StandICT.eu 2026 – 8th Open Call

Through nine open calls, the initiative will enable specialists to contribute to and help create a fully integrated European Standardisation Ecosystem, thereby strengthening Europe’s position in global standardisation initiatives.

Topics

• Applications that address any of the topics mentioned below taken from the Multi-Stakeholder Platform Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation will be considered of equal validity and merit during the evaluation process.
• Due to their current strategic importance applications focusing on the topics of Quantum Technologies, Virtual Worlds and Digital Product Passport are highly encouraged.
  • FOUNDATIONAL DRIVERS
    • Data Economy
    • Cybersecurity/Network and Information security
    • E-Privacy
  • KEY ENABLERS
    • Quantum Technologies
      • 5G and Beyond (6G)
      • Cloud and Edge Computing
      • Big Data & Open data
      • IoT Internet of Things
      • Electronic identification and trust services (including e-signature)
      • E-infrastrucutre for data and computing intensive service
      • Broadband infrastructure mapping
      • Accessibility of ICT products and services
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (EGNSS)
  • SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
    • E-Health, Healthy living and ageing
    • Digital skills
    • Digital learning
    • E-Government
    • E-call
    • Pandemic Preparedness
    • Safety, transparency and due process online
    • Emergency communications and public warning systems
  • INNOVATION FOR THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
    • Virtual Worlds
      • E-Procurement
      • E-Invoicing
      • Retail payments
      • Preservation of digital cinema
      • FinTech & RegTech Standardisation
      • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
  • SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
    • Circular Economy including Digital Product Passport
      • Smart Grids and Smart Metering
      • Smart and Sustainable Cities
      • ICT Environmental impact
      • European Electronic Toll Service (EETS)
      • Intelligent Transport Systems
      • Digitisation of European Industry
      • Robotics and autonomous systems
      • Construction building information modelling
      • Common information sharing environment (CISE) for the EU Maritime domain
      • Water management digitalisation
      • Single European Sky
      • U-Space

Funding Information

• Total funding available: 325 000,00 €
• Three types of proposals can be funded under the StandICT.eu Open Calls, as shown below:
  • Proposal type: LT – Long term contribution (with travel option)
    • Description: Contribution to ongoing standards development as a chair, convener, rapporteur or member of an SDO WG. E.g. comments on standards development and drafts, attending meetings also as an observer, paying membership fees
    • Maximum Contract Duration: 6 months
    • Funding Range: up to €10,000
  • Proposal type: ST – Short-Term contributions (with travel option)
    • Description: Contribution to standards documentation e.g. liaison to WG, comments on standards drafts, participation at meeting paying membership or registration fees.
    • Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
    • Funding Range: up to €5,000
  • Proposal type: OS – One-Shot contributions
    • Description: Support to ensure participation at workshop or event (e.g., participant, observer, presentation)
    • Maximum Contract Duration: 3 months
    • Funding Range: Up to €3,000
• Please do note that the maximum funding requested per proposal cannot exceed that indicated for the respective type of application (LT, ST, OT), nor can the duration exceed that indicated.

Eligible Costs

• Personal Working Effort (this cannot exceed the EU maximum daily rate of 450 Euro).
• Travel costs.
• Event registration fee(s).
• Membership fee(s) for SDO & SSO organisations.

Eligibility Criteria

• Potential applicants are Standardisation specialists, defined as professionals with proven expertise and experience in Standardisation activities e.g. previous contributions to standards developments, participation in various SDO groups working, previous or current chairs etc. in the respective priority area.
• The target of StandICT.eu 2026’s Open Calls are European Specialists who:
  • Have profound knowledge in one of the priority areas supported by the open calls;
  • Have experience regarding developments of standards, e.g., in SDOs, in reputable organisations and Standardisation communities, or when creating harmonised standards in open source developments;
  • Are individuals or natural persons residing in European Member States and Associated Countries;
  • Are not receiving support from other instruments (PPPs, EU or national R&I projects) for the proposed activities. In particular, open calls will target representatives from SMEs and academia.

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