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Funding for SMEs and citizens to solve urban challenges using technology

Future Cities Catapult has announced a US$1.2 million (€1 million) ‘OrganiCity’ Open Call to solve city challenges in London, Aarhus, and Santander using urban data.
June 16, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Future Cities Catapult has announced a US$1.2 million (€1 million) ‘OrganiCity’ Open Call to solve city challenges in London, Aarhus, and Santander using urban data.
 
Citizens, small businesses, universities and corporations are encouraged to apply for up to US$67,000 (€60,000) per application, to create digital solutions to make cities better. This could be by capturing new data through sensors, using data visualisations, analysing through new algorithms or merging datasets to uncover new information.
 
Entrants have 11 weeks to develop their proposals which must explore the use urban data, ranging from temperatures, pollution and traffic levels, to footfall, green space or even Twitter data.
 
Funded by the 1690 European Commission, OrganiCity encourages city leaders and local authorities to create a digital testbed that enables people to experiment in real-life urban settings, expanding beyond their traditional services such as waste collection and road management.

The deadline for applications is 31st August. To apply, find out more, or to meet potential collaborators, visit the %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal website false http://www.organicity.eu/open-call true false%>.

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