Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) is a pioneering initiative committed to catalysing research, development, and manufacturing capabilities across Europe. In this section, we delve into the key facets of Chips JU and its mission to shape the semiconductor future of the European Union.
The Chips Joint Undertaking (JU) supports research, development, innovation, and future manufacturing capacities in the European semiconductor ecosystem.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
A Chips JU Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution.
Detailed Call Description
For this purpose they may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment. The activities have their centre of gravity at TRL 3-4.
This topic is the RIA part of the bottom-up programming. The topic will be open to the major challenges addressed in the current version of the Chips JU Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (pages 41-45 of Annex 1 Appendix 5 of the Multi Annual Work Programme of Chips JU), excluding the topics addressed in the focus topics of all the HE Chips JU calls in 2025 (ECS and Chips for Europe calls).
For more information about this topic please visit the Multi Annual Work Programme 2023 – 2027 Chips JU and Annex 1 Appendix 5 of the Multi Annual Work Programme of Chips JU (the link can be download as a zip file from the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) webpage).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The EU contribution per project is capped at €12.000.000.
The maximum contribution per partner in a project is limited to 30% of the total EU funding for the project.
The maximum EU Contribution as percentage of the eligible cost for the topic is:
- Large Enterprise (for profit non-SME) – 25%
- SME (for profit SME) – 35%
- University/Other (not for profit) – 35%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
There are specific eligibility criteria relevant to each KDT JU Participating State listed in the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) Work Programme 2023-2027. Participation is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States, Norway, Iceland, Associated Countries, OECD and Mercosur countries (see Annex 1 of the WP General Annexes for details).
Eligibility conditions are described in Annex 1 “HORIZON Europe conditions applicable to Chips JU” of the WP General Annexes 2023-2027.
For detailed information about the eligibility conditions for each call, please visit the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) Work Programme 2023-2027.