Meet our fellows

Meet our fellows

Fellows from the first round of Calls: 2022-2023

The first round of Calls started on November 30th, 2022, and ended on March 31st, 2023.

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 74 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 32 selected Fellows joining the 1st Cohort:
    • 13 Fellows selected for the Paired teams track;
    • 17 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 2 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 16 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 16 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 12 Researchers – Technical;
    • 3 Researchers – Multidisciplinary;
    • 1 Researcher – Social Sciences and Humanities.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

Fellows from the second round of Calls: 2023-2024

The second round of Calls started on July 1st , 2023, and ended on September 30th, 2023.

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 48 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 21 selected Fellows joining the 2nd Cohort:
    • 12 Fellows selected for the Paired teams track;
    • 5 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 4 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 5 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 16 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 14 Researchers – Technical;
    • 2 Researchers – Multidisciplinary;
    • 0 Researcher – Social Sciences and Humanities.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

Fellows from the third round of Calls: 2024-2025

General results and key numbers of the first round of open calls:

  • 70 finalised Applications submitted on F6S;
  • 14 selected Fellows joining the 3rd Cohort:
    • 5 Fellows selected under the Paired teams track;
    • 5 Fellows for the Open ideas track;
    • 4 Fellows for the Challenges track.
  • 5 selected Fellows are Innovators – Entrepreneurs/self-employed;
  • 9 selected Fellows are Researchers:
    • 6 Researchers – Technical;
    • 3 Research – Social Sciences and Humanities.
    • 0 Researchers – Multidisciplinary.

To learn more about this round of calls, please click here.

  • Martin Pečar

    Slovenia

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    George Mason University - Mason Enterprise Center

    Project title

    Pilot implementations of multi-objective route optimization

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Martin Serrano

    Ireland

    Researcher (multidisciplinary)

    Organization

    National Institute for Standards and Technology

    Project title

    [C-BRIDGE]: EU-USA collaboration for Business Research, Incubation and the Development of Goals, Entrepreneurship and adoption of activities promoting the creation of Standards in the next generation of smart cities and services

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Martina Motta

    Italy

    Researcher (humanities and social sciences)

    Organization

    MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Media Lab

    Project title

    Tangible Knit Privacy Structure

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Marwan El Chazli

    Switzerland

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Johns Hopkins University

    Project title

    Digitalizing quality control in the food industry: AI and spectroscopy in the service of human health and sustainability

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Miguel Cabrita

    Portugal

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    EDP Renewables North America

    Project title

    Post-mortem wind turbine downtime analysis with AI

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • Muhammad Zawish

    Ireland

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Saint Louis University

    Project title

    Complexity-aware Collaborative AI over edge and cloud

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Niccolò Ferrari

    Italy

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Santa Clara University

    Project title

    A hassle-free solution for EV Batteries end-of-life, enabling a true circular economy

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Nicola Di Cicco

    Italy

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Columbia University

    Project title

    Robust X-Haul Management Based on Uncertainty-aware ML

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Nurcan Tüfekci

    Turkey

    Researcher (humanities and social sciences)

    Organization

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Department of Information Systems/SONG Lab

    Project title

    Virtual Privacy

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Ömer Mermer

    Turkey

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    University of Iowa, Hydroinformatics Lab

    Project title

    Deep Learning Based Harmful Algal Blooms Prediction

    Track

    Open Ideas