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    O-CEI 2nd OPEN CALL FOR UPTAKE PROJECTS

    Opens 12 Nov 2026Live official EU data

    Run by Open CloudEdgeIoT Platform Uptake in Large Scale Cross-Domain Pilots · Needs partners

    14 Jan 2027
    Deadline
    12 Nov 2026
    Opens for applications
    €200k
    Per company
    €1.6M
    Total for all companies

    What this call funds

    This is a cascading funding call from the O-CEI Horizon Europe project that gives fixed grants of up to 200,000 euros to small consortia that replicate O-CEI's cloud edge IoT pilot methodology. Projects must demonstrate large scale uptake pilots tackling blackouts, supply chain disruption, DLT, or open source virtualisation and home energy management. Up to 8 projects will be funded for an 11 month support programme.

    internet of things · cloud edge computing · smart grids · blockchain web3 · energy storage · sme scaleup

    Who wins this

    A small consortium of two entities, pairing a tech or service provider SME with an end user organisation, that wants to demonstrate real world adoption of smart cloud edge IoT platform technologies in the energy sector.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €200k
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    Cascade funding
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 2 partners.
    Eligible applicants
    SME, startup, any type of legal entity as end user
    Support to third parties
    Fixed amount of up to 200,000 euros per uptake project, funded as a cascading grant to third parties.
    Also required
    Applicants must be from EU Member States, their Overseas Countries and Territories, or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, and a maximum of two proposals per entity is allowed if conducted by different teams.
    Sectors
    AI/ML · Deep Tech · Manufacturing · Aerospace
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 86 past winners

    ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IBERIA SL · ES
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    led 1
    NETCOMPANY S.A. · LU
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    ECLIPSE FOUNDATION EUROPE GMBH · DE · SME
    13 wins
    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · DE
    12 wins
    led 1
    EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON · EL
    12 wins
    led 2

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