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Story 04 August 2021
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News: Join the WeNet Platform – Applications are open for tech SMEs!

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Mariana Marques

Are you an SME, start-up, NGO, university/research centre and you would like to be part of a broader community about a new internet platform that gives emphasis on diversity, ethics, protection of data and innovation? WeNet, part of the EIC Pathfinder Programme, just opened a call for applications.

 

Apply for the WeNet Open Call!

 

WeNet was launched in January 2019 to empower machine-mediated diversity-aware social interactions. Now, they are looking for additional institutions to increase their platform’s diversity in terms of communities of users, to collect further data to feed the WeNet Research Infrastructure (RI), and to foster the creation of a community of innovators around the WeNet platform.

 

The Open Call Tracks

The WeNet Open Call is organised around 3 tracks. Each track targets a different set of objectives, has a different budget and different project duration.

 

Financial Support Provided

This Open Call will provide a total of € 250.000,00 in funding. At least five project proposals will be funded within the scope of the WeNet Open Call.

 

Eligibility Criteria

The WeNet Open Call is aimed at: Startups; Small and medium-sized enterprises; Large enterprises; Universities; Research centers; NGOs; Foundations and other non-profit entities.

 

Timeline

Submission to the open call opened on 12 July 2021 (12:00 CEST) and will close on 30 September 2021 (12:00 CEST).

 

How to apply?

The submission is done through the WeNet dedicated webpage.

 

More information

For more information, please visit the page presenting the WeNet Open Call or send an email to opencall@internetofus.eu

 

WeNet is a project under the funding scheme "Future and Emerging Technologies" (FET). FET-Open and FET Proactive are now part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) - Pathfinder programme.

 

DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.

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