closed call
Call: Breaking the optical transmission barriers
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Programme | Horizon
2020 |
| Acronym | H2020 |
| Type of Fund | Action programme |
| Description of programme "Horizon 2020" | Horizon
2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly 80 billion € of funding available over 7 years (2014
to 2020). Apart from classic research projects, Horizon 2020 also funds innovation projects and pilot-projects in different
fields. The programme is divided into three different sections:
Countries eligible for funding are: The EU-Member States, Iceland, Norway,
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Moldova, Switzerland,
Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Israel, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia. |
| Link | http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ |
| Description of programme "Horizon Prizes" | Horizon Prizes are challenge prizes (also known as 'inducement' prizes) which offer a cash reward to whoever can most effectively meet a defined challenge. They act as an incentive for innovation. They prescribe the goal but not who the innovator should be or how the goal should be achieved. |
Call | Breaking the optical transmission barriers |
| Description
of call "Breaking the optical transmission barriers" | The Horizon Prize for breaking the optical transmission barriers will be awarded to a solution that maximises the fibre capacity per channel, spectrum range and/or spectral efficiency and reach. It should also be energy efficient, economically viable, and easy to install and deploy. The solution should have a strong potential to be adopted in future generations of optical-system products. The feasibility of the approach will have to be demonstrated through clear experimental results. |
| Link | http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizonprize/index.cfm?prize=optical-transmission |
| Thematic Focus | Innovation, Technologies |
| Funding area | EU Member States Candidate Countries Iceland / Ísland Moldova Norway / Norge Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Others |
| Select Origin of Applicant | EU
Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / поранешна југословенска Република Македонија Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others |
| Eligible applicants | Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), NGO / NPO |
| Applicant details | The contest will be open to SMEs or non-profit organisations established in an EU Member State or in countries associated with Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme, acting alone or together with other entities which are part of the same team. |
| Recurring Call | No |
| Financial details | Prize Amount: 500 000 € |
| Contact Details |
Link to the National Contact Point Finder. |
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