About the call
The first 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 18-19 January
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, two focus topics are included:
- RIA Focus Topic 1: Processing solutions for AI at the edge addressing the design stack and middleware.
- IA Focus Topic 1 : Development of open-source RISC-V building blocks
Eligibility
General eligibility criteria and conditions for receiving project funding from Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) will apply.
Read national eligibility criteria specific for this call
Read about the Danish Rules and Guidelines for international projects
At least one Danish company must be involved as a partner in the project, and at least 50 % of the efforts (total eligible costs) of Danish partners in the project must be from Danish business partners. The industrial relevance and commercial impact of the project must be proved.
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.
Read about the funding rates here
Contact:
Cagdas Citirikkaya Cagdas.Citirikkaya@innofond.dk, International Investment Officer (Innovation Fund Denmark), + 45 61905013
Børge Lindberg boerge.lindberg@innofond.dk, Investment Officer (Innovation Fund Denmark), + 45 61905012
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