The first FFplus Open Call for Business Experiments and Innovation Studies is officially launched! FFplus is a EuroHPC initiative that encourages the adoption of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and (generative) Artificial Intelligence (AI) for SMEs and Start-ups across Europe, showing the business benefits and impacts of adopting HPC and AI in real business models.
There are two Open Calls:
- Business experiments will address the uptake of HPC by SMEs in order to solve specific business challenges of SMEs that have had no prior use of, or experience with, HPC services.
- Innovation studies will support European SMEs and Start-Ups already active in the field of generative AI technology, which lack the necessary computational resources to scale up.
Main Open Call information:
Submission Deadline: September 4th, 2024 at 17:00 Brussels local time
BUSINESS EXPERIMENTS:
Expected duration of experiments: maximum 15 months with targeted beginning January 1st, 2025.
The indicative total funding budget for all sub-projects funded under this call is € 4M.
Information and submission here>>
INNOVATION STUDIES:
Expected duration of experiments: maximum 10 months with targeted commencement December 1st, 2024.
The indicative total funding budget for all sub-projects funded under this call is € 4M.
