Gaming fieldlab: second call for research proposals
The DGA Gaming Fieldlab of Dutch Games Association issues its second call for research proposals to support the Dutch game industry sector and amplify research-industry collaborations. This second call has a wider scope than the first call and its financial conditions are more favourable.
Topics
Project proposals should investigate novel approaches to the design, creation, configuration or evaluation of games or gamification. Target outcomes may include:
- Technical artefacts (e.g. plug-ins, adapters/connectors, tools, components, services)
- Methodologies (e.g. workflow protocols, procedures, design aids, evaluation materials/instruments)
- Thematic reports (e.g. industry or market needs analyses, state of the art reviews, meta-studies, try-outs).
Proposal evaluation criteria
- A clear research question
- Clear target outcomes
- Scientific relevance
- Added value as compared with existing approaches/solutions
- Follow-up plans of usage by the industry partners
- Practical significance for the wider game industry sector
- Enabling access and reuse by third parties
- Arrangement of intellectual property rights
Funding
In this call, there is room for 4 separate subsidies of €20,000. The funding is reserved for public-private partnerships (research-industry collaborations). The part of the subsidy that goes to the industry partners should be matched equally by the industry partners in kind or cash; subsidies reserved for the research partners may do without match funding, if so desired. Given the source of funding it is recommended to reflect true public-private collaboration in the budget.
Important dates
- 11 September 2019
An information meeting about this call is arranged in Utrecht. More details on this information session can be found here. - 1 October 2019
The call deadline for submission of proposals. Submissions should use the proposal template and should include a signed collaboration agreement, which should be sent to fieldlab@dutchgamesassociation.nl - 1 November 2019
Decisions about the grants - Winter 2019/2020
Public presentations of granted project proposals on a joint Fieldlab meeting - Spring 2020
Mid-term Fieldlab meetup - Winter 2020/2021
Final projects’ presentations and workshops
Contact/inquiries
For further inquiries please contact fieldlab@dutchgamesassociation.nl.
Please visit the DGA website for more information about this call.