Library FAQ
Which cognitive capabilities should proposals address under DeepRAP?
Proposals should address one or more of: Deep Reasoning, Deep Abstraction, and Deep Planning.
Which technological approaches are particularly encouraged?
Neuro-symbolic approaches combining neural networks and symbolic reasoning are particularly encouraged, as well as combinations of existing techniques or entirely new frameworks inspired by neuroscience, biology, physics, philosophy and other fields.
With which EU initiatives should projects develop synergies?
Projects should develop synergies with AI Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs), EBRAINS, Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), the AI-on-Demand Platform, and the Quantum Flagship.
Can proposals include smart interoperability with energy networks?
Yes. Proposals may include smart interoperability solutions for electricity, heating and cooling network integration, reversible heating and cooling infrastructures, and cold-to-power solutions recovering waste heat and cold from industrial processes, data cen...
How else can the need for mechanical cooling be mitigated?
By nature-based solutions, passive cooling techniques, the use of natural energy, behavioural changes, and other demand-based technologies.
What alternative cooling methods are being developed or researched?
Alternatives include thermochemical methods (e.g. sorption), solid-state solutions (e.g. magnetic, electrochemical, thermo-acoustic, thermo-elastic), and other approaches under active development.
What are the expected outcomes and impacts of clean cooling projects?
Projects should provide proofs of concept for unconventional approaches that convincingly impact energy consumption, emissions and costs, contribute to EU technological leadership, improve building comfort and health, increase operational security of computing...
What are the objectives for innovations in the AEC digitalisation Challenge?
To realise disruptive solutions in one or more areas—computational design, digital fabrication and alternative materials—aiming to reduce embodied CO2 emissions, with innovations being at least as effective in reducing operational carbon emissions as the techn...
What generation approaches for clean cooling are eligible under the Challenge?
Generation approaches integrating renewable energy, waste heat/cold harvesting, passive and radiative cooling, thermochemical and hybrid heat pumps, heat transformers, waste heat recovery and heat pipes are eligible.
What is the goal of the Responsible Electronics Challenge?
To discover environmentally friendly electronic materials and processes that reduce environmental impact and the need for critical raw materials, applying life-cycle thinking and developing materials/processes suitable for unconventional devices and IoT while...
What is the most widely applied method for air-conditioning and refrigeration?
Vapour compression is the most widely applied method for air-conditioning and refrigeration.
What is the overall goal of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge on clean cooling?
To advance scientific knowledge and technological development of novel, clean and efficient cooling solutions that underpin a 'cold economy' vision.
What is the Precision Nutrition Challenge focused on?
The Challenge funds multidisciplinary research investigating interactions among diet, the human gut microbiome and glycans, including nutritional, microbiome and glycan research aspects and consideration of regulatory aspects building on EFSA work.
What is the scope of the AEC digitalisation Challenge?
It seeks research and early innovations with breakthrough potential related to the triad of design, fabrication and materials enabled by novel algorithms and advanced digitalisation (computational design, physics simulation, agent-based modelling, topology opt...
What outcomes and impacts are expected from Precision Nutrition projects?
Greater understanding of diet–microbiome–glycan relationships enabling prevention and alleviation of Food-related Health Conditions and NCDs through evidence-based upgrades of dietary guidelines, and in the long run the development of novel foods and processes...
What outcomes are expected from Responsible Electronics projects?
Development of materials with new properties or replacements that reduce dependency on critical raw materials and environmental footprint, supporting a move from traditional materials and manufacturing to less impactful ones, with life-cycle analysis and metho...
What performance and environmental criteria must proposed cooling technologies demonstrate?
They should demonstrate potential to reduce investment/operational costs, increase efficiency, reliability and interoperability, avoid critical raw materials or harmful refrigerants, pursue circularity by design, have low environmental impact and low carbon fo...
What specific objectives does the Precision Nutrition Challenge pursue?
To investigate causal relationships among diet, microbiome and glycans for personalised diets; identify food ingredients, processes and additives with negative or beneficial effects on health and aging; and develop recommendations for reformulating products wi...
What storage and transport aspects does the Challenge include?
It includes storage and/or transport of cooling, clean cold chain transportation, thermal energy carriers, inter-seasonal storage, and relevant charging/discharging dynamics (short charging times and mid to long duration storage).
What utilization and management aspects of cooling are within scope?
Utilization/management aspects include cascade use of cold energy for different temperature requirements, integration of innovative low/net-zero cooling concepts in critical demand segments, and other demand-side related technologies.
Which applications and temperature ranges are covered by the Challenge?
Solutions for a wide range of applications are eligible, including vaccine storage (−80 to 4°C), food (−40 to 12°C), and data centres and air-conditioning (6–12°C).
Which EU policies and plans is the cooling Challenge strategic for?
The Challenge is strategic for the European Green Deal, the REPowerEU plan, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
Why is the development of super-efficient and low-cost cold technologies important?
Because cooling demand is rising, cooling processes often cause significant GHG emissions (e.g. from HFCs or fossil fuels), and global energy market disruption and rising energy costs threaten competitiveness of high cooling demand sectors.
How can the EIC strengthen the healthcare innovation ecosystem?
Through its portfolio, the EIC can bring breakthrough technologies together, create connections with other European initiatives and stakeholders, and foster collaborations that bridge research institutions, startups, and healthcare providers.