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Ai-assisted Methods And Tools For Engineering Automation

HORIZON JU Innovation Actions

Basic Information

Identifier
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
Programme
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA
Programme Period
2021 - 2027
Status
Open (31094502)
Opening Date
February 3, 2026
Deadline
March 3, 2026
Deadline Model
single-stage
Budget
€20,000,000
Min Grant Amount
€1,000,000
Max Grant Amount
€20,000,000
Expected Number of Grants
1
Keywords
HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IAHORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA

Description

Expected Outcome:

he project is expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

  • Advanced AI-assisted methods and tools, including generative AI, for the automation of software engineering tasks, from enhancing human efficiency and optimizing resource utilization to enabling complex data/problems analysis/interpretation and supporting intelligent decision-making. Such engineering tasks often involve multiple domains (e.g., modelling, control, data management, communication, mechatronics, etc.) and stakeholders, with the burden of daunting legacy integration, refactoring (e.g., to re-design and replace obsolete technology), and the compliance with specific standards, regulations and certifications.
  • Open and extensible AI-assisted integrated platform, based on methodologies including AI-support, AI-based tools and toolchains, following a well-defined engineering process, including the integration with legacy tools. The platform shall provide flexible usage in small and large multi-domain and multi-stakeholder engineering teams, impacting existing and upcoming ECS engineering automation tools and their usage.
  • Showcasing and evaluation for software-defined vehicles of efficiency enhancements in terms of cost and time for complex data/knowledge management, resource optimization, energy consumption, interoperability, product/process quality/trustworthiness, learning curve and usability, over the whole lifecycle, from design, through deployment, operations, and maintenance, to the product end-of-life and recycling, and its evolution.
  • Best practices and small proof-of-concept studies for other sectors, e.g. medical/pharmaceutical and/or digital industry.

Eligibility & Conditions

General conditions

1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

Proposal page limits and layout: detailed in Part B of the Application Form, which you can access from the Call documents section on the Chips JU website's Call page



The following information are all described in the Appendix 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme

2. Eligible Countries

3. Other Eligible Conditions

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Specific conditions

Please visit the Call page of the Chips JU Website

Call document and annexes:

Call document

The Call Documents Section contains all the call documents, which are listed here:

Reference documents

Guide for Applicants

Evaluation form

Call submission documents and annexes

Application form template Part B

National funding table template

Ownership declaration template

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):

Application form templates described in Appendix 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme

Guidance

HE Programme Guide

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

HE MGA



Call-specific instructions

Information on financial support to third parties (HE)

Information on clinical studies (HE) 

Additional documents:

Frequently Asked Questions About Ai-assisted Methods And Tools For Engineering Automation

HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2026-FT4-IA (2021 - 2027).
Per-award range: €1,000,000–€20,000,000. Total programme budget: €20,000,000. Expected awards: 1.
Deadline: March 3, 2026. Deadline model: single-stage.
Eligible organisation types (inferred): SMEs.
Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout Proposal page limits and layout: detailed in Part B of the Application Form , which you can access from the Call documents section on the   Chips JU website's Call page The following information are all described in the   Appendix 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme 2. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Specific conditions Please visit the Call page of the Chips JU Website Call document and annexes: Call document The Call Documents Section contains all the call documents, which are listed here: Reference documents Guide for Applicants Evaluation form Call submission documents and annexes Application form template Part B National funding table template Ownership declaration template Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA): Application form templates — described in Appendix 7 of the Chips JU Workprogramme Guidance HE Programme Guide Model Grant Agreements (MGA) HE MGA Call-specific instructions Information on financial support to third parties (HE) Information on clinical studies (HE)   Additional documents: 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 Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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Latest Updates

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