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PPPA – Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative – 2026

PPPA - Pilot Projects (PP) and Preparatory Actions (PA) are important tools for the formulation of political priorities and the introduction of new initiatives that could develop into permanent EU activities and programs (with their own budget lines).

2026-04-30
975.000 euros
Open

Call synthesis

Call reference PPPA-2026-CHIPS
Programme PILOT PROJECTS AND PREPARATORY ACTIONS
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities

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Call reference

PPPA-2026-CHIPS



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To complement and support the strategic goals of the Chips Act with international exchange activities between non state actors
  • To provide continuity to the three workstreams of the 2024 Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative

 

Priorities

  • Priority 1: EU-foreign countries trade
  • Priority 2: trade protective measures
  • Priority 3: export control
  • Priority 4: intellectual property protection
  • Priority 5: main European semiconductor ecosystem actors
  • Priority 6: supply chain intelligence
  • Priority 7: supply chain resilience
  • Priority 8: standards and certification
  • Priority 9: green innovation and its industrial and environmental impact

 

Among financed actions

  • Conferences, seminars, webinars
  • Awareness and dissemination actions
  • Exchanges of good practices
  • Networking activities
  • Studies, analyses, mapping projects
  • Research activities
  • Drafting of reports

 

Eligibility

  • Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
  • A consortium composed of minimum 3 independent entities (beneficiaries ; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries must be constituted.

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: CNECT-PP@ec.europa.eu

 

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 975.000 euros
  • Amount of the grant: maximum of 975.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

  • Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs