# CallForApplication Class # Models funding calls and grant application opportunities from heritage funding organisations # # Created November 2025 to link: # - EncompassingBody (FundingOrganisation subclass) → issues → CallForApplication[] # - Custodians can apply to these calls for heritage project funding # # Key relationships: # FundingOrganisation (EncompassingBody) --issues--> CallForApplication # CallForApplication --funding_organisation--> FundingOrganisation # CallForApplication --web_observations--> WebObservation[] (provenance) # # Examples: # - Horizon Europe CL2 2025 Cultural Heritage calls # - Creative Europe Cooperation Projects 2025 # - European Heritage Awards 2026 nominations # - National Lottery Heritage Fund UK grants id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/CallForApplication name: CallForApplication title: CallForApplication Class prefixes: linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/ hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/ schema: http://schema.org/ dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ foaf: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov# org: http://www.w3.org/ns/org# skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# imports: - linkml:types - ../enums/CallForApplicationStatusEnum - ../enums/FundingRequirementTypeEnum - ./FundingRequirement - ../slots/contact_email - ../slots/keywords default_prefix: hc slots: call_id: identifier: true range: uriorcurie description: Unique identifier for this funding call call_title: range: string description: Official title of the funding call call_short_name: range: string description: Short name or code for the call (e.g., "CL2-2025-HERITAGE-01") call_description: range: string description: Detailed description of the funding call and its objectives call_status: range: CallForApplicationStatusEnum description: Current lifecycle status of the funding call call_url: range: uri description: Official call documentation or application portal URL application_opening_date: range: date description: Date when application submissions open application_deadline: range: date description: Final deadline for application submissions results_expected_date: range: date description: Expected date for announcement of funding decisions total_budget: range: string description: Total funding budget available for this call (with currency) typical_grant_range: range: string description: Typical grant amount range per project (e.g., "€100K-€500K") eligible_applicants: range: string multivalued: true description: Types of organisations eligible to apply eligible_countries: range: string multivalued: true description: Countries whose organisations can apply thematic_areas: range: string multivalued: true description: Thematic focus areas or topics covered by the call heritage_types: range: string multivalued: true description: Types of heritage addressed (tangible, intangible, digital, etc.) funding_rate: range: string description: Maximum funding rate (e.g., "80% of eligible costs") co_funding_required: range: boolean description: Whether co-funding/match funding is required partnership_required: range: boolean description: Whether consortium/partnership is required for application minimum_partners: range: integer description: Minimum number of partners required (if partnership required) issuing_organisation: range: uriorcurie description: FundingOrganisation that issues this call parent_programme: range: string description: Parent funding programme (e.g., "Horizon Europe", "Creative Europe") programme_year: range: integer description: Programme year or funding cycle call_identifiers: range: uriorcurie multivalued: true description: External identifiers (EU Funding & Tenders ID, etc.) related_calls: range: uriorcurie multivalued: true description: Related or predecessor/successor calls # NOTE: contact_email imported from global slot ../slots/contact_email.yaml info_session_dates: range: string multivalued: true description: Dates of information sessions or webinars about the call # NOTE: keywords imported from global slot ../slots/keywords.yaml web_observations: range: uriorcurie multivalued: true description: WebObservation records documenting provenance of call information requirements: range: FundingRequirement multivalued: true inlined: true inlined_as_list: true description: | Structured requirements for this funding call, each linked to provenance. Replaces unstructured eligibility fields with typed, trackable requirements. funded_projects: range: uriorcurie multivalued: true description: | Projects that received funding through this call. Inverse of Project.funding_call. classes: CallForApplication: class_uri: schema:Offer description: | A funding call or grant application opportunity issued by a heritage funding organisation, inviting heritage custodians to apply for project funding. **PURPOSE**: CallForApplication bridges the gap between: - **FundingOrganisation** (entities that provide heritage funding) - **Heritage Custodians** (institutions seeking funding for projects) Funding organisations like the European