# AI-assisted Methods and Tools for Engineering Automation
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**topic id:** HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
**call id:** HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
**title:** AI-assisted Methods and Tools for Engineering Automation
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** JU-CHIPS
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
**description:** Expected Outcome:
he project is expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
• Advanced AI-assisted methods and tools, including generative AI, for the automation of software engineering tasks, from enhancing human efficiency and optimizing resource utilization to enabling complex data/problems analysis/interpretation and supporting intelligent decision-making. Such engineering tasks often involve multiple domains (e.g., modelling, control, data management, communication, mechatronics, etc.) and stakeholders, with the burden of daunting legacy integration, refactoring (e.g., to re-design and replace obsolete technology), and the compliance with specific standards, regulations and certifications.
• Open and extensible AI-assisted integrated platform, based on methodologies including AI-support, AI-based tools and toolchains, following a well-defined engineering process, including the integration with legacy tools. The platform shall provide flexible usage in small and large multi-domain and multi-stakeholder engineering teams, impacting existing and upcoming ECS engineering automation tools and their usage.
• Showcasing and evaluation for software-defined vehicles of efficiency enhancements in terms of cost and time for complex data/knowledge management, resource optimization, energy consumption, interoperability, product/process quality/trustworthiness, learning curve and usability, over the whole lifecycle, from design, through deployment, operations, and maintenance, to the product end-of-life and recycling, and its evolution.
• Best practices and small proof-of-concept studies for other sectors, e.g. medical/pharmaceutical and/or digital industry.
**conditions:** General 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 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme

2. Eligible Countries

3. Other Eligible Conditions

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Specific conditions
 

Please visit the Call page of the Chips JU Website
Call document and annexes:
Call document
The Call Documents Section contains all the call documents, which are listed here:
Reference documents
Guide for Applicants
Evaluation form
Call submission documents and annexes
Application form template Part B
National funding table template
Ownership declaration template

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
 Application form templates — described in Appendix 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme
Guidance
HE Programme Guide
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
HE MGA

Call-specific instructions
Information on financial support to third parties (HE) 
Information on clinical studies (HE) 

Additional documents:
 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
**action type:** HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **113685:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA - HORIZON-JU-IA HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 20000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-03
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 1
        **max Contribution:** 20000000
        **min Contribution:** 1000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-02-03
**keywords:** HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA, HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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