European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Expanding the European AI lighthouse (RIA)

The grant aims to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets in AI technologies, unify and strengthen the world-class European AI community, and address major challenges hampering AI deployment. It focuses on creating a vibrant network of AI excellence centres to achieve scientific progress, overcome fragmentation, and establish Europe as a global leader in AI.

AgencyHorizon Europe
RegionEU
CountryN/A
Legal formCompany, NGO, Government organization, Other
Start date16 Jun 2022
End date16 Nov 2022
Max funding60,000 EUR per third party
Budget34,500,000 EUR for the topic in 2022
Coverage

Funding is provided for up to 20% of the requested EU contribution for financial support to third parties.

Grant application conditions

Admissibility conditions
  • Described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Eligible countries
  • Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. Includes EU Member States, Associated Countries, and specific provisions for non-EU/non-Associated Countries.
Other eligibility conditions
  • Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Financial and operational capacity
  • Described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Evaluation and award criteria
  • Award criteria, scoring, and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Legal and financial set-up of the grants
  • Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
Maximum funding for third parties
  • The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is 60,000 EUR.
Specific topic conditions
  • Activities are expected to start at TRL 2-3 and achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project.