DIGITAL EUROPE – Chips-2024-SG-CPL-5 – 2024

Objectives

• To establish a pilot line with all the necessary equipment, facilities, and needs
• To develop and enhance PIC technologies by extending the operational wavelengths into the visible and mid-infrared spectrum, crucial for applications such as lidar and advanced sensing
• To develop scalable and cost-effective manufacturing processes for PICs, ensuring compatibility with current industrial standards and promoting widespread adoption
• To foster the integration of PICs with electronic integrated circuits, enhancing the functionality and efficiency of combined systems for applications in computing, telecommunications, and beyond
• To innovate in the fields of photonic testing and packaging to improve reliability, scalability, and performance of PICs
• To enable rapid prototyping through Multi-Project Wafer runs, allowing for timely validation and iteration of PIC designs
• To develop demonstrators to validate the achievement of the advanced PICs technology and to quantify its performance

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to Horizon Europe or Digital Europe Strategic Objective 6
• Participants are required to conclude a consortium agreement
• A Call for Pilot Line includes three interrelated calls:
  • Call for Expression of Interest for the selection of a Hosting Consortium
  • Call for proposals for Set-up, integration and process development, funded under the Horizon Europe Programme
  • Call for proposals for the operational activities of the pilot line, funded under the Digital Europe Programme

Additional information

• Contact: calls@chips-ju.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 40 million euro