Summary
- Closed for EoI
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRES20241227011
- Term of Validity
- 27 December 2024 - 27 December 2025
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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Horizon Europe project leader seeks application partners in Oil&Gas, Defence or Medical/Biology/Food to complete a consortium for HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01: Advanced sensor technologies and multimodal sensor integration for multiple domains (Photonics Partnership). The project’s main objective is to develop:
1. Innovative systems with SiPH chip processing for distributed fiber sensing using Rayleuh or Raman technology.
2. Sensors with integrating Peripheral Interface Controllers - Full Description
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The company leading the project is an advanced optical sensor systems manufacturer which also offers engineering services particularly within the power industry. They provide real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and fault prevention for critical assets.
The project proposed will contribute to exploit the potential of photonics for a digital, green and healthy future by:
1. Increasing the efficiency of photonic sensors, surpassing existing technologies in aspects such as energy consumption, data acquisition and processing speed, as well as measurement accuracy.
2. Reducing the size, weight, or footprint of the sensors and quantify advancements over current tecnologies
3. Reducing manufacturing costs and increasing resource-efficiency, while also enhancing reliability and durability of the targeted sensor systems.
The final application to be developed would be:
• Remote diagnosis of highly critical assets
• Permanent diagnosis of security system regarding electrical supply.
The company is looking for partners under any of the following profiles:
• Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Operators in the health, aeronautical, food, and electrical sectors.
• Silicon Photonics technological development centers or PICs.
• Foundries with experience in complex PICs.
• Companies with experience in developing APIs, software, or Artificial Intelligence for the above sectors.
Parners must be in the application side of the value chain, more specifically in the following areas:
• Oil and Gas: Optical gas sensing systems, where they would develop sensors based on photonic circuits. Potential collaborators include companies with expertise in industrial sensing.
• Defense: Avionics sensors leveraging optical technologies for highly demanding environments.
• Medical/Biology/Food: Complex applications involving biochemical or medical sensing, where the company will provide the integrated optical systems to complement the biochemical or analytical components. - Advantages and Innovations
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The scope of this call focuses on the advancement and application of photonics sensor technologies and their integration into multimodal systems. The proposal for which the company is looking for partners will address the development of sensor technologies and their validation through trials in realistic use cases.
In addition, the proposal will focus on developing and integrating algorithms designed to enhance the processing capabilities and decision-making accuracy of photonic sensors. These algorithms may help to optimize the interpretation of complex sensor data, enable real-time analytics, ambient intelligenceand adaptive responses in dynamic environaments.
Activities are expected to start at TRL 3 and achieve TRL 7 by the end of the project. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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The partner sough must have expertise multi-modal sensors as well as employing sensor fusion and machine learning approaches for the analysis of sensor data. They should have knowledge and background experience in different technology approaches, i.e. sensor modalities, of which at least one must be photonic from the following areas:
• Integrated photonic solutions
• Communication fiber sensing
• Bio- and medical sensing and/or imaging - Stage of Development
- Concept stage
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The partner sough must have expertise multi-modal sensors as well as employing sensor fusion and machine learning approaches for the analysis of sensor data. They should have knowledge and background experience in different technology approaches, i.e. sensor modalities, of which at least one must be photonic from the following areas:
• Integrated photonic solutions
• Communication fiber sensing
• Bio- and medical sensing and/or imaging
Responsibilities of the partner sought will include:
• Application Expertise: Bringing specific domain expertise in one or more of the identified segments (e.g., optical gas sensing, avionics sensors, or biochemical/medical applications) to integrate the optical components into end-use solutions effectively.
• Design and Prototyping: Collaborating on the design and development of modular optical components or photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that meet stringent cost, performance, and scalability requirements.
• Manufacturing Innovation: Developing and implementing industrial processes for high-volume, automated manufacturing, ensuring product consistency and reducing lead times.
The selected partner will either remain the exclusive supplier of the developed components for the equipment or, alternatively, license the technology for in-house production. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10
- SME 50 - 249
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Horizon Europe
- Call title and identifier
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HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01: Advanced sensor technologies and multimodal sensor integration for multiple application domains (IA) (Photonics Partnership)
- Anticipated project budget
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EUR 5.00 Million
- Coordinator required
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No
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Horizon Europe
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04002013 - Smart grids
- Market keywords
- 03001005 - Microprocessors
- 03001006 - Controllers
- 03001001 - Semiconductors
- 03001007 - Circuit boards
- Targeted countries
- All countries