Open call for HORIZON – EuroHPC International Cooperation

Scope

• Proposals should address all of the following commonly identified HPC applications priority domains i) Biomedical and life sciences (e.g. bio-informatics, bio-molecular research), ii) Natural hazards (e.g. flood, glacier lake outburst floods (GLOF), landslide, seismic/tsunami, wildfires) and iii) weather and climate modelling. Activities should address performance measuring, test and optimisation for different architectures; promoting the exchange of researchers and engineers between India and the EU and elaborating a roadmap for future actions to enhance cooperation.
• Proposals should focus on the optimisation and co-development of specific and clearly identified applications and codes, present a detailed software development plan with clear timeline for the implementations including quantitative KPIs, milestones and deliverables demonstrating the achieved improvements and the benefits of the cooperation. The large majority of resources should be associated with the technical work required for the implementation of the software development plan. Additional resources can be allocated to undertake complementary activities such as expertise exchange, skills development, training, collaboration actions etc. The expected contributions from the Indian collaborators should be clearly identified.
• The proposal should clearly identify the targeted applications and all related codes that will be addressed in the proposal, including their user basis in Europe and India, the global impact in their domain and how the code is developed in the cooperation with Indian partners. The JU will provide a specific template for this purpose. Moreover, all software developed within the action must use a version control system in combination with an online repository that will be accessible to the funding authority and/or experts acting on behalf of the funding authority and allow the identification of the specific contributions made by the European partners and the Indian collaborators. Proposals are encouraged to use the common continuous integration and deployment platform currently implemented by other EU projects.

Funding Information

• The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
  • public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
  • cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).

Expected Outcomes

• Strengthening the European HPC ecosystem by enabling European stakeholders to enhance HPC applications and codes in academic and industrial cases of interest for Europe and India in the identified priority domains.
• Improved sharing of information and expertise to solve common societal problems with the use of advanced computing.
• Facilitating the exchange of researchers and engineers between India and the EU and their access to advanced India and EuroHPC JU supercomputing resources.
• Improved international cooperation of EU-India HPC communities on advanced HPC application development, with a roadmap for future collaboration in targeted areas.

Eligibility Criteria

• Entities eligible for funding
  • To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
  • To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
    • the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions:
      • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
    • the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States:
      • Aruba (NL), Bonaire (NL), Curação (NL), French Polynesia (FR), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FR), Greenland (DK), New Caledonia (FR), Saba (NL), Saint Barthélemy (FR), Sint Eustatius (NL), Sint Maarten (NL), St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR), Wallis and Futuna Islands (FR).
    • countries associated to Horizon Europe:
      • Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.
• Specific Cases
  • Affiliated entities — Affiliated entities are eligible for funding if they are established in one of the countries listed above, or in a country identified in the specific call conditions.
  • Associated partners — Entities not eligible for funding (and therefore not able to participate as beneficiaries) may participate as associated partners, unless specified otherwise in the specific call conditions.
  • EU bodies — Legal entities created under EU law may also be eligible to receive funding, unless their basic act states otherwise.
  • International organisations — International European research organisations are eligible to receive funding.

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