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.

  • Muhammad Zawish

    Ireland

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Saint Louis University

    Project title

    Complexity-aware Collaborative AI over edge and cloud

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Mustafa Ergen

    Türkiye

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    EAEC, European American Enterprise Council

    Project title

    LlmIT - LLM for IT for auto-monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting end-user broadband experience.

    Track

    Challenges

  • 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

    Türkiye

    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

  • Nuria Pastor

    Spain

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Temple University

    Project title

    Vitalera

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Ömer Mermer

    Türkiye

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    University of Iowa, Hydroinformatics Lab

    Project title

    Deep Learning Based Harmful Algal Blooms Prediction

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Omid Esrafilian

    France

    Researcher (scientific/technical/engineering)

    Organization

    Institute of the Wireless Internet of Things, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University

    Project title

    5G-enabled Connected Robotics Emulator

    Track

    Paired Teams

  • René Krikke

    Cyprus

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Arizona State University

    Project title

    PRIDE – Privacy, Resilience and Integrations for Decentralized Ecosystems

    Track

    Open Ideas

  • Roberto Miguel Medina Bujalance

    Spain

    Innovators/Entrepreneurs

    Organization

    Sonoma State University

    Project title

    InSee System: The First AI-Powered Respiratory Monitoring Platform

    Track

    Paired Teams