AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure

Call Details

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.

About this Call

• Type of Action: Simple Grant (SG)
• Indicative EU budget: 10 M€
• Indicative National Budgets
• Expected EU contribution per project:~1 M€
• Mode: Co-funded with the NFA; One-stage Call with Full Proposal (FPP)
• Stage: One-stage (FPP only)
• Opening date: 07 July 2026
• Closing date: 23 September 2026
• Publication Date: 07 July 2026

Call Documents

General Call Documents

• Chips JU Multiannual Work Programme

• PAB decision on the evaluation and selection procedures related to Calls for Proposals

• Rules for legal entity validation, LEAR appointment, financial capacity and ownership control assessment

• Annotated Model Grant Agreement for EU Funding Programmes 2021-2027

• Appendix 8 of Work Programme - Chips for Europe Initiative

Restriction of Participation

This call is subject to participation restrictions for the protection of European digital infrastructures, communication and information systems, and related supply chains, as described in Annex 4 to the Multiannual Work Programme 2023-2027 (General Annexes). In order to assess eligibility, participants must fill in the Ownership Control Declarations (OCD), that contain the declaration of ownership control for each of the members of the Consortium, although note that this step is optional for the PO Phase. As standard procedure, all the OCDs from all consortium members should be merged into a single PDF file and uploaded with the project proposal in the portal. However, in case the OCD contains sensitive data, the forms can be submitted by individual participants using this form .