About the call
The second call of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking aim at the reinforcement of the industrial competitiveness, by supporting the growth of existing partnerships and/or fostering new partnerships on digital technologies that already are at a higher TRL level.
The call consists of Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Innovation Actions (IA) that essentially differ by the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) they focus on and therefore by the reimbursement rates. Projects selected should demonstrate high impact, Europe wide collaboration with a mixed participation of large enterprises, SMEs and academia. Expected outputs are novel technologies, pilot lines, large scale demonstrators, and platforms for innovative product developments.
Innovation Action (IA):
An Innovation Action (IA) primarily consists of activities aiming at technology or method introduction, pilot lines, test beds, demonstrators, innovation pilots and zones of full-scale testing. These activities produce plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes, methods and tools or services. For this purpose they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication. The activities have their centre of gravity at the TRL 5-8.
Research and Innovation Action (RIA):
A Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution. For this purpose they may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment. The activities have their centre of gravity at TRL 3-4.
Read the detailed call text here.
See also Brokerage Event for KDT, at 3-4 May 2022
Topic of the call
The call consists of bottom-up Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Innovation Actions (IA) aimed at addressing topics and societal challenges identified in the ECS Strategic and Research Agenda for Electronic Components and System. The topics and challenges can be found here.
In addition to the bottom-up programming, three focus topics are included:
- Focus topic on Industrial supply chain for silicon (IA)
- Focus topic on Design of Customisable and Domain Specific Open-source RISC-V Processors (IA)
- Focus topic on Ecodesigned smart electronic systems supporting the Green Deal objectives (RIA)
Eligibility
General eligibility criteria and conditions for receiving project funding from Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) will apply. Read about the Danish Rules and Guidelines for international projects
At least one Danish company must be involved as a partner in the project. Companies must be established with a considerable business activity in Denmark within the scope of the KDT JU.
After the call deadline, Danish enterprises will be asked to upload documentation for the cash flow test in e-grant (See IFDs Guidelines for International Projects 2022). An invitation link to e-grant will be sent out after deadline.
Read national eligibility criteria specific for this call in annex 4 here.
For IAs the maximum size of the project is 70 participants and the EU contribution per project is capped at 25M€ and the maximum contribution per partner in a project is limited to 30% of the total EU funding for the project.
For RIAs the maximum size of the project is 50 participant and the EU contribution per project is capped at 12M€ and the maximum contribution per partner in a project is limited to 40% of the total EU funding for the project.
Eligible costs
Eligible cost-categories for Danish partners: Salary, Travel, Subcontracting, Materials, Communication and knowledge sharing, ‘Other expenses’ and overhead.
Funding rates
IFD funding to Danish partners in KDT JU follows the standard maximal funding for international projects. In addition the Danish participants can receive EU funding from the KDT JU according to the KDT JU funding criteria.
IFD standard funding rates is adjusted for KDT JU co-funding rates. The total co-funding rates (IFD+EU) will as a consequence follow IFDs standard funding rates.
There is no pre-allocated distribution of the Danish funding budget between Call 2022-1 and Call 2022-2, nor to specific topics of Call-2022-1 and Call-2022-2.
See the KDT and Danish funding rates here.
Contact:
Jens Peter Vittrup jens.peter.vittrup@innofond.dk, International Investment Officer (Innovation Fund Denmark), +45 6190 5023
A networking event for finding potential partners for your project idea. Read more about the event here
17:00 Brussels time (CET)
After the call deadline, each Danish participant will automatically receive a national e-grant file number via e-mail and be asked to upload the full application. The application must be uploaded on e-grant no later than 14 days after receiving the e-mail
