Overview
ECS R&I
Operational budget
The estimated maximum operational budget for the non-initiative part of the programme of the Chips JU is EUR 216 million for the calls, and an amount of EUR 1 million will be reserved for contracting experts involved in the evaluation of projects and monitoring of the project implementation.
The Chips JU launched three calls for proposals in 2024:
- Innovation Actions (higher TRLs) that consisted of a global topic and 2 focus topics
- Research and Innovation Actions (lower TRLs) that consisted of a global topic and one focus topic
- Research and Innovation Actions (lower TRL) joint call with the Republic of Korea
The two global topics focus on all chapters of the SRIA and aim at the reinforcement of the industrial competitiveness, stimulating industrial innovation and transfer of innovation from research environments (RTOs and Universities) to SMEs and Large Enterprises. Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) and Innovation Actions (IA) essentially differ by the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and therefore by the reimbursement rates.
Calls launch
The submission, evaluation, and selection took place in 2024
The grant signature will take place in 2025, except for Call 2023-3 that closed earlier and for which grants were signed in 2024.
The calls 2024-1 and 2024-2 were organised as two phase-calls (with a Project Outline phase followed by a Full Project Proposal) while the call 2024-3 was a one phase call (no Project Outline phase) with the following schedules:
Calls timeline
Specific information sessions (webinars) on the evaluation were organised for the evaluation experts before the evaluation of each call. The EU funding rates for the calls 2024-1 and 2024-2 were the same level as in preceding years. Under the tripartite model of Chips JU, all calls except the Call 2024-3 EU-Korea, are co-funded by the national authorities of the participating states. For the co-funded calls, the national funding rates and eligibility conditions also need to be considered. Those are described in the Work Programme.
Innovation Action
Innovation action (IA) produces plans or designs for new or improved products, processes or services including prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.
Overview
Evolution of cost and attributed funding for the selected proposals
The amounts for the selected projects after the PAB decision are given in Table 22. The beneficiary contribution is calculated as: “Total HE cost minus the requested EU funding minus the requested National funding”. The totals for ECSEL concern the four last years of the programme16, which had call conditions similar to those of Chips.
Total Selected projects Chips JU
Number of partners RIA and RIA FT
