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Research and EU projects

Research we lead, funded by the European Union

We win and coordinate cascade-funded projects under competitive Horizon Europe open calls. Each one builds on a larger EU research project and puts our engineering to work on a real industrial problem.

Our projects

Two awarded projects, both coordinated by us

We are the lead beneficiary of each sub-grant: we own the work plan, deliver the technology and report to the host project. MAGICIAN and AID4SME themselves are led by their own consortia.

MAGICIAN · Open Call 2

Running

WIZARD

Workspace Inspection and Zero-defect Automation for Robotic Deployment

Our role
Coordinator of the sub-grant
Programme
Horizon Europe
Host project
MAGICIAN, grant agreement No 101120731
Focus
AI-powered multimodal robotic inspection of plastic intermediate components
Maturity
TRL 5 to TRL 7 in 12 months

AID4SME · Open Call 2

Running

FORGESENSE

Edge-AI Augmented Force Sensing for First-Time-Right Mould Changeovers

Our role
Coordinator of the sub-grant
Programme
Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITALEMERGING-01
Host project
AID4SME, grant agreement No 101189562
Focus
A physics-informed virtual sensor for mould set-up quality, running entirely on the edge
Maturity
TRL 4 to TRL 6 in 14 months

How we are funded

Selected in open competition

Large Horizon Europe projects set aside part of their budget to fund smaller companies through open calls, known as Financial Support to Third Parties or cascade funding. Proposals are scored against published criteria, and the selected teams then build on the host project’s platforms, data and industrial testbeds.

01

Open Call

The host project publishes challenges, eligibility rules and evaluation criteria. Any eligible company can apply.

02

Evaluation

Proposals are ranked on excellence, impact and implementation. Only a handful are funded in each call.

03

Delivery

Selected teams sign a sub-grant agreement, deliver against milestones and report results back to the host project.

Building a consortium?

We join Horizon Europe and Digital Europe consortia as coordinator or technical partner for AI, data, automation and industrial robotics work packages. Tell us about the call and your timeline.

Funded by
the European Union

WIZARD receives funding from the MAGICIAN project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101120731. FORGESENSE receives funding from the AID4SME project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101189562.

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.