Next Generation Internet is an initiative supported by the EU as part of the Digital Decade framework to re-imagine and re-engineer the Internet for the third millennium and beyond. To-date, an ecosystem of projects have been funded by the European Commission to bring this concept to reality.
NGI Transoceanic encapsulates the EU - USA element of this global vision by bringing together the NGI communities of the EU and USA. It builds upon the successful NGIAtlantic.eu project, which ran from Jan 2020 - February 2023, where a strong and consolidated EU and USA ecosystem has been created with 35 funded projects on NGI topics. To achieve this, NGI Transoceanic aims to launch three open calls for funding related to common priority topics of mutual benefit derived from within the EU’s NGI related projects and initiatives and counterpart USA's related programmes. To support prospective applicants in their matchmaking efforts to support their proposal, NGI TRANSOCEANIC will expand and continue to offer the EU-USA NGI Twinning Lab.
The project addresses a wide range of NGI topics including trust and privacy enhancing technologies, data sharing and portability, sustainable and climate friendly internet, electronic identities, internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies:
- Internet Architecture Enhancements: Propose enhancing the Internet architecture to increase network performance, adapt it to new application requirements, improve quality of service, and make it more energy efficient.
- Network Security, Trust and Privacy: Develop robust mechanisms to ensure security, trust, and privacy and to build resilience against threats to the Internet.
- Internet and Wireless Measurement: Develop new methodologies and tools for collecting, measuring, anonymizing, modeling, and analyzing Internet and wireless data.
- Electronic Identities: Advance the broad adoption of next-generation, open, and trusted digital identity solutions for trustworthy, faster, and safer electronic transactions on and off the Internet.
- Decentralized Technologies: Explore decentralized technologies, such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology. This may have the potential to enable more decentralized, trusted, user-centric digital services and stimulate new business models benefiting society and the economy.
Three types of projects are foreseen to be funded under the topics above such as advanced technology developments, joint demonstrators, and joint contribution to global standards.
Timeline
Currently under discussion.
Consortium
- South East Technological University
SETU is the project coordinator and the innovation and quality manager of NGI TRANSOCEANIC. In addition to project coordination leader, SETU will lead tasks as part of the work package on “EU-USA Community Engagement, Outreach and Dissemination”, specifically the tasks towards “Technology, Research and Standards Communities” and “Funding Communities”. SETU will lead the work on “Open Calls Management and Third-party Projects”. They will be responsible for the onboarding and finance management process of the open call projects, and coordinating the technical supervision of open call priorities, projects, monitoring and coaching. Finally, within the work package on “Results Exploitation, Impact Assessment, Standards, and Legacy”, SETU will be involved in the “Exploitation Planning and Strategy” and “Contribution to Standards and Lasting Legacy” tasks.
- Trust-IT Services
TRUST-IT is the work package on “EU-USA Community Engagement, Outreach and Dissemination”, which is dedicated to communication, concertation and community development and identifying and gathering the NGI TRANSOCEANIC stakeholder engagement strategy and market approach and sustainability activities. TRUST-IT’s portfolio includes designing and implementing open calls, online marketing communication plans, social media campaigns, mobile apps for research & industrial communities, SEO and copywriting as well as layout and content solutions for advanced web platforms. TRUST-IT has experience in developing open calls (www.standict.eu, www.hsbooster.eu), and will lead related tasks within the work package on “Open Calls Management and Third-party Projects”.
TRUST-IT contributes to all tasks of the work package on “Results Exploitation, Impact Assessment, Standards, and Legacy” taking lead roles in “Showcasing project outcomes portfolio” and “Contribution to Standards and Lasting Legacy”.
- COMMpla
COMMpla leads the comprehensive development of both the website and of the grants platform, overseeing the entire process from inception to completion in order to ensure that these systems are aligned with the specified objectives and facilitate a smooth management and processing of applications for open calls. In addition, COMMpla will perform the digital and technological activities (maintenance of the website, social media etc) related to the dissemination and communication of NGI TRANSOCEANIC results.
- EURESCOM
EURESCOM leads the Results Exploitation, Impact Assessment, Standards, and Legacy work package and brings their expertise to the work package on “Open Calls Management and Third-party Projects” leading the task on “Third-party Projects Technical Supervision and Coaching" and “Third-party Projects Reports / Outcomes”.
- Rutgers University
As an Associated partner of NGI TRANSOCEANIC, RUTGERS will carry out promotional and dissemination activities for the project.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
As an Associated partner of NGI TRANSOCEANIC, UNC-Chapel Hill, RENCI will carry out dissemination and promotional activities for the project.