Chips Joint Undertaking

European Commission

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Chips JU is a European tri-partite partnership that is boosting the development and adoption of advanced nano-electronic chip technologies and systems manufactured in Europe.

Use: R&D; Go2Market;
Date closing: September 17, 2025
Amount: -
Industry focus: ICT;
Total budget: 442M €
Entity type: Public Agency
Vertical focus: digital, semiconductor
Website: https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/

Status:
Open
Funding type: Grant;
Geographic focus: Horizon Europe associated countries; Europe; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Spain; Finland; France; Greece; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Iceland; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Slovenia; Slovakia; Turkey;
Public/Private: Public
Stage focus:
Applicant target: SME; Startup;

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Overview

Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) aims to bolster Europe's semiconductor industry by fostering collaboration between the EU, member states, and private sector.

Focused on research, innovation, and manufacturing, Chips JU seeks to position Europe as a leader in semiconductor technology, enhance digital capacity, and address global challenges such as sustainability.

The initiative aligns with European policy goals to ensure the continent's technological and industrial leadership.

Objectives

The Chips JU general objectives are to:

-reinforce the EU’s strategic autonomy in electronic components and systems to support future needs of vertical industries and the economy at large,

-establish the EU’s scientific excellence and innovation leadership in emerging components and systems technologies, and promote the active involvement of SMEs,

-ensure that components and systems technologies address Europe’s societal and environmental challenges,

-enable the development and deployment of cutting-edge semiconductor technologies, cutting-edge quantum technologies and the innovation of established technologies that will reinforce advanced design, systems integration and chip production capabilities in the EU.

Who can apply?

Startups or SMEs located in any of the following participating states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye.

Budget

For 2025, a total budget of €442 million will be provided through several calls under the Chips JU for Europe initiatives.

The most of the budget (€220 million) will be deployed to support startups and SMEs to facilitate the scaling up of startups engaged in chip design through favourable conditions.

This call will be closing on September 17, 2025, and applications will be evaluated according to three criteria: relevance, implementation, and impact.

Last updated on 2025-01-17 10:40