What this call funds
Expected Outcome
The expected outcomes of this topic are :
- A common EU evaluation platform for AI chips and racks, with transparent KPIs, workloads and benchmark reports used for Chips JU selection and procurement decisions.
- First pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure.
- Structured collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions.
- Stronger EU demand for European AI chips and racks, helping to create a market for deployment-ready solutions.
- Increased EU technological sovereignty across the AI compute stack for European datacentres.
Eligibility & conditions+
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Proposal page limits and layout: detailed in Part B of the Application Form, which you can access from the Call documents section on the Chips JU website's Call page
The following information are all described in the Appendix 8 of the Chips JU Workprogramme
2. Eligible countries
3. Other eligibility conditions
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Please refer to the call documents section on the Chips JU website's Call page to view and download all required documents and templates.
Specific Call Documents
Ownership Control Declaration form template
National Budgets Table template (xls)
Guide for applicants - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP
Template of Application Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP
Template of Evaluation Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP
General Call Documents
Chips JU Multiannual Work Programme
Decision on the evaluation and selection procedures related to calls launched by the Chips JU
Rules for legal entity validation, LEAR appointment, financial capacity and ownership control assessment
Annotated Model Grant Agreement for EU Funding Programmes 2021-2027
Appendix 8 of Work Programme - Chips for Europe Initiative
Call document and annexes:
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
DEP MGA
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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