Open Call for XR2LEARN Program (Europe)

The XR2Learn (Leveraging the European XR industry technologies to empower immersive learning and training) is a project funded under the Horizon Europe framework Cluster 4-2022-HUMAN-01 (A Human-centred and Ethical Development of Digital and Industrial Technologies 2022).

XR2Learn will go beyond offering sound technical and business support for the creation of XR applications for education: XR2Learn will provide access to authoring tools for development of applications through its platform, deliver tools for emotion/affect detection and for automated adaptation of the learning experience to the user needs and emotions, deliver guidance relevant to educational design and use case definition, provide opportunities for piloting and user testing mediated by the large networks brought by XR2Learn partners, promote tools that enable and boost the re-use and sharing of the learning materials/XR applications, offer business development support and additionally, support IPR management through NFTs enabling novel business model implementation. XR2Learn will support innovators (ICT-SMEs) all the way from ideation to commercialisation offering them tailored business and technical support as well as direct funding.

Objectives

• The objectives of the open calls are:
  • to increase EU competitiveness in the XR application market focusing on support to SMEs,
  • to accelerate XR application design and development for education/training,
  • to motivate collaboration between XR developers and education experts and
  • to reduce the cost of XR educational applications development and
  • to engage educational institution and XR applications developers, stakeholders, decision makers to utilize the XR2Learn tools and make sustainable the XR2Learn ecosystem.

Funding Information

• Each accepted sub-project may receive funding between €30,000 and €300,000.
• Each participating legal entity may receive funding between €60,000 and €200,000.
• The total funding for all industrial partners should be at each phase at least 60% of the funding. Universities, academic, teaching or research organisations will get up to 40% of the total funding at each phase.
• All partners are funded at 100%, through lump sum.
• The total funding to be distributed at Open Call #2 is €2,100,000 and the expected number of accepted projects will be 10.

Eligibility Criteria

• The participants should be eligible for Horizon Europe calls, adhering to the program’s criteria and guidelines.
• The following proposal’s eligibility criteria also apply:
  • Proposals must offer technological XR pilots and experimentation such as piloting of XR applications targeting educational scenarios.
  • Proposals must have a clear European dimension and contribute towards EU digitization, targeting clear economic and societal impact.
  • The application must be submitted by a small consortium of up to 3 members. The project Leader/Coordinator must be an SME. The participation of a training provider organization (private or public) is mandatory. Inclusion in the consortium as a member of a potential user/early adopter may be a plus (although not mandatory).
  • Each legal entity may participate in only one (1) proposal at each XR2Learn open call. If a legal entity participates, in any direct or indirect way in multiple submissions, all associated proposals are automatically disqualified and will be automatically excluded from the evaluation process.
  • It is considered as Conflict of Interest and the relevant proposals will be automatically considered not eligible, in case an individual participates, controls, submits or is associated in any way with more than one proposal. As indicative example, without excluding other cases, it is not allowed for an individual to be in the project team or the advisory board of more than one proposal. Moreover, it is not allowed for an individual to have a legal, administrative, technical, advisory or financial position or capacity in more than one applicant or is in the position to access or influence in any way more than one proposal.
  • Any legal entity may participate in maximum one (1) accepted application. Applicants that have been accepted via Open Call #1 are automatically excluded from participating in Open Call #2 even if they submit a different proposal or form a different consortium and the proposal will be automatically rejected.

For more information, visit XR2LEARN.