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This page provides an overview of past funding opportunities under the Chips JU, including the Chips for Europe and ECS R&I programmes. While these calls are no longer accepting proposals, you can click on each individual call to review the requirements, submission guidance, and funding structures.
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Closed calls
Open-source EDA tools development (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-IA-EDA
This call focuses on improving and advancing open-source EDA tools to lower technical and financial barriers for researchers and SMEs.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 16-09-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Heterogeneous integration for high-performance automotive computing
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-2025-JU-IA-HPA
This action supports the transition to chiplet-based designs and 2.5D/3D technologies to meet the advanced computing and scalability demands of modern connected vehicles.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 29-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
A Pan-European infrastructure for Chips Design Innovation
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-CSA
This topic supports the extension of EUROPRACTICE services to provide an open-access platform for chip design and affordable prototyping.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 28-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 12 M€
Chips-2024-CCC-3: Second call on Competence Centres
Topic code: DIGITAL-Chips-2024-SG-CCC-3
Opens a second opportunity to establish semiconductor competence centres in countries that did not submit a proposal in the initial CCC-1 call.
Opening Date: 03-02-2025 | Closing Date: 03-03-2025
Indicative EU Budget: Max. 16 M€
Chips-QAC-1: Call for establishing Framework Partnership Agreements for developing Quantum Chip Technology for stability Pilots
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2024-FPA-QAC-1
Supports long-term partnerships to develop pilot lines for industrialising the production of mature quantum chip technologies.
Opening Date: 23-09-2024 | Closing Date: 20-01-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 0 (indicative implementation budget required in proposal)
Chips-QAC-2: Call for establishing Framework Partnership Agreement(s) for developing Quantum Chip Technology for high-quality Trapped Ions Pilots
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2024-FPA-QAC-2
Focuses on establishing European capacities for high-quality, scalable trapped-ion quantum chip production using automated processes.
Opening Date: 23-09-2024 | Closing Date: 20-01-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 0 (indicative implementation budget required in proposal)
Global IA (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-2024-1-IA T1
This bottom-up call supports technology introduction, pilot lines, and demonstrators across the Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) value chain.
Opening Date: 05-02-2024 | Closing Date: 13-05-2024
Indicative EU Budget: 103 M€
Focus topic on High Performance RISC-V Automotive Processors supporting the vehicle of the future (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-2024-1-IA T2
The call aims to develop an open-source, industry-grade RISC-V reference hardware platform for the software-defined vehicle (SDV) ecosystem.
Opening Date: 05-02-2024 | Closing Date: 13-05-2024
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Focus topic on Software-define vehicle middleware and API framework for the vehicle of the future (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-2024-1-IA T3
This topic focuses on modular building blocks and open architectures for a middleware and API framework to decouple vehicle hardware from applications.
Opening Date: 05-02-2024 | Closing Date: 13-05-2024
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Global RIA call (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-2024-2-RIA T1
This call targets lower Technology Readiness Levels (TRL 3-4) to explore new knowledge and the feasibility of innovative ECS technologies.
Opening Date: 05-02-2024 | Closing Date: 13-05-2024
Indicative EU Budget: 52 M€
