Five Open Calls
NGI Search Open Calls
Open Call #1: December 2022 to January 2023 - See the list of Open Call #1 beneficiaries
List of topics for Open Call #1:
- The next generation of intelligent voice-based assistants
- Natural Language Processing
- Semantic Analysis
- Social Computing
- Data visualisation
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
Open Call #2: April to May 2023 - See the list of Open Call #2 beneficiaries
List of topics for Open Call #2
- Power cognitive search by reinforcement learning
- Machine-based data
- AI-based taxonomies
- Network analysis
- AI-based search tools and content generators
- Ethics in search and discovery
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
Open Call #3: August to September 2023 - See the list of Open Call #3 beneficiaries
List of topics for Open Call #3:
- Addressing gaps in Large Language Models
- AI detection tools in cultural products
- Search and discovery technologies for the arts
- Privacy in Search and Discovery: Federated Learning
- Transfer learning for search and discovery
- The next generation of intelligent voice-based assistants
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
Open Call #4: January to February 2024 - The fourth call is now closed - Evaluation in progress...
List of topics for Open Call #4:
- Search and discovery features for existing digital common projects
- Revolutionizing Internet Dynamics: AI-Network Synergies, Digital Twins, and Metaverse Innovations
- Natural language processing
- Semantic analysis
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
- Search-Engine Evaluation and Ethics in search and discovery
- Retrieval Augmented Generative Models and Conversational Search
- Privacy Preserving Technologies in Search and Discovery
- Transfer learning for search and discovery
- Content Quality Assessment towards human-centric content provision
📣 Open Call #5 - will be open in June and July 2024. Stay tuned.
List of topics for Open Call #5 (same as OC #4):
- Search and discovery features for existing digital common projects
- Revolutionizing Internet Dynamics: AI-Network Synergies, Digital Twins, and Metaverse Innovations
- Natural language processing
- Semantic analysis
- Enabling new ways of discovering and accessing information
- Search-Engine Evaluation and Ethics in search and discovery
- Retrieval Augmented Generative Models and Conversational Search
- Privacy Preserving Technologies in Search and Discovery
- Transfer learning for search and discovery
- Content Quality Assessment towards human-centric content provision
Who can apply ?
Academic researchers, hi-tech startups and SMEs can benefit from the NGI Search project based on five Open Calls. Each call will onboard a new cohort of projects to join the mentoring programme which helps implementing and adopting their projects, through the following added-value services:
Ten Value-Added Services
- Technology Services: Mentoring and Advice, Beta Testing Campaigns, Link to Standards and Foundation
- Business Services: Market Readiness, Pitching Training, Business Modeling and Coaching
- Innovation Services: Open Source Licensing, Market Landscaping and Research, Open Science Advice, Content Creation Support for Showcasing Results