During the 38 months covered in the first period (18) and second period (20), the project has define and execute the three open calls, supporting 46 projects and distributing more than 5.4M€. In more detail, the main work:
• Definition of the research domains and type of projects to be supported.
• Definition of the open call rules, materials and procedures.
• Launch of the open calls
• Evaluation and selection of projects to engage the DAPSI programme
• Definition of the Support programme in 2 phases with continuous coaching, mentoring, training, access to resources (infrastructure, visibility, etc) and assessment of their progress. Evaluation and Final events held at the end of each phase.
The results achieved in each open call:
OC1:
• Launch of the open call (February 2020 - April 2020) with 182 applications submitted.
• Evaluation and selection of 11 projects with distribution of more than 1.3M€.
• As part of the programme approach, divided in two phases, seven projects progressed to the second phase. The selection was carried out in a competition event.
OC2:
• Launch of the open call (November 2020 - January 2021) with 176 applications submitted.
• Evaluation and selection of 15 projects with allocation of more than 1.6M€.
• From the total number of teams in Phase 1 (15), 14 TPs reached the threshold, so they received the full second payment to them (one payment was partially retained). One of the teams withdrew the project at the beginning of Phase 2 so it was not evaluated or paid for the work in the Phase 2. For the other 14 projects, all of them reached the threshold and all the payments were released (including the retained money of one team), finishing the participation in January 2022.
OC3:
• Launch of the open call (September 2021 - November 2021), with 147 applications submitted.
• Evaluation and selection of 20 projects with allocation of more than 2.4M€.
• From the total number of teams in Phase 1 (20), 19 TPs reached the threshold, so they passed to Phase 2 and received the full second payment. In Phase 2, all of them (19) reached the threshold and all the payments were released, finishing the participation in October 2022.
With the support provided to the 46 projects, a total number of 76 exploitable assets were identified and at least 35 were open-source available for the community. In addition, on the commercial side, 77% of TPs have confirmed that they have gained clients after the participation in DAPSI.
All these projects are promoted in the project website with a dedicated Hall of Fame including the description of each project and team, as well as presence in the NGI catalogue as a portal gathering all the NGI funded results.