Grants

The SNS experimental infrastructure grant aims to make available an evolvable experimental infrastructure representative of a 6G system in Phase 3 of the SNS JU Programme. The infrastructure will enable the 6G community to conduct experimentations, validate key 6G technologies, and provide standardized, supported ways for integration and KPI measurement. The reference platform will be used to demonstrate new 6G technologies, host advanced pilot use-cases, and ensure alignment with standards development. It supports broad collaboration, integration of Stream B technologies, and offers experimentation facilities with strong support for European players and open-source solutions.

The 6G Devices grant aims to produce a widely-endorsed European roadmap for device development addressing device complexity, target markets, and connectivity capabilities. It supports strategies to revitalize and strengthen European industrial capabilities around 5G/6G devices and provides recommendations to assist the telecom and microelectronics industries, including measures to support comprehensive EU value chains, downstream production, and emerging vertical-specific use-cases. The grant will foster collaboration, define technological roadmaps, and address critical challenges such as experimental facilities, open platforms, and integration into business models.

The grant aims to facilitate structured cooperation between EU and Indian stakeholders in advanced connectivity research focused on 6G. It includes in-depth analyses of industrial ecosystems, supply chains, technology, policy, and legal landscapes in both regions, and supports joint research, testbeds, and standardization activities. The project expects comprehensive mapping of cooperation opportunities, alignment on requirements and sustainability challenges, and stronger ties between the 6G communities in both regions. Broader goals include supplying factual elements for policy, strengthening Europe’s industry position in the Indian 6G value chain, and fostering synergies and business cases for future 6G systems.

This grant supports the effective implementation of the SNS Joint Undertaking (JU) Programme, contributing to synergies across SNS JU Phases 1, 2, and 3. It aims to coordinate, analyse, and communicate the programme’s results at a European and global level. Key activities include structured data analysis from SNS JU projects, progress tracking against Key Performance and Value Indicators (KPIs and KVIs), outreach through events such as the EuCNC & 6G Summit conferences, facilitation of engagement with stakeholders, and support for European involvement in global standardisation. The project will also encourage community collaboration, support working groups, monitor international cooperation, develop cartography of relevant EU initiatives, and reinforce Europe’s impact and visibility in 6G research and innovation.

This grant funds the creation, curation, validation, and utilization of high-quality real-world and synthetic datasets for training AI models in 6G networks and AIaaS. It aims to collect data from operational networks, digital twins, emulators, and experiments, develop open-source simulators, provide frameworks for generating, processing, and auditing datasets, and ensure data quality and representativeness. The project promotes an open data space for SNS JU projects and broad adoption through standardization, industry, and community engagement. Widespread use of these datasets is targeted to improve 6G performance and facilitate AI-driven services and applications.

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries. By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level. Activities under this topic will be guided by the 2022 Council Recommendation on Pathways to School Success, which proposes a policy framework based on a whole-system, whole-school approach perspective and outlines conditions for effective action and key measures to improve proficiency in basic skills, with a focus on early intervention and individualized support.

European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects focused on developing, implementing, and testing innovative activities to address policy priorities. This topic pilots approaches to stimulate adults to engage in learning activities in their trusted environments, helping them overcome barriers such as time constraints or care duties. It encourages flexible learning offers and cooperation between organisations such as libraries, community, cultural, sport, health, and social inclusion centres, as well as workplaces and public employment services, with a strong emphasis on partnership approaches.

This grant supports transnational projects to test and pilot promising and innovative practices aimed at improving basic skills in vocational education and training (VET). Projects are expected to implement, evaluate, and scale activities that enhance the acquisition of one or more of the five basic skills in both school-based and work-based VET environments (including apprenticeships at EQF levels 3 and 4). The focus is on diverse learners and learning environments, in line with the VET Recommendation, Herning Declaration, and Basic Skills Action Plan. Cooperation with local, regional, or national authorities is encouraged to ensure systemic impact.

This grant supports proposals establishing public-private partnerships for the pedagogically driven design, development, deployment, and use of ethical and trustworthy AI-based resources to improve teaching and learning in formal education and training. Projects should demonstrate that outcomes can be transferable and scalable across EU Member States and third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme, with a focus on formal education and training. The action falls under European policy experimentations, which are transnational projects designed to test the relevance, effectiveness, impact and scalability of actions to address policy priorities across different countries, enabling mutual learning and supporting evidence-based policy at the European level.