Stimulation of Chip Design
DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-SKILLS-SCD-CSA · DIGITAL-JU-CSA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a large-scale European programme to teach chip design skills, giving students hands-on experience designing and manufacturing real chips (tape-outs). At least 60% of the money must go toward actual multi-project wafer tape-out opportunities for university and secondary school students, aiming to train over 1,000 students over four years and build a long-term pipeline of semiconductor design talent.
semiconductors · education skills
Who wins this
A consortium of universities, education providers or training organisations able to run a Europe-wide chip design education and tape-out programme for students.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €1M–€15M
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- DIGITAL JU Coordination and Support Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Also required
- At least 60% of the budget must fund hands-on tape-out experiences via multi-project wafers for university and secondary school students.
- 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
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