Automated Scientific Discovery – Food (RAISE pilot)
AI in Science · HORIZON-RIA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a project to build smart, AI-driven lab automation systems that let scientific labs plan, run and analyse experiments with less human intervention. It focuses on food-related science, like alternative proteins, fermentation, and bio-based materials, aiming to speed up research while keeping it safe, trustworthy and reproducible. It expects to fund one project, mostly for software development, though buying some lab equipment is allowed if needed.
artificial intelligence · robotics automation · biotechnology · food systems · bioeconomy · research excellence
Who wins this
Research organisations or consortia with already-automated laboratory infrastructure who want to add an AI-driven decision-making layer to accelerate closed-loop experimentation in food-related science.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €3M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- Eligibility, admissibility, financial capacity and evaluation details are all deferred to the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes rather than specified in this topic text.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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