On the 1st of August at 17:00 CEST (10:00 CDT), NGI Sargasso closed its Open Call 4 with 75 submitted projects to join us in our mission of creating the Next Generation Internet of Trust with a human-centric approach.
Our fourth open call received a total of 156 applications, out of which 75 were submitted and 81 were left in draft status. Out of the 75 Transatlantic projects that applied to join our funding program offering up to €100,000 equity-free funding per team, 40 were startups or SMEs, 18 were universities, 7 were Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), 5 were Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs), 3 came from other type of organizations, and 2 more applicants were foundations.
NGI Sargasso promotes transatlantic cooperation in Next Generation Internet (NGI) technologies accepting applications from cross-border teams composed of a European counterpart that leads the submission of the application, and a United States (US), or/and Canada counterpart. For the NGI Sargasso Open Call 4, projects were submitted from 22 European countries, with the top five being:
- France, with 11 applications.
- Spain and Italy, with 10 applications each.
- Germany, with 7 applications.
- Slovenia, with 5 applications.
The rest of the Transatlantic projects came from Romania (4), Belgium (3), Greece (3), Ireland (3), Finland (2), Luxembourg (2), Malta (2), The Netherlands (2), Portugal (2), Serbia (2), Austria (1), Cyprus (1), Estonia (1), Iceland (1), Latvia (1), Poland (1), and Turkey (1).
10 Challenges were Addressed at the NGI Sargasso Open Call 4
A total of ten challenges were addressed by our innovators in our fourth 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 Standardization Across Borders Description.
- Global Implementation of Decentralized 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.
The NGI Sargasso Last Open Call with up to €100,000 Equity-Free Funding for Internet Innovators Launches in September
NGI Sargasso is a funding program part of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative, fostering Europe-US/Canada tech innovation with a budget of €4.8M funding, distributed to Internet innovators through five open calls. The NGI Sargasso fifth -and last- open call will be launched on the 23rd of September 2024.
After being carefully reviewed by external evaluators, NGI Sargasso selected innovators can get the following benefits:
- Secure 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.
- Invitation to join a +3,000 members community of the NGI Initiative.
- Matchmaking services to find their Transatlantic counterpart, through our continually open Brokerage System and matchmaking webinars.
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