2 - IoT application with variability
3. Challenge 3 - Serverless application
4. Challenge 4 - Open challenge

The objective of NebulOuS Open Call #1 will be validation of basic aspects of the platform and NebulOuS will invest a €600.000 to fund 4 projects (maximum €150.000 per project) bringing an added value to NebulOuS by showcasing new use cases in different domains than those covered already by the Project.