Commission, national heritage funds, and private foundations issue regular calls for applications. These calls have defined timeframes, budgets, eligibility criteria, and thematic focus areas. **KEY RELATIONSHIPS**: ``` FundingOrganisation (e.g., European Commission) │ ├── issues ──→ CallForApplication (e.g., "CL2-2025-HERITAGE-01") │ │ │ ├── web_observations ──→ WebObservation[] │ │ (provenance tracking) │ │ │ └── funded_projects ──→ Project[] │ │ │ └── funding_call (inverse) │ └── parent_programme: "Horizon Europe" ``` **LIFECYCLE TRACKING**: Calls progress through defined stages tracked via `call_status`: - ANNOUNCED → OPEN → CLOSING_SOON → CLOSED → UNDER_REVIEW → RESULTS_PUBLISHED - May be CANCELLED or REOPENED under special circumstances **PROVENANCE TRACKING**: Because call information is often extracted from web sources, each CallForApplication should link to one or more WebObservation records documenting when and where the information was retrieved. **ONTOLOGY ALIGNMENT**: - **Schema.org**: `schema:Offer` - "An offer to transfer some rights to an item or to provide a service" (funding is a service/offer to heritage institutions) - **Schema.org**: `schema:Grant` - Related class for awarded grants - **Schema.org**: `schema:MonetaryGrant` - For actual grant awards - **PROV-O**: `prov:Activity` - Call issuance as activity - **Dublin Core**: `dcterms:relation` for related calls **EXAMPLES**: 1. **Horizon Europe CL2 2025 Heritage Calls** - issuing_organisation: European Commission - parent_programme: Horizon Europe - total_budget: €82.5M - application_deadline: 2025-09-16 - thematic_areas: Cultural heritage preservation, digital heritage 2. **Creative Europe Cooperation Projects 2025** - issuing_organisation: EACEA (European Education and Culture Executive Agency) - parent_programme: Creative Europe - partnership_required: true - minimum_partners: 3 (from different EU countries) 3. **National Lottery Heritage Fund UK** - issuing_organisation: National Lottery Heritage Fund - typical_grant_range: £10K-£10M - eligible_countries: [UK, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales] 4. **European Heritage Awards 2026** - issuing_organisation: Europa Nostra - call_type: Awards/Recognition (not direct funding) - thematic_areas: Research, Conservation, Education, Engagement exact_mappings: - schema:Offer close_mappings: - schema:Grant - schema:MonetaryGrant - schema:FundingScheme - prov:Activity related_mappings: - org:Organization - schema:Action - dcterms:BibliographicResource slots: - call_id - call_title - call_short_name - call_description - call_status - call_url - application_opening_date - application_deadline - results_expected_date - total_budget - typical_grant_range - eligible_applicants - eligible_countries - thematic_areas - heritage_types - funding_rate - co_funding_required - partnership_required - minimum_partners - issuing_organisation - parent_programme - programme_year - call_identifiers - related_calls - contact_email - info_session_dates - keywords - web_observations - requirements - funded_projects slot_usage: call_id: identifier: true required: true range: uriorcurie description: | Unique identifier for this funding call. Format: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/call/{issuing-org-slug}/{call-code} pattern: "^https://nde\\.nl/ontology/hc/call/[a-z0-9-]+/[a-z0-9-]+$" examples: - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/call/ec/cl2-2025-heritage-01" description: "Horizon Europe CL2 heritage call" - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/call/nlhf/medium-grants-2025" description: "National Lottery Heritage Fund medium grants" call_title: slot_uri: skos:prefLabel required: true range: string description: | Official title of the funding call. Should match documentation exactly for discoverability. examples: - value: "Cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries" description: "Horizon Europe Cluster 2 call title" - value: "European Cooperation Projects" description: "Creative Europe call title" call_short_name: slot_uri: skos:altLabel range: string description: | Short name or official code for the call. Often used in EU Funding & Tenders portal. examples: - value: "CL2-2025-HERITAGE-01" description: "Horizon Europe call code" - value: "CREA-CULT-2025-COOP" description: "Creative Europe cooperation call code" call_status: required: true range: CallForApplicationStatusEnum description: | Current lifecycle status of the funding call. See CallForApplicationStatusEnum for status values: - ANNOUNCED: Call published, not yet open - OPEN: Currently accepting applications - CLOSING_SOON: < 30 days until deadline - CLOSED: Deadline passed - UNDER_REVIEW: Evaluation in progress - RESULTS_PUBLISHED: Decisions announced - CANCELLED: Call terminated - REOPENED: Previously closed call reactivated examples: - value: "OPEN" description: "Currently accepting applications" - value: "CLOSING_SOON" description: "Deadline approaching" application_deadline: slot_uri: schema:validThrough required: true range: date description: | Final deadline for application submissions. Critical field for heritage custodians planning applications. examples: - value: "2025-09-16" description: "Horizon Europe CL2 2025 deadline" total_budget: slot_uri: schema:price range: string description: | Total funding budget available for this call including currency. Format: "{amount} {currency}" e.g., "82.5M EUR" examples: - value: "82.5M EUR" description: "Horizon Europe heritage budget" - value: "500M GBP" description: "National Lottery Heritage Fund annual budget" eligible_applicants: range: string multivalued: true inlined_as_list: true description: | Types of organisations eligible to apply for this call. Important for heritage custodians to determine eligibility. examples: - value: "Public bodies" - value: "Non-profit organisations" - value: "Research institutions" - value: "SMEs" - value: "Higher education institutions" - value: "Cultural heritage institutions" issuing_organisation: slot_uri: schema:offeredBy required: true range: uriorcurie description: | The FundingOrganisation that issues this call. URI reference to EncompassingBody entity (FundingOrganisation subclass). Format: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/encompassing-body/funding/{slug} **Inverse of FundingOrganisation.issued_calls**: - FundingOrganisation → issued_calls → CallForApplication[] - CallForApplication → issuing_organisation → FundingOrganisation examples: - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/encompassing-body/funding/ec-rea" description: "European Research Executive Agency" - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/encompassing-body/funding/nlhf" description: "National Lottery Heritage Fund" web_observations: slot_uri: prov:wasInfluencedBy range: uriorcurie multivalued: true inlined_as_list: true description: | WebObservation records documenting the provenance of call information. Because call details are often extracted from web sources (EU portals, funding organisation websites, etc.), this field links to WebObservation records that track when and where information was retrieved. **PROV-O Integration**: - CallForApplication prov:wasInfluencedBy WebObservation - WebObservation prov:used SourceDocument (the web page) - WebObservation pav:retrievedOn datetime examples: - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/observation/web/2025-11-29/eu-horizon-cl2" description: "Web observation of Horizon Europe call page" requirements: slot_uri: dcterms:requires range: FundingRequirement multivalued: true inlined: true inlined_as_list: true description: | Structured requirements for this funding call with provenance tracking. Each FundingRequirement represents a single eligibility criterion, financial condition, partnership requirement, or other constraint. Requirements link to WebObservation for source tracking. **REPLACES UNSTRUCTURED FIELDS**: The `requirements` slot provides structured alternatives to: - `eligible_applicants` → ELIGIBILITY_ORGANIZATIONAL requirements - `eligible_countries` → ELIGIBILITY_GEOGRAPHIC requirements - `funding_rate` → FINANCIAL_RATE requirements - `co_funding_required` → FINANCIAL_COFUNDING requirements - `partnership_required` → PARTNERSHIP_* requirements - `minimum_partners` → PARTNERSHIP_MINIMUM_PARTNERS requirements Original fields are retained for backward compatibility but `requirements` provides richer, provenance-tracked alternatives. **PROVENANCE CHAIN**: ``` CallForApplication │ └── requirements ──→ FundingRequirement[] │ ├── requirement_type: ELIGIBILITY_* ├── requirement_text: "..." ├── requirement_value: "..." │ └── observed_in ──→ WebObservation │ └── source_url, retrieved_on, ... ``` **EXAMPLE USAGE**: ```yaml requirements: - requirement_id: ".../min-partners-3" requirement_type: PARTNERSHIP_MINIMUM_PARTNERS requirement_text: "Minimum 3 partners from 3 EU countries" requirement_value: "3" requirement_unit: "partners" is_mandatory: true observed_in: ".../observation/web/2025-11-29/eu-horizon" extraction_confidence: 0.98 - requirement_id: ".../open-access" requirement_type: TECHNICAL_OPEN_ACCESS requirement_text: "Immediate open access required" requirement_value: "immediate" is_mandatory: true observed_in: ".../observation/web/2025-11-29/eu-horizon" ``` examples: - value: "See FundingRequirement class examples" description: "Structured requirements with provenance" funded_projects: slot_uri: schema:fundedItem range: uriorcurie multivalued: true inlined_as_list: true description: | Projects that received funding through this call. URI references to Project entities. Format: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/project/{organizing-body-slug}/{project-slug} **Inverse of Project.funding_call**: - CallForApplication → funded_projects → Project[] - Project → funding_call → CallForApplication **Schema.org Alignment**: Uses `schema:fundedItem` - "Indicates something directly or indirectly funded or co-funded through a Grant." Since CallForApplication represents a funding opportunity that results in grants, the funded projects are the items ultimately funded. **RELATIONSHIP MODEL**: ``` CallForApplication (e.g., "HORIZON-CL2-2025-HERITAGE-01") │ └── funded_projects ──→ Project[] │ └── funding_call ──→ CallForApplication ``` **DISTINCTION FROM funding_source**: - `Project.funding_source`: String description of where funding comes from (legacy field, may list multiple sources including non-call sources) - `Project.funding_call`: URI reference to specific CallForApplication that funded this project (structured, semantic link) Both can coexist - funding_source for human readability, funding_call for machine-navigable linked data. examples: - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/project/nde/heritage-digitization-2025" description: "Project funded by this call" - value: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/project/europeana/common-culture-2024" description: "Europeana project funded through Horizon Europe" comments: - "CallForApplication links FundingOrganisation to heritage custodian funding opportunities" - "Lifecycle tracked via CallForApplicationStatusEnum (ANNOUNCED through RESULTS_PUBLISHED)" - "CLOSING_SOON status based on date proximity (< 30 days to deadline)" - "Provenance tracked via web_observations linking to WebObservation instances" - "Maps to schema:Offer - funding as an offer to heritage institutions" - "Bidirectional link to Project via funded_projects ↔ funding_call" see_also: - "https://schema.org/Offer" - "https://schema.org/Grant" - "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal" - "https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/" - "https://www.europanostra.org/our-work/awards/" examples: - value: call_id: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/call/ec/cl2-2025-heritage-01" call_title: "Cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries" call_short_name: "HORIZON-CL2-2025-HERITAGE-01" call_description: | This call supports research and innovation addressing cultural heritage preservation, digitisation, and access. Projects should develop new methods, technologies, and approaches for safeguarding tangible and intangible cultural heritage while promoting sustainable use and citizen engagement. call_status: "OPEN" call_url: "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl2-2025-heritage-01" application_opening_date: "2025-01-15" application_deadline: "2025-09-16" results_expected_date: "2026-03-01" total_budget: "82.5M EUR" typical_grant_range: "2M-4M EUR per project" eligible_applicants: - "Public bodies" - "Research organisations" - "Higher education institutions" - "SMEs" - "Non-profit organisations" - "International organisations" eligible_countries: - "EU Member States" - "Horizon Europe Associated Countries" thematic_areas: - "Cultural heritage preservation" - "Digital heritage" - "Climate change impact on heritage" - "Heritage skills and crafts" - "Community engagement with heritage" heritage_types: - "Tangible heritage" - "Intangible heritage" - "Digital heritage" - "Documentary heritage" funding_rate: "100% for non-profit, 70% for for-profit" partnership_required: true minimum_partners: 3 issuing_organisation: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/encompassing-body/funding/ec-rea" parent_programme: "Horizon Europe Cluster 2" programme_year: 2025 contact_email: "REA-C2@ec.europa.eu" info_session_dates: - "2025-02-15 - Virtual info day" - "2025-04-10 - Brokerage event Brussels" keywords: - "cultural heritage" - "research" - "innovation" - "digitisation" - "preservation" - "EU funding" - "Horizon Europe" funded_projects: - "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/project/europeana/common-culture-2024" - "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/project/nde/heritage-digitization-2025" description: "Horizon Europe CL2 2025 Cultural Heritage call" - value: call_id: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/call/nlhf/medium-grants-2025-q4" call_title: "Medium grants - Heritage Fund" call_short_name: "MG-2025-Q4" call_description: | Medium grants support heritage projects seeking between £250,000 and £5 million. Projects must achieve outcomes for heritage, people, and communities. Suitable for conservation, interpretation, community engagement, and skills development projects. call_status: "OPEN" call_url: "https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/medium-grants" application_deadline: "2025-12-31" typical_grant_range: "£250K-£5M" eligible_applicants: - "Not-for-profit organisations" - "Local authorities" - "Community groups" - "Heritage organisations" eligible_countries: - "England" - "Northern Ireland" - "Scotland" - "Wales" thematic_areas: - "Heritage conservation" - "Community engagement" - "Skills development" - "Nature conservation" heritage_types: - "Historic buildings" - "Natural heritage" - "Intangible heritage" - "Industrial heritage" co_funding_required: true partnership_required: false issuing_organisation: "https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/encompassing-body/funding/nlhf" parent_programme: "National Lottery Heritage Fund" programme_year: 2025 keywords: - "UK heritage" - "lottery funding" - "conservation" - "community heritage" description: "National Lottery Heritage Fund medium grants"