DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP – AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure

Identifikátor témy: DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP Výzva: DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP – DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP Program: Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) Časť programu: DIGITAL Typ akcie: DIGITAL-JU-GP DIGITAL JU Grants for Procurement Typ zmluvy (MGA): DIGITAL Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Open Otvorenie: 7. 7. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 1. 12. 2026 Rozpočet: 70 000 000 € Predpokladaný počet grantov: 1 Minimálny príspevok EÚ na projekt: 50 000 000 € Maximálny príspevok EÚ na projekt: 70 000 000 €

Expected Outcome:

The expected outcomes of this topic are :

- A common EU evaluation platform for AI chips and racks, with transparent KPIs, workloads and benchmark reports used for Chips JU selection and procurement decisions. - First pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure. - Structured collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions. - Stronger EU demand for European AI chips and racks, helping to create a market for deployment-ready solutions. - Increased EU technological sovereignty across the AI compute stack for European datacentres.

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 8 of the Chips JU Workprogramme

2. Eligible countries

3. Other eligibility conditions

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

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

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

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Please refer to the call documents section on the Chips JU website's Call page to view and download all required documents and templates.

Specific Call Documents

Ownership Control Declaration form template

National Budgets Table template (xls)

Guide for applicants - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP

Template of Application Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP

Template of Evaluation Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP

General Call Documents

Chips JU Multiannual Work Programme

Decision on the evaluation and selection procedures related to calls launched by the Chips JU

Rules for legal entity validation, LEAR appointment, financial capacity and ownership control assessment

Annotated Model Grant Agreement for EU Funding Programmes 2021-2027

Appendix 8 of Work Programme - Chips for Europe Initiative

Call document and annexes:

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

DEP MGA

Additional documents:

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-10-15: IMPORTANT – New Deadline: The submission deadline for this call has been extended from October 27, to December 1st, 2026. - 2026-08-13: IMPORTANT – New Deadline: The submission deadline for this call has been extended from September 23 to October 27, 2026. - 2026-07-07: The submission session is now available for: DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP