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EU Chips Act - Chips Joint Undertaking calls for proposals

Chips Joint Undertaking calls

Status

Closes in 15 days

Applications close 2026-10-27.

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Amount
Not published

Multiple calls opened on 7 July 2026 totalling over EUR 300 million, covering AI hardware, edge computing, cybersecurity, 6G, power electronics, photonics and health applications. EU funding is combined with national co-funding from Participating States.

Funder

Chips Joint Undertaking (European Commission, Participating States, AENEAS, EPoSS and INSIDE Industry Association)

ppp · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Calls opened 7 July 2026 (16 calls, over EUR 300 million). Open: AI chip demonstrators and AI compute evaluation platform close 27 Oct 2026; EU-Japan semiconductor collaboration closes 8 Dec 2026. Earlier 16-17 Sep dates were incorrect for these calls.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Consortium-based; startups participate as partners. National co-funding rules from the relevant Participating State apply on top of the EU contribution.

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Source. https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/

"the European public-private partnership that promotes the development and adoption of advanced nano-electronic chip technologies and systems manufactured in Europe"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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