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Grant Purpose and Target

Core Objective: Develop innovative and compliant data ecosystems using advanced technologies to ease compliance for businesses and professionals, and to address limitations of real-world data by leveraging synthetic data.
Target Recipient Type: Legal entities (businesses, public organizations, research entities) of any size.
SECTOR-SPECIFIC
Geographic Scope: EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, associated countries, and OECD countries.
Key Filtering Criteria: Focus on digital technologies, data ecosystems, AI, compliance, and synthetic data. Applicants must be established in eligible countries.
Grant Frequency and Context: This is a single-stage call within the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025, specifically under 'Digital, Industry and Space', part of the 'AI, Data and Robotics Partnership'.

Minimum grant amount per project: 7,000,000 EUR.
Maximum grant amount per project: 9,000,000 EUR.
Total estimated budget for this topic: 45,000,000 EUR (expected to fund 6 grants).
Currency: EUR.
Funding Type: HORIZON Innovation Actions (IA). Funding rates for Innovation Actions are not explicitly detailed in the provided text but typically cover up to 70% of eligible costs (100% for non-profit public bodies).
Financial reporting and audit requirements are governed by the general Horizon Europe rules, as described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Organizational Type and Location

Legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, or Norway.
Legal entities established in countries associated with Horizon Europe.
Legal entities established in OECD countries.
Exclusion Criteria: Entities directly or indirectly controlled by a non-eligible country or non-eligible country entity are not permitted to participate, due to the Union's strategic interests.

Financial and Operational Capacity

Applicants must demonstrate sufficient financial and operational capacity, as detailed in Annex C of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Application Timeline

Submission Materials

Application Procedure

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Submission System.
Access the submission service by clicking the appropriate button next to the 'HORIZON Innovation Actions' type of action.

Support and Guidance

Comprehensive guidance is available through the Online Manual, Horizon Europe Programme Guide, and Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ.
Assistance can be obtained from National Contact Points (NCPs), Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) for SMEs, and the IT Helpdesk for technical issues.
Specific advice on intellectual property is available from the European IPR Helpdesk, and on standardization from CEN-CENELEC and ETSI Research Helpdesks.
A partner search tool is available to help find collaborators.

Excellence

Soundness of the proposed methodology and clarity of objectives for developing innovative data ecosystems.
Quality and relevance of the proposed actions in addressing one or more of the specified areas: advanced compliance technology, auto-compliance for data transactions/spaces, or synthetic data generation/management/leverage.

Impact

Credibility of pathways to achieve significant impact in easing compliance, enhancing competitiveness, and improving data quality/safety/ethical use.
Effectiveness of plans for dissemination, exploitation, and communication of results.

Quality and Efficiency of Implementation

Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including the proposed activities and timelines.
Appropriateness of resource allocation and management structure.
Quality of the consortium (if applicable), including the competence and complementary of the participants.

Topic-Specific Factors

Analysis and addressing of 'real needs' of users and stakeholders.
Clear linkage between user training, user needs, and 'tangible progress indicators'.
Attention to cybersecurity, interoperability, reproducibility, and standardization.
For synthetic data projects, addressing inherent shortcomings of real-world data and ensuring robust evaluation, validation, and benchmarking for safe, ethical, and compliant use, including bias mitigation.

Regulatory Compliance

Projects must ensure compliance with relevant EU legislation, including but not limited to GDPR, Open Data Directive, Data Governance Act, AI Act, and Data Act, as well as legislation related to green deal, due diligence, healthcare, and transport.
Solutions developed should simplify and automate compliance processes for businesses and professionals.

Strategic and Collaboration Requirements

Actions should contribute to the Union's strategic autonomy and security, avoiding technological dependency on non-EU sources where critical.
Synergies are expected with Digital Europe programme topics implementing Common European Data Spaces, particularly with the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC).

Technical and Ethical Standards

Where relevant, proposals must address cybersecurity, interoperability, reproducibility, and standardization.
Emphasis is placed on the safe, ethical, and compliant use of synthetic data, including analysis and mitigation of biases inherited or introduced.
Ensuring adequate levels of security and protection for data sharing is crucial.

Cross-Cutting Considerations

The integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement for this topic.