Advanced and Innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds (RIA) (Virtual Worlds Partnership)
DIGITAL · HORIZON-RIA · TRL 3 to 5 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds research into next generation hardware for virtual and extended reality, such as advanced headsets, haptic devices, sensors, wearables and brain computer interfaces that make virtual experiences feel more real by engaging all human senses. Projects should build and test integrated devices that are reliable, energy efficient and interoperable, demonstrating their value in real industrial or societal scenarios. The goal is to move these technologies from early validation to a working prototype stage.
extended reality · advanced materials · internet of things · deep tech · research excellence
Who wins this
A research consortium with hardware engineering and social science expertise working on immersive XR, haptics or brain computer interface components aiming to advance a prototype from early stage validation to a demonstrated working device over about three years.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €4.8M to €5.6M
- Funding model
- Budget-based. Reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Proposals must include contribution from social sciences and humanities experts, and should leverage and contribute to open standards for Virtual Worlds; subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
- Sectors
- AI/ML · Deep Tech · Manufacturing · Aerospace
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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