Chips Joint Undertaking

Turning Europe’s electronic components and systems ambitions into reality

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Chips JU

The Chips JU is the European public-private partnership that promotes the development and adoption of advanced nano-electronic chip technologies and systems manufactured in Europe.

The Chips JU programme is structured into two parts that address the needs of Europe's semiconductor ecosystem: Chips for Europe Initiative and Electronic Components and Systems Research and Innovation (ECS R&I).

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The Chips JU is a European tripartite public-private partnership, that brings together the European Union, Participating States and Private Members to support research, innovation, skills development and large-scale capacity building across the entire semiconductor value chain.

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These include the “Chips for Europe” Initiative, which funds strategic actions such as Pilot Lines, the Design Platform, and Competence Centres and the ECS Research and Innovation (R&I) calls, which address a wide range of technological domains, including AI hardware, edge computing, cybersecurity, 6G technologies, energy efficiency, advanced packaging, and photonics.

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Upcoming
RIA “Resilience”: Call on the 6G Front End Module: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2026-2-RIA
  • Opening Date: 07-07-2026
  • Closing Date: 16-09-2026
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ECS International collaboration - Call with Digital Partnership and TTC countries: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2026-3-RIA
  • Opening Date: 07-07-2026
  • Closing Date: 16-09-2026
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ECS Supply chain resilience CSA: HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-2-CSA
  • Opening Date: 07-07-2026
  • Closing Date: 22-09-2026
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Coordination of the European software-defined vehicle platform: HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-SDV-CSA
  • Opening Date: 07-07-2026
  • Closing Date: 22-09-2026
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AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure: DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG
  • Opening Date: 07-07-2026
  • Closing Date: 23-09-2026
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