Funding opportunities and calls
The page outlines opportunities like the “Chips for Europe” initiative, which focuses on cutting-edge semiconductor technologies, and the ECS R&I Calls aimed at fostering innovation in AI, high-performance computing, and cybersecurity. It provides details on how individuals and organizations can contribute to these projects and initiatives.
Additionally, it highlights ongoing calls and collaborative opportunities for stakeholders to participate in advancing Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem.

RIA “Resilience”: Call on the 6G Front End Module
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-2-RIA
Targets the design and implementation of integrated microelectronic building blocks for 6G radio communication Front End Modules.
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strenght in health
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT3-IA
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strenght in health
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strength in photonics
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT2-IA
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strength in photonics
ECS International collaboration – Call with Digital Partnership and TTC countries
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-3-RIA
Fosters low-TRL collaboration with India, Singapore, and Taiwan on chip design, manufacturing, and packaging. No co-financing by Chips JU Participating States following Article 141(2) SBA (100% HE funding).
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strenght in power electronics
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT1-IA
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe’s strenght in power electronics
Call for Reinforcing Europe’s strength in power electronics
HORIZON-Chips-JU-2026-FT1-IA
A resilience call aiming to scale Europe’s power electronics to 300mm device production and adopt agile design.
Call for Reinforcing Europe’s strength in photonics
HORIZON-Chips-JU-2026-FT2-IA
Supports the industrial scale-up of advanced photonic platforms to bridge the gap between research and production.
Call for Reinforcing Europe’s strength in health
HORIZON-Chips-JU-2026-FT3-IA
Focuses on healthcare transformation via advanced imaging, home-based care, and high-performance instrumentation.
Preparing a European autonomous driving stack ecosystem building on next-generation SDV software and hardware computing architectures
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-SDV-CSA
Coordinates European vehicle initiatives to establish an open reference architecture and sustainable roadmap.
ECS Supply chain resilience CSA
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-2-CSA
Aims to enhance resilience by developing a “digital twin” data platform for monitoring disruptions and stress tests. No co-financing by Chips JU Participating States following Article 141(2) SBA (100% HE funding).
AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG
First call of Stream A in the AI chips and systems for EU compute infrastructure initiative, aiming at AI chip demonstrators to support cutting-edge European chip designers to showcase operational silicon hardware ready for infrastructure integration.
AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP
Stream B in the AI chips and systems for EU compute infrastructure initiative, which will validate Stream A systems against workloads/benchmarks, and will procure pilot racks (Grant for Procurement).
Stimulation of Chip Design
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SKILLS-SCD-CSA
This programme seeks to inspire new generations to pursue semiconductor careers by funding student tape-out programmes and chip design challenges.
Skills Hubs of Excellence
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SKILLS-HOE-SG
This call supports the creation of long-term excellence hubs for university and PhD education in specialized fields like chip design and manufacturing.
Pilot Federation
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SKILLS-PF-SG
This initiative networks European Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to manage standardized qualification and certification systems for semiconductor technicians.
International collaboration EU and Japan on semiconductors
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SG-JAPAN
This collaborative call focuses on a chiplet ecosystem for AI and advanced process technologies for nodes beyond 2nm in partnership with Japanese consortia.
Impact Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the Chips JU
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-IMAF-CSA
The aim of this call is to design and pilot a comprehensive framework to systematically monitor, assess, and report the short-, medium-, and long-term impacts of the Chips JU programmes through standardised data, indicators, and methodologies.
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