The three research themes Trust, Cooperate and Learn cut across the four contexts Smart society, Digitalized industry, Rich and healthy life, and Educational Transformation.

Open call for Demonstrator projects & Matchmaking event 14 October

This is a call for Demonstrator projects within Digital Futures – projects that can demonstrate and disseminate technologies for digital transformation and its impact on society. We will support projects that can show novelty, high impact and wide outreach. KTH schools, Stockholm University (SU) and RISE Digital Systems are encouraged to apply.

Important dates:

Call opens: 2021-11-01
Matchmaking event: 2021-10-14
Project proposal registration: 2021-11-24
Call closes: 2021-12-01
Phase 2 evaluation hearing: late January/early February 2022

The funding decision is expected by February/March 2022.

More information and How to apply can be found here

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