Open Calls

1st Exchange Scheme Open Call

About the Call 

Through TES#1 (oc1-2024-TES-01), ENFIELD aims to fund mobility-based research exchanges for individual researchers to address targeted scientific and technological challenges in the field of AI, contributing to the development of Green, Adaptive, Human-Centric, and Trustworthy AI across industrial domains such as Energy, Manufacturing, and Space. 

Objectives 

This call seeks to support researchers (PhDs, Post-docs, Senior Researchers or Group of Researchers) willing to undertake short-term (3 to 6 months) research residencies within ENFIELD’s network of Centres of Excellence.  

Selected applicants will contribute to foundational AI research aligned with one or more of ENFIELD’s four pillars and four industrial domains by responding to pre-defined scientific challenges listed in the official Catalogue of Challenges. 

General Information

Call opening: 1 February 2024

Deadline for submission:
31 March 2024, 17h00 CET Extended! 15 April 2024, 17:00 CET 

Open Call Summary Report 

Selected Projects 

Project Researcher(s) Host Institution Project Duration Grant Awarded 
Democracy in the Age of Algorithm: Enhancing Transparency and Trust in AI-Generated Content through Innovative Detection Techniques Igor Calzada BME 6 Months 14.400€ 
Developing a framework for green AI practices Maria Ulan TELENOR 6 Months 14.400€ 
Information-theoretic analysis of generalization in deep learning Linara Adilova KNOW 3 Months 7.200€ 
AI-based Edge Control of Electric Vehicles in Low-Voltage Grids Considering Operational Issues in Green Energy Systems with High Penetration of Renewable Energies Sajjad Fattaheian Dehkordi  INESC TEC 6 Months 14.400€ 
Hybrid AI Model for Mixed-Gas Sorption Upper Bounds Eleonora Ricci SINTEF 3 Months 7.200€ 
Improving Edge AI Performance by Federation and Adaptive Model Selection Ismail Ari NRS 6 Months 14.400€ 
Advancing World model Learning with Neural Cloned-Structured Causal Graphs Tristan Manfred  SINTEF 6 Months 14.400€ 
Adaptive Intelligence in Multi-Agent Systems: When Collective meets DRL Chuhao Qin IMT 6 Months 9.600€ 
Advancing Power Grid Inspection with SCENE-Net 1.5 Cláudia Soares; Diogo Lavado EDP CNET 6 Months 28.800€ 
Implementing and Evaluating Trustworthy Distributed AI Systems and Models Amanda Ericson TUC 5 Months 12.000€ 
Constraints-Abiding Explainable Reinforcement Learning George Vouros; George Papadopoulos; Piyabhum Chaysri TU/e 6 Months 43.200€ 
A novel approach for AI detection content based on fine-tuned LLMs Marco Murgia NTNU 6 Months 14.400€ 
Explainability-driven decision support systems for small clinical datasets Darian Onchis; Istin Codruta UPB 3 Months 24.000€ 
AI-Driven Predictive Maintenance and Risk Management Approach for Machine Tools Hakob Grigoryan POLIMI 6 Months 14.400€ 
Detecting and Explaining AI Using Language-Image Contrastive Insights Klemen Grm NTNU 6 Months 14.400€ 

More Information on TES#1

Each selected researcher or research group will receive:

month mobility allowance
Maximum funding per researcher
Duration of the exchange (months)
Expected beneficiaries

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to carry out top-level research activities in partnership with distinguished research institutions and industry entities.
  • Chance to network and benefit from mutual exchanges, feedback and collaboration with peers and various experts in the AI field.
  • Up to 14.400€ in financial support (6 months)
  • Visibility and promotion.

What We Are Looking for

The open call is designed to attract the top-level researchers to conduct foundational research activities related to specific scientific and technological challenges raised by ENFIELD project.

Foundational research activities

Green AI 

  • G-AI.1 Advancing Green AI on the Edge: Innovations for Sustainable, Efficient, And Continually earning In Edge Computing. 
  • G-AI.2 Optimizing Green AI in The Edge-To-Cloud Continuum. 
  • G-AI.3 Green AI Metrics Initiative 

Adaptive AI 

  • A-AI.1 Approaches to Incremental Learning Robustness and Trustworthiness
  • A-AI.2 Advancing Adaptive AI on The Edge: Innovations for Sustainable, Efficient, and Continual Learning in Edge Computing
  • A-AI.3 Neuroscience Inspired Adaptive AI

Human-centric AI

  • HC-AI.1 Evolving Symbolic Models for Decision-Making
  • HC-AI.2 Novel Explainable AI Methods for Decision Making
  • HC-AI.3 Interpretable Data-Driven Decision Support Systems

Trustworthy AI

  • T-AI.1 Modelling Trust in Distributed AI System Architectures 
  • T-AI.2 Detection of AI Generated Content 
  • T-AI.3 Secure Voice Biometrics with Fake Voice Detection 

