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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
Global RIA (second phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-RIA
Operating at lower TRLs (3-4), this bottom-up call targets the development of new knowledge and novel technologies across all SRIA major challenges to stimulate industrial innovation.
Opening Date: 07-07-2025 | Closing Date: 16-09-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 40 M€
Boosting R&I cooperation between EU and Japan on semiconductors
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-CSA-JPN
This support action facilitates joint R&I and industrial cooperation between the EU and Japan to improve security of supply and resilience in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Opening Date: 07-07-2025 | Closing Date: 16-09-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 1 M€
Open-source EDA tools development (second 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: 07-07-2025 | Closing Date: 16-09-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Low power Edge AI Chips
Topic code: DIGITAL-JU-Chips-2025-IA-LEAI
This call aims to develop next-generation edge AI chip prototypes integrating technologies like neuromorphic computing and non-volatile memories.
Opening Date: 07-07-2025 | Closing Date: 16-09-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Accelerator for Advanced Strained Silicon on Insulator Substrates
Topic code: DIGITAL-JU-Chips-2025-SG-SSOI
The project will establish an infrastructure to validate sSOI substrates at industrial scale, crucial for 7nm FD-SOI technology development.
Opening Date: 07-07-2025 | Closing Date: 19-11-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 30 M€
Set-up and integration of Design Enablement Teams
Topic code: DIGITAL-JU-Chips-2025-CSA-DET
Selected teams will manage distributed cloud instances and provide dedicated application engineering support to users of the Design Platform.
Opening Date: 03-06-2025 | Closing Date: 29-07-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 5 M€
ECS Global IA (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-IA
This bottom-up call is open to major challenges within the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), focusing on high-TRL activities like pilot lines and large-scale demonstrators.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 29-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 70 M€
RISC-V Automotive Hardware Platform (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-JU-2025-IA-FT1
This focus topic aims to develop high-performance RISC-V application processors and accelerators for autonomous driving systems through an industry-grade silicon tape-out.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 29-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 80 M€
AI-assisted Methods and Tools for Software-Defined Vehicle Engineering Automation (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-Chips-JU-2025-IA-FT2
The call focuses on utilizing generative AI and AI-assisted tools to accelerate software engineering efficiency and overcome adoption barriers in the software-defined vehicle (SDV) sector.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 29-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 20 M€
Global RIA (first phase)
Topic code: HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-RIA
Operating at lower TRLs (3-4), this bottom-up call targets the development of new knowledge and novel technologies across all SRIA major challenges to stimulate industrial innovation.
Opening Date: 03-03-2025 | Closing Date: 29-04-2025
Indicative EU Budget: 40 M€
