About NGI Search

Project Name: NGI Search
Next Generation Internet Discovery and Search

NGI Search is a cascade funding project designed to help beneficiaries, such as start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, and mid-sized companies to adopt and develop digital innovation in the domain of searching and discovering data and generally resources on the internet.
With five European partners contributing in the project, NGI Search provided five Open Calls and distributed up to 150,000 € to 50 open search projects, with the support of an Advisory Board, a dedicated team,  and 10 added-value services. 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and is framed under Next Generation Internet Initiative.

Key Dates: September 2022 - August 2025

Project Partners:

• AARHUS UNIVERSITY (Denmark) has a wide experience in supporting researchers to transfer the results of research into innovative solutions.
• FUNDINGBOX manages the open calls and cascade funding.
• LINKNOVATE SCIENCE (Spain) finds and discovers hidden researchers that are out of the traditional channels related with public funding schemes for Research and Innovation.
• MURCIA UNIVERSITY (Spain) provides technical support to researchers in the domain
  of data search, offers Open Science advices and links to standardisation bodies. 
• OW2 (France) offers services to projects such as open source licensing, beta testing campaigns, and visibility among developers and the industry.

Project Coordinator: Mirko Presser, Aarhus University 

Work Packages:

• Work Package 1: Ecosystem Identification and Activation - Leader: Linknovate
• Work Package 2: Open Call Management - Leader: FundingBox
• Work Package 3: Mentoring and Support Programme - Leader: University of Murcia
• Work Package 4: Dissemination, Communication and Impact - Leader: OW2
• Work Package 5: Project Management -  Leader: Aarhus University