Energy

  • VE.1 Methods of Explainable Machine Learning applied to LiDAR Scan Analysis 
  • VE.2 Coordinated Edge Control of Electric Vehicles Charging at Low Voltage Grid (or Microgrids)

Space

  • VS.1 Fast and Accurate Atmospheric RT Simulations for Satellite Microwave Instruments 
  • VS.2 Generative Models for 3D Cloud Fields 
  • VS.3 Cost-Effective Precipitation Retrievals

Manufacturing

  • VM.1 Automatic and Efficient Identification of Batch Production Patterns for Tool Machines 
  • VM.2 Self-X Integration in manufacturing domain 

For details about each of the challenges, please consult the catalogue. 

Who Can Apply?

Researchers or a group of researchers (2-3) based in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries. This includes PhD Candidates (who demonstrate their enrolment in a PhD programme), post-docs and senior researchers who demonstrate their employment at a university, research centre or business entity in Europe. 

How to Apply?

Read all documents with special attention to:

  • Guidelines for Applicants 
  • Frequently Asked Questions 

Download relevant call documents:

  • Call for Proposals 
  • Catalogue of Challenges 

Prepare your application: 

  • Fill in the Technical Annex 
  • 2 min Presentation Video  

Start your Application: 

  • Make sure you answer all questions in the application form and upload all relevant documents. 

Submit before the deadline

Documentation  

These are the necessary documents that will help you to get the best understanding of the Open Call requirements, application and selection process. We advise you to read them carefully before applying. 

All the documents can be downloaded here. 

Application: 

Selected Applicants:

TES #1 Webinar 
Watch here the presentation of the open call. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Researchers established in one of the EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries. An updated list of countries eligible to participate can be found here.  
Researchers can be:  

  • PhD candidates (who demonstrate their enrolment in a PhD programme) in an eligible country. 
  • Post-docs or senior researchers who demonstrate their employment at a university, research centre or business entity in an eligible country. 
  • Group of researchers composed by one senior researcher + one or two PhD candidate(s)/Post-doc(s). 

ENFIELD Partner Institutions cannot apply! 

First, you need to access the public open call here. After reading it carefully, you should complete the technical proposal annex and upload it in PDF format along with a link to a 2-minute presentation video in the application form, here.  

The video will not be uploaded during the application. In the application form you will need to provide an URL link to the repository where you stored your video. Applicants should record and watch the final version of the video to ensure it’s ready for submission. Store a copy of the 2-minute Presentation Video on an online repository (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo, etc) and in the application form provide the URL link. It is important to adjust the video’s privacy settings so that the evaluators have access to the URL link to watch the video. If the video is not accessible for watching, it will be considered that no video was associated, making the application not eligible. 

Applications can be submitted in English only. The 2-minute presentation video must also be in English. 

Each project will have a duration between 3 to 6 months 

Yes. Applicants can submit multiple proposals but only one project can be awarded per beneficiary. 

Proposals should be submitted until Sunday, 31 March 2024 at 17:00 (CET). 

Extended deadline: 14 April 2024 at 23:00 (CET) 

All applicants will be informed of the results of the evaluation process by email by 23 April 2024 (indicative date). The list of the selected projects will then be published on the information channels of the ENFIELD project. 

Queries about applications can be sent by email to enfield.opencall@inova.business before 25 March 2024. We cannot guarantee that emails will be answered after this date. 

ENFIELD will have four open calls. The first, currently open until 31 March 2024 – 17:00 (CET) and three others are foreseen for summer 2024, spring 2025 and summer 2025. 

The open call offers successful applicants a mobility allowance of €2,400/month. No further financial support is available through the open call. 

The management of intellectual property rights (IPR) is outlined in Article 8 of the Sub-grant Agreement: “Published content can be used in the thesis by ensuring reference to relevant authors and in agreement with the host organisation”. Please refer to the open call documentation for detailed information on IPR management. 

Financial support will not be extended to the employer of the selected researchers. 

No. Applications must be presented in response to the ENFIELD proposed challenges. 

The open call allows researchers from various universities across different countries to participate, as long as the countries meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the open call documents. 

The funding is exclusively for researchers (individually or in a group). 

Each researcher within the group will receive a monthly mobility allowance of €2,400/month. 

The exchange programme does not necessarily need to occur entirely on-site at the host institution. Specific arrangements can be made between the researcher(s) and the host institution. 

Researchers from all fields are encouraged to apply. In the application form, candidates will be required to demonstrate how they can contribute to the specified research activities associated with the selected challenge. 

Since Ukraine is listed as a third country associated to Horizon Europe, researchers established in Ukraine are eligible to apply 

No, it is not possible to choose any other host institution aside from those listed in the catalogue.