NGI NEWSFLASH | December 2020

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More projects with more scope: NGI announces support for several domains financed and supported through the European Commission. Blockchain-based technology, data portability, business services and US experimentation are areas with calls currently open. NGI’s vision for a human-centric Internet is being built by more than 500 innovators – join us!

EC Blockchain Funding Opportunity

The European Commission is looking for novel blockchain solutions for the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure. Support the delivery EU-wide cross-border public services using blockchain technology with the highest standards of security and privacy.
Find out more here!

NGI ASSURE first open call for project proposals between €5,000 and €50,000

NGI Assure supports projects that design and engineer reusable building blocks for the Internet as part of a complete, strong chain of assurances regarding the source and integrity of identities, identifiers, data, cyber-physical systems, service components and processes.
Discover more here!

New €4.2 Million NGI Fund For Blockchain-Based Solutions

ONTOCHAIN launched its first open call in November, with up to €123,000, free coaching and free access to top infrastructure. Calling all Internet innovators interested to develop a new software ecosystem for trusted, traceable, and transparent ontological knowledge management.
Read more here!

€2.1 Million NGI Fund To Empower Data Portability Innovators

Develop advanced solutions in the Data Portability field, attend training sessions, pitch and access top infrastructures, and benefit from coaching support. Selected projects will evolve for deployment on the market.
More info here!

Open Call To Access Tenderio Plus Services

30 NGI beneficiaries will be selected to benefit from a tendering service to access international contracts. The call will be open until April 2021.
More info!

NGIATLANTIC.EU 3rd Open Call Launched On 1st December

NGIAAtlantic.eu launched its third call to support EU- organisations to carry out research experiments across Next Generation Internet (NGI) application domains using EU and/or US-based experimental platforms.
Discover more!

NGI OPEN CALLS:

• Self-sovereign identity: eSSIF-Lab Infrastructure-oriented call – closes 4 January, 2021
• Blockchain technologies: ONTOCHAIN – closes 15 January, 2021
• Federated testbeds for NGI innovators: Fed4FIRE+ Continuous call for SMEs (STAGE 1) – closes 19 January 2021 (then cut-off submission dates every two weeks)
• Data Portability and Services: NGI DAPSI – closes 20 January, 2021
• Reinforcing the European Blockchain ecosystem: NGI ASSURE (NGI GO2S) – closes 1 February 2021
• Technologies improving search and discovery: NGI Zero Discovery – closes 1 February 2021
• Blockchain technologies, TruBlo – closes 19 March, 2021
• Consulting on public tendering: TETRA – continuous
• NGI evaluators for NGIatlantic.eu – continuous

NGI EVENTS:

FED4FIRE+ WEBINAR: GPULAB TESTBED
16 December 2020 – 10:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/fed4fire-webinar-3-gpulab/

TETRA WEBINAR: OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENCES
16 December 2020 – 10:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/tetra-webinar-open-source-software-licences/

ONTOCHAIN OPEN CALL WEBINAR
16 December 2020 – 10:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/ontochain-open-call-webinar/

NGI FORWARD AND ELONTECH: DIALOGUES ON IDENTITY
16 December 2020 – 11:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/disposable-identities-and-digital-twins/

NGI FORWARD CA LEADER OF THE WP4 THINK TANK
22 December 2020 – 11:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forward-ca-leader-of-the-wp4-think-tank/

NGI FORWARD AND THE NGI DATA ECOSYSTEM
20 January 2021 – 10:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forward-workshop-data-and-policy/

NGI FORWARD WORKSHOP: FUTURE OF SEARCH 2021
27 January 2021 – 10:00 am
https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forward-workshop-future-of-search-2021/