Stimulation of Chip Design
Closed
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Expected Outcome:
Practical chip design experience integrated into education at multiple levels; at least 1,000 students across Europe completing funded tape-outs over 4 years; stronger reskilling pathways for students from adjacent fields; and a sustainable, continent-wide pipeline of chip design talent to support Europe's semiconductor ambitions.
Scope:
This call funds a comprehensive Chip Design Skills Programme to lower barriers to entry in chip design and tape-outs. At least 60% of the budget must support hands-on tape-out experiences (via multi-project wafers) for university and secondary school students.
- Status
- Closed
- Deadline
- (time not stated)
- Opens
- Published
- Total budget
- €15,000,000
- Grant range
- €1,000,000 – €15,000,000
- Country
- European Union (EU-wide)
- Programme
- Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
- Funder
- European Commission
- Official page
- Open at the source portal
What applying involved
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- Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
- Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds standard for this programme
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standard for this programme
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 Additional documents: DEP MGA DEP Regulation 2021/964 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders … — conditions §6
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Check you are eligible
- Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme
- Meet the call's other eligibility conditions standard for this programme
- Be able to show financial and operational capacity standard for this programme
Prepare the documents
- Prepare Part B of the Application Form standard for this programme
Submit
- Check the submission and evaluation process standard for this programme
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Submit before the closing date shown above
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Where this came from
- Source document
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/digital-ju-chips-2026-skills-scd-csa.json
- Document fingerprint
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- First recorded here
What has changed
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Data source
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