DST is inviting researchers to submit proposals under JOINT CALL 2020 ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FOR GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION (MICALL20).
Funding: The total available budget for the Joint Call 2020 (“MICall20”) exceeds € 25 Mio (including co-funding from the European Commission)
Call for proposals
The Joint Programming Platform Smart Energy Systems (JPPSES) in collaboration with the global initiative Mission Innovation is pleased to announce the Joint Call 2020 (“MICall20”) on digital transformation for the green energy transition.
Together with the supporting activities “Validation Network with Living Labs and Testbeds” and “Associated Partner Network with Digital Platform Providers”, the launch of this Joint Call completes the successful start of the JPP SES Focus Initiative on digitalisation of the energy system (“EnerDigit”). The aim is to support transnational research and innovation activities unleashing the potential of digital transformation for a sustainable energy society.
Digital transformation for green energy transition-DST
Aim
By accelerating the implementation, adaption and knowledge creation of digital solutions in energy systems and networks, this call supports the following objectives:
- Advance the green energy transition in all sectors of the energy system while ensuring security of supply
- Shaping new transnational business and investment opportunities by sector coupling and development of new value chains in innovative and cost-effective energy solutions, thereby creating new employment opportunities and contributing to the development of an environmentally sustainable financial growth
- Ensuring social sustainability and coherence with digitalisation in other sectors in the progression of the green energy transition
Overall objectives
- Increase the development and uptake of latest digital innovation and solutions in the energy domain
- facilitate well established open and harmonised marketplaces that better connect the ICT and the energy domain
- improve knowledge and awareness for policy makers, regulators and utilities on digital solutions
Indicative call procedure timings
| Application portal opening for full proposal submissions | 12 March 2021 |
| Full proposal submission deadline | 06 May 2021, 14:00 CEST |
| Selection phase | November 2021 |
| Project start date | Before 15 June 2022 |
How to Apply:
Project proposals must be submitted electronically through the NordForsk Application Portal.
More Information: ERANT
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