FOODITY - Open Call #2

FOODITY - Open Call #2

Type of grant: Cascade funding

Opening date: 08 May 2024

Deadline model: single-stage

Deadline date: 10 July 2024 16:00 (Brussels time)

Status: Forthcoming

Expected duration of participation: 12 months

Total funding available: €997,500.00

Project acronym: FOODITY

Full name of the EU funded project: FOod and nutritiOn Data-driven innovation respectful of citizen's Data SovereIgnTY

Grant agreement number: 101086105

Topic: HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-10 - Piloting approaches and tools to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” in the area of food and nutrition

Submission & evaluation process

The FOODITY - Open Call #2 launches on 8 May 2024 and closes on 10 July 2024 (17:00 CEST).

The objective of the FOODITY - Open Call #2 is to fund innovative data-driven solutions for food and nutrition respectful of users’ personal data sovereignty. Other specific objectives include:

1. Address the low readiness level and lack of standards in (food and data sovereignty) research.
2. Address poor understanding of data rights and utilisation among citizens.
3. Bring together different actors towards developing data privacy standards.

Submissions are done exclusively via https://www.f6s.com/foodity-open-call-2/apply. Submissions via e-mail or other means will not be eligible.

In addition to specific information about the project and the consortium partners, all applicants must submit a detailed technical description of their project, addressing four items:

1. Concept & Research Challenges
2. Impact & Innovation Potential
3. Data Rights & Citizen Engagement
4. Implementation & Team

All proposals will initially be checked against eligibility criteria related with the applicant & consortium, the proposal, and financials. Eligible proposals will be evaluated against four criteria aligned with the mentioned items. Each application will be evaluated by a minimum of two independent and external evaluators. The top-ranked proposals will be proceed to the interview stage, managed by FOODITY partners. All applicants, independently of their evaluation result, will be contacted with their result.

Note: Applicants are required to register at FS6 to be able to submit their proposals.

Further information

Full details about the FOODITY - Open Call #2 can be found at: https://foodity.eu/open-calls-2/

Task description

The FOODITY project aims to create a dynamic European ecosystem of digital solutions for food and nutrition respectful of citizens’ right to personal data sovereignty — and demonstrate the potential of data-driven innovations in this area, engaging citizens in their development.

The FOODITY - Open Call #2 will fund six (6) proposals to contribute to this ecosystem of solutions. The open call invites multidisciplinary consortia of 2-3 entities (which must be led by an SME), and may include research and technology organisations (RTOs) and universities, social innovation actors and training organisations. The consortia must demonstrate the capacity to develop the data-driven solution and collectively show capacity for user engagement and social innovation. Specific consortium conditions apply and are provided in the guidelines.

Applicants must develop a solution that addresses one of the following areas: (1) shopping experiences, (2) education, or (3) services, all within the domains of nutrition and food systems. An open challenge is also available. Citizen engagement is expected as part of the development of the solution and during the pilot. Applicants are expected to describe how citizen engagement will take place and how their project will promote data awareness. Applicants are required to use the FOODITY datalake and dataU platform. Food and nutrition related components developed by FOODITY are available to be used in the projects (optional use).

Beneficiaries may receive up to €180,000 and qualify for the FOODITY Star Award valued at €7,500. The funding is broken into two phases:

1. Phase 1 runs for 9 months and provides all six projects grants of up to €150,000.
2. Phase 2 runs for 3 months and will provide three projects an additional grant of up to €30,000. The three projects moving from Phase 1 to Phase 2 will be selected by a jury in a pitch competition.

All six awarded projects will participate in the FOODITY programme and receive capacity building services, group coaching and technical support. The six projects are expected to contribute with open datasets.