Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: March 18, 2027: Full application submission deadline (single-stage) — 17:00:00 Brussels time
Funding Amounts: Total call budget: €42,000,000 (expected 3 grants); typical project: €14,000,000; up to €2,550,000 per third-party participant in competitions
Summary: Funds multi-stage AI innovation challenges in healthcare, manufacturing, or autonomous driving to accelerate sectoral AI progress through industry collaboration.
Key Information: Consortia must include user-industry partners; only legal entities from eligible countries may apply.
Description
This European Commission funding opportunity supports the implementation of the Apply AI Strategy through challenge-driven, multi-stage innovation competitions in three priority sectors: healthcare, advanced manufacturing (including AI-powered robotics), and autonomous driving. The aim is to stimulate significant technological progress and innovation by leveraging advanced AI solutions to address strategic challenges in these fields. Projects are expected to organize sector-specific competitions, with user-industry companies as core consortium partners to ensure the relevance and exploitation of outcomes. Technical and business support, access to relevant data, and clear methodologies for evaluation and dissemination are emphasized. Collaboration among funded projects is encouraged to maximize impact and share best practices across the European AI, Data, and Robotics ecosystem.
