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Research: IoF2020 Open Call pre-registration is open – register to the webinar and get ready!

03-07-2018

IoF2020 launches a Webinar for its Open Call

As CEMA readers already know, the IoF2020 Open Call was launched on 5th June during the second day of the IoT Week in Bilbao, Spain (4-7 June). You can read more information HERE. 

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Increased impact

Currently, the IoF2020 gathers nineteen use cases around Europe in five themes or so-called trials. The use cases in the arable, dairy, fruits, meat and vegetables trial develop, test and demonstrate Internet of Things technology in operational agri-environments, both conventional and organic.

With the open call (total value of € 5 million) IoF2020 intends to increase the scale of the project and the impact of the technology developed within the project. Applicants can either replicate current use cases in regions not yet covered in the project, extend current use cases further into the agri-food production chain or target new area’s such as forestry or fishery.

Requirements

Only proposals committing to the following framework will be considered:

  • Proposals should be supported by a team of stakeholders that represent a substantial part of the IoT value chain. E.g. technology providers, service providers, processors and retailers. Single parties will not be considered.
  • Applicants should consider both technological aspects, business aspects and organisational aspects in their proposal.
  • Proposals covering one aspect to increase scale and impact (e.g. applying the technology of a current use case at a farm in Eastern Europe) are eligible for costs up to € 300.000.
  • Proposals covering more than one aspect (e.g. developing new technology for use in forestry) are eligible for costs up to € 500.000.

Get ready for submitting your proposal

Take the opportunity to ask your questions and learn about the specifics of the IoF2020 Open Call: join for the Webinar that IoF2020 is organizing on the 20th of July. To register to the webinar, please contact the IoF2020 support team. More information is available on the IoF2020 website.

Additionally, there will be an IoF2020 session focusing on the Open Call at the AgEng conference in Wageningen (8-12 July 2018).

Timeframe and deadlines

Information on the timeframe and the official call text is published at http://www.iof2020.eu/opencall.

If you have a team and you want to submit a proposal, do not forget to  preregister (click HERE) it on the IoF2020 website before 31 August 2018 17:00 CET and submit it before 30 September 2018 17:00 CET.