Open Call Analysis: FFPlus – Startup Innovation with HPC and Generative AI

The requirements for the proposed experiments are detailed in the full announcement text, a summary of which is as follows:

• Be fully aligned with the FFplus call objectives
• Define the business challenge and the need for HPC to address it.
• Present the positive business impact to be achieved by solving the challenge.
• Define specific objectives that must be achieved.
• Explain the inclusion of all parties required for the effective and efficient execution of the experiment and the demonstration of the impact on SME business challenges through the use of HPC systems or advanced HPC services.
• Define the resources needed to meet objectives and the associated costs.
• Address any data protection issues that might impact the proposed work plan.
• Support the FFplus project in the generation of publishable success stories which discuss how the SME’s real-world problems were addressed and clearly identify the business benefits realised or obtained.
• Be complementary to past Fortissimo experiments.

Each proposal must comprise 2 parts:

• Part A: Administrative data (Excel template)
• Part B: Max 10 pages, covering:
  1. Summary (0.5 pages)
  2. Industrial relevance, potential impact (including societal impact) and exploitation plans (3.5 pages)
  3. Description of the work plan and concept, including the expected HPC computing needs (3 pages)
  4. Quality of the consortium4 as a whole and of the individual proposers (2 pages)
  5. Justification of costs and resources (1 page).

It is a requirement that the downloadable proposal exemplars are used: Part A and Part B.