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DIGITAL EUROPE – Second Call on Competence Centers – 2025

Digital Europe Programme - Digital Europe programme aims at bridging the gap between digital technology research and market deployment.

2025-03-04
16 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2024-SG-CCC-3
Programme Digital Europe Programme
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry Cooperation & Development Education & Training Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Association & NGO EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities

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Call reference

DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2024-SG-CCC-3



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives 

  • To provide access to technical expertise and experimentation in the area of semiconductors, helping companies, SMEs in particular, to approach and improve design capabilities and developing skills
  • To provide services to semiconductor stakeholders, especially targeting start-ups and SMEs
  • To connect and be part of the European network of competence centres in semiconductors and act as an access point to other nodes of the network

Priorities 

  • Priority 1: To promote the actions developed by the Chips JU in the frame of the Chips for Europe Initiative as well as the success stories
  • Priority 2: To be a first entry point for users (mainly SMEs and startups) and guide users in accessing the other infrastructures set up by the Chips JU under the Initiative: the design platform and the pilot lines
  • Priority 3: To be essential in facilitating skill development activities
  • Priority 4: To support companies in accessing the Chips Fund
  • Priority 5: To perform other activities that can help European organizations (mainly SMEs and startups) to develop their activities in the frame of the Chips for Europe initiative and vice versa
  • Priority 6: To support the consortia that implement the pilot lines and the design platform to reach out to the larger community of organizations that could profit from those efforts

Among financed actions  

  • Qualified personnel of the competence centre, including subcontracting for specialists
  • Procurement and/or depreciation costs for equipment and facilities, both hardware and software
  • Travel grants for personnel of the competence centre and local stakeholders to carry out their activities

Eligibility 

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
    • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (Click here)

Additional information 

  • Initial duration of the action : 4 years
  • Contact : calls@chips-ju@europa.eu

Useful 

Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 16 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: up to 1 million euro per year, per country, for a 4-year period
  • Funding rate: up to 50% of the total eligible costs