ENFIELD 2nd Innovation Scheme Open Call
The ENFIELD 2nd Innovation Scheme Open Call aims to attract research and industry entities to conduct applied research addressing specific technological challenges within the industrial domains of Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, and Space. This initiative seeks to enhance the ENFIELD network and foster the adoption of AI technologies to boost EU competitiveness.
Type of projects to be funded
The call will support projects that involve innovative research or application ideas. These projects should contribute to overcoming specific challenges defined for the call in the defined industrial sectors.
Projects may be conducted by a single legal entity or by a consortium of at least two legal entities. Elegible applicants are private for-profit companies (startups, SME, Midcaps and Large companies), and Research Centers.
Specific topics or challenges
The projects should address specific scientific/technological defined in the catalogue of challenges within the industrial domains of energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and space:
HEALTHCARE
- Enhanced AI-Powered Remote Patient Monitoring.
ENERGY:
- Early Signs of Energy Poverty.
- City Sustainability Index.
MANUFACTURING
- Enhancing robotic disassembly of electronics and household appliances with adaptive AI.
- Metrics and tools for assessing dataset reliability and robustness in Smart Manufacturing.
- Computer Vision for feet recognition.
- Transitioning to Industry 5.0 by enhancing worker safety and well-being in the manufacturing industry.
SPACE
- Space-based maritime surveillance
- Robust vision-based autonomous navigation for low SWaP UAVs
Budget, funding rates and payment conditions
Funding rate: Up to 70% of eligible costs for private-for-profit organisations.
The total grant per proposal may not exceed €60,000.

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