#1 Open Call | Lauds Exploration (OC-2024-LAUDSEXP-01)

#1 OPEN CALL | LAUDS EXPLORATION (OC-2024-LAUDSEXP-01)

Type of grant: Cascade funding

Opening date: 29 May 2024

Deadline model: single-stage

Deadline date: 29 July 2024 15:00 (Brussels time)

Status: Open for submission

Expected duration of participation: Experiments selected within this Open Call are expected to have a duration of a minimum of 6 months period and a maximum of 12 months period, varying according to the submitted proposal. Experiment execution timeframe: October 2024 to September 2025.

Total funding available: €240,000.00

Project acronym: LAUDS Factories

Full name of the EU funded project: Local Accessible Urban Digital and Sustainable Factories: New European Bauhaus Approach to Open and Decentralised Urban Manufacturing

Grant agreement number: 101135986

Topic: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53 - Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus (RIA using FSTP)

Submission & evaluation process

Please consult the details of the Application Procedures on the Guidelines for Applicants available on the LAUDS Factories webpage: https://lauds.eu

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium composed of a minimum of 2 legal entities, with at least one artist/creative/designer/architect and one technology provider, which will constitute the hybrid team to implement the Experiment. Entities must be established in an EU or a Horizon Europe Associated country.

The Proposal Template (Technical Annex), the Budget Template and the Guidelines for Applicants for submitting proposals for the LAUDS Exploration Open Call are available on the LAUDS Factories website: https://lauds.eu/.

Proposals to LAUDS Factories Open Call must be submitted electronically via https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/OC-2024-LAUDSEXP-01.

Applicants are encouraged to contact LAUDS Factories support team for additional information and guidance – lauds.opencall@inova.business.

EVALUATION PROCESS

Proposals are evaluated against criteria of technical approach and art-tech congruency, innovation potential and impact, technical capacities and cost-benefit. Each criterion will be scored from 0 (Fail) to 5 (Excellent). The threshold for each criterion is three (3). This indicates that if a proposal scores less than 3 in any criterion the proposal is automatically rejected. Proposals that pass the criterion thresholds will be considered for funding.

Further information

A total budget of 240.000 Euros is allocated to the LAUDS Exploration Open Call for funding the participation of at least 6 Experiments[1].

Successful applicants will receive a grant that cannot surpass 40.000€ per Experiment. The grant will be paid in three lump sums: one at the beginning of the project (40% with the sub-grant agreement signature), the second with an interim assessment (40%) and at the end of the project pending the achievement of agreed milestones and deliverables (20% with expected outcome).

[1] The LAUDS Factories Consortium reserves the right not to award all available funds or to redistribute them between the open calls planned within the project, depending on the quality of the applications received and the results of the evaluation.

Task description

Experiments selected will be collaborating with LAUDS Factories in activities such as conceiving novel uses of technologies that help push for green solutions, and/or exploring alternative design methods using artistic practices creating new industrial models connecting potential manufacturers partners, creatives and end-users. These activities should provide answers to proposed challenges by the three LAUDS Factories with which the selected hybrid teams are to cooperate. Please consult the Catalogue of Challenges available on the LAUDS Factories webpage.