Can I apply to EuroHPC AI Factories?

By country

• Can a company from an EU country apply?Yes
• Can a company from Poland (a Widening country) apply?Yes
• Can a company from the UK apply?Yes
• Can a company from Switzerland apply?Yes
• Can a company from Norway apply?Yes
• Can a company from Israel apply?Yes
• Can a company from Ukraine apply?Yes
• Can a company from Türkiye apply?Yes
• Can a company from Canada apply?NoOrganisations in Canada can't apply: it is open to the EU.
• Can a company from Japan apply?NoOrganisations in Japan can't apply: it is open to the EU.
• Can a company from South Korea apply?NoOrganisations in South Korea can't apply: it is open to the EU.
• Can a company from the United States apply?NoOrganisations in the United States can't apply: it is open to the EU.
• Can a company from India apply?NoOrganisations in India can't apply: it is open to the EU.

By organisation

• Can a founder without a company yet apply?Yes, ifRegister a company first: the applicant must be an incorporated SME.
• Can a startup apply?Yes
• Can an established SME apply?Yes
• Can a mid-cap company apply?Yes
• Can a large company apply?Yes
• Can a university apply?NoNot open to a university. The industrial innovation calls (Playground, Fast Lane, Large Scale) are for companies only.
• Can a research organisation apply?NoNot open to a research organisation. The industrial innovation calls (Playground, Fast Lane, Large Scale) are for companies only.
• Can a company apply on its own, without partners?Yes

By stage

• Can I apply with an idea or early research?Yes
• Can I apply with a proof of concept?Yes
• Can I apply with a prototype?Yes
• Can I apply with a pilot with real users?Yes
• Can I apply with a product on the market?Yes

The rules in full

Where you must be based

the EU, plus AL, AM, BA, FO, GE, IS, IL, MD, ME, MK, NO, RS, CH, TN, TR, UA, GB

Your company must be established or located in an EU Member State or a country EuroHPC lists as eligible (Horizon 2020 associated countries such as Norway, Switzerland, the UK, Israel, Türkiye and Ukraine). For JUPITER, the rule is Digital Europe or Horizon Europe association instead.

Who can apply

a startup, an SME, a mid-cap or a large company

The industrial innovation calls (Playground, Fast Lane, Large Scale) are for companies only. Universities, research institutes and public bodies apply through the separate AI for Science and Collaborative EU Projects call.

Alone or with partners

Alone

One company applies alone, with a named lead engineer (Principal Investigator) employed by it.

Stage

No set TRL

No TRL rule. You need a real AI training, fine-tuning or evaluation job that justifies supercomputer time.

Also required

Concrete AI workload

What you get

computing time or services

No cash. Playground gives a small entry allocation for 1 to 3 months; Fast Lane up to 50,000 GPU hours for 1 to 3 months; Large Scale more than 50,000 GPU hours for 3, 6 or 12 months (for example up to 4,644,864 GPU hours on MareNostrum 5 ACC).

Funding rate

Free of charge for eligible industrial innovation use