European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
GenAI4EU: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds: Advanced technologies for better performance and hyper personalised and immersive experience (IA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Virtual Worlds Partnerships)
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15
Funding Amount
€4.0M - €5.0M
Deadline
02/10/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the GenAI4EU: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds: Advanced technologies for better performance and hyper personalised and immersive experience (IA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Virtual Worlds Partnerships) Call?
Grant Description
This call supports innovation actions developing generative AI at the edge for realistic immersive Virtual Worlds and smart digital assistants and 3D chatbots to provide safe, inclusive navigation. It addresses personalized content creation, dynamic storytelling, avatar generation, and accessible AI-enhanced communication to improve user experience while preserving privacy, security, and EU values. Projects must involve social sciences and humanities contributions and foster synergies with Europ...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to deliver at least one of:
• Realistic, creative or innovative Virtual World characters, user-tailored artefacts and environments that significantly enhance immersion and improve user experience.
• Smart digital assistants and AI-enhanced 3D chatbots enabling safe, inclusive navigation and interaction in Virtual Worlds, including multilingual/sign-language translation, accessible training/education modalities, barrier removal for persons with disabilities, sentiment analysis and behavioural decision support.
• Realistic, creative or innovative Virtual World characters, user-tailored artefacts and environments that significantly enhance immersion and improve user experience.
• Smart digital assistants and AI-enhanced 3D chatbots enabling safe, inclusive navigation and interaction in Virtual Worlds, including multilingual/sign-language translation, accessible training/education modalities, barrier removal for persons with disabilities, sentiment analysis and behavioural decision support.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Leverage generative AI at the edge to deliver low-latency, privacy-preserving inference aligned with EU values.
• Build safe, inclusive Virtual World experiences, delivering either realistic, creative or beyond-reality immersive spaces.
• Incorporate dynamic storytelling and scenario modules for personalised content and shared user experiences.
• Implement AI-based personalised avatar generation to enhance immersion.
• Develop smart digital assistants and 3D chatbots providing accessible navigation, training/education support, language translation (incl. sign languages), barrier removal for persons with disabilities, sentiment analysis and behavioural decision support.
• Where appropriate, exploit state-of-the-art generative AI for explainable collaborative intelligence and decision-making research.
• Ensure active involvement of Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) experts to amplify societal impact.
• Allocate tasks for cohesion activities with both the European Partnership for Virtual Worlds and the ADRA Partnership, in particular engaging with CSA topics HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17 (Virtual Worlds Partnership & Web 4.0) and ‑18 (Gen AI 4 EU Hub).
• Reuse and build upon results from relevant past EU-funded actions, sharing communicable outputs via the AI-on-demand platform or other digital resource platforms.
• Seek synergies and complementarities with ongoing international, European, national and regional initiatives.
• Plan for a typical project duration of 36 months (other durations allowed if justified).
• Leverage generative AI at the edge to deliver low-latency, privacy-preserving inference aligned with EU values.
• Build safe, inclusive Virtual World experiences, delivering either realistic, creative or beyond-reality immersive spaces.
• Incorporate dynamic storytelling and scenario modules for personalised content and shared user experiences.
• Implement AI-based personalised avatar generation to enhance immersion.
• Develop smart digital assistants and 3D chatbots providing accessible navigation, training/education support, language translation (incl. sign languages), barrier removal for persons with disabilities, sentiment analysis and behavioural decision support.
• Where appropriate, exploit state-of-the-art generative AI for explainable collaborative intelligence and decision-making research.
• Ensure active involvement of Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) experts to amplify societal impact.
• Allocate tasks for cohesion activities with both the European Partnership for Virtual Worlds and the ADRA Partnership, in particular engaging with CSA topics HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17 (Virtual Worlds Partnership & Web 4.0) and ‑18 (Gen AI 4 EU Hub).
• Reuse and build upon results from relevant past EU-funded actions, sharing communicable outputs via the AI-on-demand platform or other digital resource platforms.
• Seek synergies and complementarities with ongoing international, European, national and regional initiatives.
• Plan for a typical project duration of 36 months (other durations allowed if justified).
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
Participation and implementation must adhere to Horizon Europe rules and specific topic conditions:
• Eligibility is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Israel, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
• Entities from eligible countries but controlled by non-eligible countries/entities must provide country-approved guarantees that their participation will not compromise EU strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security.
• Entities assessed as high-risk suppliers of mobile network equipment (or their owners/controllers) are excluded.
• Proposals must comply with the MGA Budget-Based model and adhere to admissibility conditions (page limits, layout) as per General Annexes A, E and the Online Manual.
• Evaluation will follow the standard IA award criteria and scoring thresholds (Annex D), managed via the Funding & Tenders Portal submission system.
• Funded projects must observe Horizon Europe financial, legal and operational requirements (Annexes B, C, G).
• Results deemed communicable must be uploaded to the AI-on-demand platform; other outputs should be disseminated through relevant digital ecosystems to strengthen the EU AI, Data & Robotics community.
• Eligibility is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Israel, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
• Entities from eligible countries but controlled by non-eligible countries/entities must provide country-approved guarantees that their participation will not compromise EU strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security.
• Entities assessed as high-risk suppliers of mobile network equipment (or their owners/controllers) are excluded.
• Proposals must comply with the MGA Budget-Based model and adhere to admissibility conditions (page limits, layout) as per General Annexes A, E and the Online Manual.
• Evaluation will follow the standard IA award criteria and scoring thresholds (Annex D), managed via the Funding & Tenders Portal submission system.
• Funded projects must observe Horizon Europe financial, legal and operational requirements (Annexes B, C, G).
• Results deemed communicable must be uploaded to the AI-on-demand platform; other outputs should be disseminated through relevant digital ecosystems to strengthen the EU AI, Data & Robotics community.
Important dates
Open from: 10/06/2025
Deadline:02/10/2025
Application period has ended
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