ENVELOPE is inviting large industry, SMEs, Universities and Research Institutes to undertake a set of beyond 5G (B5G) trials that will validate network exposure and programmability as an accelerator for the development and deployment of 5G-enabled CAM services (and beyond). A series of northbound standards-compliant i.e., LF CAMARA, ETSI MEC, APIs (and corresponding technical enablers) implemented in three European trial sites, provide a unique experimentation environment for applicants to realize the interaction of their applications with the B5G network, test in the field, and ultimately validate the associated benefits, while avoiding the complexity of direct interaction with the B5G core.

Submitted proposals must be focused on the impact the suggested project will have following its completion and implementation. Proposals with concrete business plans leading to mature solutions will be prioritized.

Important information on the Open Call conditions:

1. Beneficiaries: Beneficiaries must be consortia composed of up to 5 legal entities (large industry and/or SME and/or University and/or Research Institute) with a minimum 50% of them being SME’s and/or large industry. Participants will be acting as technology providers and/or application providers for use case implementation. All organizations have to be established in any of the EU Member States and their Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) or Horizon Europe Associated Country.

ENVELOPE partners, their affiliates, and employees—including persons working under employment contracts or similar to employment contracts — can NOT be involved in the grantees’ projects, nor can board members.

Applications for sub-projects previously funded by an SNS JU project Open Call will be rejected. Applicants must have not participated in a sub-project funded in ENVELOPE Open Call 1.

1. Exclusion: Grants will not be awarded in the event of 1. Bankruptcy, winding up, court-administered affairs, creditor arrangements, suspended business activities, or other comparable procedures (including procedures that involve persons who have unlimited liability for the applicant’s debts). 2. Non-compliance with social security or tax obligations (including if such noncompliance is committed by persons with unlimited liability for the applicant’s debts). 3. Commission of grave professional misconduct.
2. Countries: EU Member States and their Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) or Horizon Europe Associated Countries see here. Following the Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506, as of 16th December 2022, no legal commitments (including the grant agreement itself as well as subcontracts, purchase contracts, financial support to third parties etc.) can be signed with Hungarian public interest trusts established under Hungarian Act IX of 2021 or any entity they maintain.

Affected entities may continue to apply to calls for proposals. However, in case the Council measures are not lifted, such entities are not eligible to participate in any funded role (beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, recipients of financial support to third parties). In this case, co-applicants will be invited to remove or replace that entity /or to change its status into associated partner. Tasks and budget may be redistributed accordingly.

1. Funding Support: Fixed Lump Sum per sub-project. The maximum funding per beneficiary is €60.000 and the maximum funding per sub-project is €300.000.

The OC projects shall:

1. make use of at least 1 API and technology enabler developed by the ENVELOPE Consortium; and/or
2. design, develop, integrate and validate a new standards compliant API/technical enabler, extending this way the functionality of the ENVELOPE platform.

In both cases the OC project must demonstrate the associated benefits in development, deployment and performance of a novel (CAM) vertical service.

Through this action the projects must:

1. demonstrate the associated benefits in development, deployment and performance of a novel vertical service; and/or
2. enhance the impact of the ENVELOPE platform by contributing to the range of use cases that can be supported and the ecosystem that can be created.