Open Internet Stack Sovereign Solutions
Pays two European projects a combined EUR 20.5 million to build open-source, European-made networking, operating-system and software-supply-chain technology as sovereign alternatives to non-EU tools.
This is a Research and Innovation Action, submitted once through the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under a single-stage deadline model, with award criteria, scoring and thresholds following the Work Programme's own General Annexes rather than a topic-specific rubric. The work programme sets aside EUR 20.5 million for the topic and expects to fund two projects, each receiving between EUR 7 million an…
The Commission wants open-source solutions in areas such as network and transport technology, sovereign operating systems and firmware, and open-source software supply-chain tooling. Proposals should show technical maturity, an active supporting community, real user demand, and a credible path into the wider Open Internet Stack catalogue.
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