May 2015
ECHORD Plus Plus - Second Call for Proposals Now Open
The Second Call for Experiment Proposals and the Call for R&D Proposals for Public end-user Driven Technology Innovation (PDTI) in the Healthcare Scenario are now open.
Deadline: June 23rd 2015, at 17:00 (Brussels time)
Portal for applicants: www.echord.eu/portal
The competitive call for experiment proposals is related to the EU-funded project ECHORD++ (FP7-ICT-601116). In the context of ECHORD++, small-scale projects, “experiments”, will be conducted, which will use state-of-the-art robotic equipment, addressing one of the following scenarios: Cognitive tools and workers for cognitive factories, general purpose robotic co-workers, cognitive logistics robots for industry, medical robotics, agricultural and food robotics, and urban robotics. Each experiment has a maximum duration of 18 months, the funding of an experiment is expected to be about € 300,000. The total indicated funding for this call is € 4.8 Mio.
The competitive call for PDTI R&D proposals addresses healthcare, more specifically Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. The indicated funding for these PDTI activities amounts to €1.2 Mio.
The research community, enterprises and robot manufacturers are asked to submit experiment proposals, written in English only. Please note that FP7 only offers part-funding of research activities.
More information and the full call documents, including the guides for applicants and an electronic submission system, can be found on the website: http://www.echord.eu/
In order to be able to start an experiment and to officially join the ECHORD++ consortium in case a sumbitted proposal is successful, you need to get registered by the EU Commission.
If you have further questions, please contact: info@echord.eu
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