ENVELOPE 2nd Open Call

After their first Open Call earlier this year, the EC project ENVELOPE has launch its second call for proposals 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.

The candidate 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 doing so, the projects must:

1. demonstrate the associated benefits in development, deployment and performance of a novel CAM 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.

Moreover, proposals must focus on the impact of the candidate project after its completion and implementation. Proposals with concrete business plans leading to mature solutions will be prioritized.

Open Call conditions

1. Funding: Fixed Lump Sum per sub-project. The maximum funding per beneficiary is €60.000 and the maximum funding per sub-project is €300.000.
2. The Feasibility Check is mandatory for all proposers. Only proposals that have submitted their Feasibility Check applications before 03/12/2025 and received positive feedback are allowed to submit their final applications.
3. Applicants 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 (see here).
4. Exclusions
   • 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.
   • 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.
   • 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.

All information on the call timeline, feasibility check and related documentation are available here