PPPA – Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative – 2026

Objectives

• To complement and support the strategic goals of the Chips Act with international exchange activities between non state actors
• To provide continuity to the three workstreams of the 2024 Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative

Priorities

• Priority 1: EU-foreign countries trade
• Priority 2: trade protective measures
• Priority 3: export control
• Priority 4: intellectual property protection
• Priority 5: main European semiconductor ecosystem actors
• Priority 6: supply chain intelligence
• Priority 7: supply chain resilience
• Priority 8: standards and certification
• Priority 9: green innovation and its industrial and environmental impact

Among financed actions

• Conferences, seminars, webinars
• Awareness and dissemination actions
• Exchanges of good practices
• Networking activities
• Studies, analyses, mapping projects
• Research activities
• Drafting of reports

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• A consortium composed of minimum 3 independent entities (beneficiaries ; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries must be constituted.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

• Contact: CNECT-PP@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 975.000 euros
• Amount of the grant: maximum of 975.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs