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

[Gerald Steinbauer]

** Extended Deadline is November 10, 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 10, 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 
<mailto:rcfsupport2020 at easychair.org>
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