Top 10 Funding Opportunities:

RISC-V Automotive Hardware Platform

This call aims to develop in-vehicle demonstrators capable of PetaOPS computing taped-out on leading-edge processes. Proposals are expected to significantly bolster the development of a high-performance automotive RISC-V reference hardware platform, encompassing crucial components including, but not limited to, high-Performance RISC-V Automotive Application Processors, AI and ML Automotive Accelerators and System Integration and Interfacing.

Global Call According to SRIA 2024

This Chips JU Innovation Action (IA) primarily consists of activities aiming at technology or method introduction, pilot lines, test beds, demonstrators, innovation pilots and zones of full-scale testing. These activities should produce plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered, or improved products, processes, methods and tools or services.

Heterogeneous Integration for High-Performance Automotive Computing

Proposals supported under this topic should encompass elements including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of the architectural and design specifications for an automotive chiplet-based computing platform, taking into consideration any relevant standards and industry wide collaborations in this field.

AI-Assisted Methods and Tools for Engineering Automation

The project supported by this topic is expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, advanced AI-assisted methods and tools, including generative AI, for the automation of software engineering tasks, from enhancing human efficiency and optimizing resource utilization to enabling complex data/problems analysis/interpretation and supporting intelligent decision-making.

Open-Source EDA Tools Development

The expected outcome of this topic is the development of teaching materials and courses with open resources and examples based on the developed/improved open-source EDA tools, accessible to academic institutions across the EU and suitable for self-study by individuals.

A Pan-European Infrastructure for Chips Design Innovation

Proposals submitted under this topic should contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, establishing a platform for the European design ecosystem, encouraging dissemination of PDKs through the platform and streamlining access to EDA tools.

Global RIA Call

This Chips JU Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution. They may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.

Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition – Round 20

The scheme is providing funding to support highly innovative late stage research and development projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Contracts for Innovation: Local Partnerships Clean Energy Demonstrators

Companies can apply for funding to develop innovative clean energy technologies through leveraging local partnerships in a specified ODA eligible country.

International Collaboration on AI Factories and HPC-AI

The expected outcomes of this topic include, but are not limited to, strengthening the current and future capacities of the EU HPC-AI ecosystem, and in particular of AI factories, by supporting the active EU participation in the international initiatives for scientific and engineering massive GenAI HPC-based solutions.