[robocup-worldwide] Call for proposals: RCF Support for Projects for Advancing RoboCup

[April Foster]

** Reminder: Deadline is November 1, 2019 **

Call for proposals: RCF Support for Projects for Advancing RoboCup
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The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals
to support activities for advancing RoboCup.

RCF Support for advancing RoboCup aims at funding activities for the
development of the RoboCup Leagues, for the promotion of RoboCup in
general, for extending RoboCup’s outreach in teaching and research, for
strengthening the RoboCup community and to open new directions in RoboCup.
In 2020 project support will be offered for two project categories: 1)
league development and collaborations and 2) crazy ideas.

1) League Development and Collaborations:

The main goal of these projects is a) the development of infrastructure
(usually software or hardware) to support significant advancements of the
RoboCup leagues and of the RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve
otherwise or b) to organize short-term visits of faculty or students
(Bachelor, Master, or PhD level) to other institutions for the development
of joint teams, interchange and integration of research from different
sources.

2) Crazy Ideas

The main goal of these projects is out-of-the-box and visionary thinking
about RoboCup itself and challenges and issues related to RoboCup. The
project should open the door to radically new research challenges,
approaches, technology, or insights on RoboCup. The funding should be seen
as an enabler to bring fundamentally new ideas – even at a very early stage
- to RoboCup that otherwise never would show up in the RoboCup community.

Support
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Support will be provided in the form of reimbursement upon receipts of
direct expenses such as hardware devices, costs for organization of events,
limited development work, travel and living costs (excluding food and
drinks). In case of hardware acquisition, it must be specified how the
league (e.g., other teams) will benefit from this hardware and sustainable
use is maintained.
A detailed list of expenses must be described in the proposal.
Funds from RCF are limited, partial funding may be also considered.

PLEASE NOTE: Requests for funding workshops or league specific developments
should be coordinated through the league’s executives to avoid duplication
of applications.

Submission
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A single PDF file should be submitted through the EasyChair system
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2020

The proposal (MAX 6 pages) must include:
1. indication of funding category
2. description of the project,
3. motivations and goals,
4. benefits for RoboCup and for the RoboCup League (not for a single or a
few teams),
5. implementation plan and budget.


Evaluation
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Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees
and/or RoboCup Executive Committee members. The evaluation of the proposals
will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the
research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to
RoboCup; and (iii) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and
visibility of RoboCup.

A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned.

Deadlines
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Submission Deadline:   November 01, 2019
Notification:           November 22, 2019
Completion of the activity: by RoboCup 2020

Projects should be completed before RoboCup 2020 and the results will be
presented as a poster at the RoboCup Symposium 2020.

Please direct any questions to : rcfsupport2020 at easychair.org
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