Skills Hubs of Excellence
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SKILLS-HOE-SG · DIGITAL-JU-SIMPLE
What this call funds
This call pays universities and training providers to set up specialised 'Hubs of Excellence' that teach semiconductor skills like chip design, manufacturing, photonics and power electronics. The goal is to build a steady pipeline of well-trained graduates ready for chip industry jobs, attract more diverse students, and link up with existing chip infrastructure like pilot lines and competence centres.
semiconductors · education skills · research excellence
Who wins this
Universities or academic consortia wanting to build industry-aligned Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes in critical semiconductor technologies.
Could you win this call?
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €1M–€10M
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- DIGITAL JU Simple Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Also required
- Detailed eligibility, financial capacity, and evaluation conditions are set out in Appendix 8 of the Chips for Europe Initiative Work Programme rather than in this text.
- Sectors
- AI/ML · Cybersecurity · Deep Tech
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout The proposal page limits and layout is described in Part B of the Application Form, which can be accessed on the Chips JU website's Call page The following information are all described in the Appendix 8 of Work Programme - Chips for Europe Initiative: 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 Call document and annexes: The Call Documents Section contains all the call documents, as follows: Application form template Part B Guide for Applicants Evaluation form Ownership Control Declaration National Budget table
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