73 is the number of submitted proposals coming from European, US and Canadian innovators willing to create an Internet of Trust. On the 15th of May at 17:00 CEST / 10:00 CDT, we closed our Open Call 3, looking for startups and SMEs, Universities and RTOs and NGOs and Foundations from both sides of the Atlantic to join us in our mission shaping a more human-centric Internet for our future generations.
Out of the 73 submitted projects from joint teams from a European country and the United States or Canada, 46 are ideas from SMEs and startups; 11, from universities; 6, from NGOs; 4, from RTOs; 2, from foundations, and 4 more, from other type of organizations.
Regarding the country of origin of the submitted projects, the top 3 list of a total of 26 European countries is as follows:
- France: 12.
- Spain: 9.
- Italy: 6.
This list is followed by Slovenia (5); Austria, Germany and Greece (4); Ireland, Netherlands and Romania (3); Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia and Turkey (2), and one project coming from each of these countries: Czechia, Finland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The NGI Sargasso Open Call 3 Addressed Challenges
A total of ten challenges were addressed by our innovators in our third open call:
- Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Across Continents.
- Harmonized Cross-Atlantic Digital Governance.
- Inclusive Public Digital Spaces for Global Community Engagement.
- Enhanced Data Security and Privacy in Transcontinental Perspective.
- Interoperability and Standardisation Across Borders Description.
- Global Implementation of Decentralised Technologies.
- Next-Gen Cybersecurity and Generative AI.
- Next Generation Space Based Internet.
- Redefining Intelligence in a Hyperconnected World.
- Open Challenge for Next Generation Internet Description.
Two more NGI Sargasso Open Calls in 2024 with up to €100,000 equity-free funding per beneficiary
As a unique collaborative ecosystem and program for promoting the Transatlantic cooperation for Next Generation Internet technologies, we will launch two more open calls in 2024, so stay tuned to our social media to discover more:
- Open Call 4: Summer 2024.
- Open Call 5 (our last call): Autumn 2024.
After being carefully reviewed by external evaluators, NGI Sargasso selected beneficiaries can get up to €100,000 equity-free funding, access to an up to 9-month Capacity-Building Program with e-lessons and inspirational talks from industry experts, and services from top mentors and coches who guide them during the whole program duration. Besides, the NGI Sargasso innovators also get invited to join a +3,000 members community of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative.