The 8th Open Call of NGI Zero Discovery is open!

The eighth call of NGI Zero Discovery opened up on February 1st 2020, with a deadline for submission of April 1st 2020 12:00 CET (noon)

We need your contributions to help reshape the state of play and to help create an open, trustworthy and reliable internet for all. And of course, such contributions do not happen automatically. This is why between now and 2021 we will award 5.6 million euro in small to medium-size R&D grants towards improving search and discovery. We are looking for new ideas and core technologies that help society tackle hard but very very important questions, each of which has significant social and economic consequences.

We are seeking project proposals between 5.000 and 50.000 euro's - with the potential to scale them up if there is proven potential. Search should not be a gatekeeper, a black box or a privacy nightmare. If the internet is the equivalent of a global brain, we need creativity and diversity in the pathways across that brain to unlock its true potential. Search and discovery are basic human needs for humans of all ages, and we would like to put powerful new technology in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and an open economy that benefits all.

Submission is now open, you can apply here.

The eighth call of NGI Zero Discovery opened up on February 1st 2020, with a deadline for submission of April 1st 2020 12:00 CET (noon).

Next Generation Internet

The overall mission of the Next Generation Internet initiative is to re-imagine and re-engineer the internet for the third millennium and beyond to shape a value-centric, human and inclusive society for all. How we share and retrieve information is an essential part of that equation. The internet can and should bring out the best in all of us. It should enable human potential, mobility and creativity at the largest possible scale — while dealing responsibly with our natural resources.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825322.