CELTIC-NEXT—Autumn 2022 call for proposals

Eureka's CELTIC-NEXT cluster, a transnational and industry-driven research, development and innovation program focusing on information and communications technology (ICT) and telecommunications, has launched its call for proposals for joint research and development (R&D) projects. The CELTIC Core Group consists of 19 members from 10 countries mainly in the European telecoms industry, including Adva, British Telecom, Cellnex, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Eurescom, imec, Indra, Italtel, Netas, Nokia, Orange, RAD Data Communications, SES, Telefonica, Telenor, Thales, Turkcell and Turk Telecom.

Open to:

• small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• large enterprises and industries
• universities
• research organizations
• others

Sector of focus:

ICT and telecommunications with the following key technology application areas:

• 5G/6G infrastructure technologies
• 5G/6G use cases

Key dates:

• CELTIC-NEXT online proposer's day: September 7, 2022
• International Consortium Project Proposal (ICPP) submission deadline: October 21, 2022

Funding for CELTIC-NEXT:

Canadian organisations are encouraged to join CELTIC-NEXT consortiums and form Team Canada sub-consortiums within their projects.

Funding may be available for some Canadian project participants as detailed below:

Canadian SMEs

Funding may be available through NRC IRAP for incorporated Canadian SMEs (i.e. for-profit companies with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees) to engage in CELTIC-NEXT projects.

Preference will be given to SMEs that have:

• a minimum of 15 full-time equivalent employees and at least $500,000 CAD in annual revenue;
• previous experience in commercializing technology for domestic or international markets;
• the capacity and interest to co-develop technology with foreign partners; and
• sufficient working capital and human resources to undertake a multi-year research and development collaboration and commercialize the results.

Canadian SME applicants must be eligible for funding as NRC IRAP clients before they can be considered for funding through the call for proposals. For more information on NRC IRAP eligibility and becoming an NRC IRAP client, please contact NRC IRAP at 1-877-994-4727.

Canadian organizations

Other types of Canadian organizations may participate in CELTIC-NEXT projects but need to secure funding from alternative sources or self-fund their project participation.

Registration:

To learn more about CELTIC-NEXT and this call for proposals, please visit the CELTIC-NEXT website and call information page or contact Kasturi.Narayanan@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.