# GRAIL Open Call — Genesis (1st Open Call)
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**topic id:** CASCADE-16542
**call id:** HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07
**title:** GRAIL Open Call — Genesis (1st Open Call)
**programme:** Cascade funding
**status:** open
**deadline date:** 2027-02-10T17:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/48401116
**description:** Submission must be through the official GRAIL Open Call application platform.
The selection of Open Call proposals will be carried out in a six-step process:
• Eligibility Check
• Pre-scoring (if needed)
• Independent Evaluation
• Consensus Meeting & Pitching
• Formal Check
• Sub-Grant Agreement (SGA) signature
**conditions:** GRAIL aims to deliver the first European general-purpose Foundational Robotics Model (GFRM). The project's results will be validated across five industrial Use Cases — automotive, aerospace, intralogistics, steel and electronics, and scaled through more than 40 third-party projects funded across three sequential Open Calls (Genesis, Ascent, Summit) to accelerate data generation, model fine-tuning and industrial adoption.
Open Call Application Platform
GRAIL Project website
**action type:** Cascade funding (open call from an EU project)
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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