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By applying to the Open Call, applicants could enter in the FIDAL project receiving up to 250.000 euros per application. FIDAL invites European third parties such as companies, research centers or any other relevant entity as well as facilities and infrastructure owners, to undertake a set of new or complementary 5G use cases to further enrich the main areas of interest and to perform related large-scale trials.

The proposed use cases should address one of the main areas identified by the project: 

  • Media
  • Entertainment
  • Emergency Services
  • Time critical applications and services 

The total available budget for the first Open Call is of 4 Million euros

THE FIDAL OPEN CALL IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!

 

PROJECT ACRONYM : FIDAL 

 

Project full name 

FIDAL Field Trials beyond 5G 

EU Program 

HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022-STREAM-D 

Call Opening 

15 September 2023 

Deadline 

20 December 2023 

Expected duration of participation 

12 months 

Maximum amount of financial support for each application 

250.000 euros 

Call identifier 

FIDAL Open Call 

Proposal language submission 

English  

Information Contact

[email protected]

SUBMISSION LINK

https://fidal.fundingbox.com/

Guide for Applicants
Sites Description
Declaration of Honour
KVI & KPI

 

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Open Call Webinars - Recording and Presentations

Recordings of the Open Call webinars held in October and November are available.

Click below to watch the videos.

To access all the presentation slides, click HERE

 

Recording Open Call Webinar - Application Process and Technology Overview
Recording Open Call Webinar  - NetApps, Testbeds and Key Value Indicators

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

The online Application Form shall be completed any time after the launch of the Open Call (15 September 2023) until 20 December 2023 (05:00:00 PM CEST). 

FORMAT

·        Applications should be written in English, be readable, accessible and printable.

·        The page limits, and sections subject to limits, will be clearly shown in the application templates in the Funding Box Tenders Portal electronic submission system. 

CONTENT

·        The applicant shall indicate the estimated allocation of resources (person-months) and costs, specifying a budgetary breakdown per direct cost item (staff, travel and subsistence). A 25% (calculated on direct costs) flat rate as overhead costs may be added.

·        The total costs allocated for the application must be below the ceiling of 150.000 euros for Option 1; 250.000 euros for Option 2;

·        All contracted applicants will receive 100% of the presented costs

PROPOSAL EVALUATION

·        The evaluation is limited to 60 eligible proposals; priority is given by the time stamp of the completion and submission of the proposal.

FEASIBILITY CHECK

·        For Option 1,  the open call applicants are required to contact the FIDAL consortium and share their intentions in order to verify the feasibility of the proposals to be implemented in the scope of the project and to receive initial feedback on the proposal planned activities.

·        To perform the feasibility check, a description of planned experiment (up to one page in length) must be sent to [email protected]

·        In the e-mail subject line or first line of the e-mail text, the short name of the proposal and FIDAL facilities planned to be used in the experiment/implementation must be mentioned. 

Feasibility check deadline:         15 November 2023 at 17:00 (Brussels local time)

 

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Do you have any questions on the Open Call?

Contact us at [email protected]

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