European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Facilitated cooperation for AI in Science (CSA)
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62
Funding Amount
€3.0M - €3.0M
Deadline
23/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Facilitated cooperation for AI in Science (CSA) Call?
Grant Description
Develop a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for AI in Science by mobilising domain and AI researchers; assess the European ecosystem for AI in Science including data access, infrastructure and talent needs; prototype R&I scenarios with diverse stakeholders; propose a roadmap for future initiatives; and coordinate and disseminate AI-enabled science through a website and awareness events.
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: 1. Identify the long-term research challenges where AI can make a meaningful breakthrough contributing to EU’s competitive edge in selected scientific disciplines/areas, through a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. 2. Provide evidence to structure the resources for AI in Science at European level, as a feasibility test towards potential R&I initiatives beyond the CSA that could optimise access to relevant data, infrastructure and talent across different scientific domains for more and better AI-enabled research. 3. Coordinate, strengthen the network and raise awareness and a community of scientists, including citizen scientists, research organisations and stakeholders towards new paradigms of research with AI.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Mobilise domain and AI researchers across multiple scientific fields to co-create the SRIA, covering prediction and design problems solvable with AI and generic scientific tasks (e.g. virtual research assistants, literature-based discovery tools, lab automation, human-AI collaboration).
• Cover pilot areas drawn from Horizon Europe Pillar II clusters, leveraging Europe’s scientific and AI technology strengths.
• Explore frugal AI models (compact, efficient, low-energy) and human-centric, trustworthy AI for scientific workflows.
• Assess needs and potential for future R&I initiatives: data access, research infrastructures (including HPC), support services, skills and talent requirements, reproducibility, transparency and open science.
• Identify mechanisms for cooperative development and sharing of AI models across scientific domains, taking into account existing EU efforts (EOSC, EuroHPC, ESFRI networks).
• Co-prototype R&I scenarios and infrastructure improvements with diverse stakeholder groups (research community, industry, start-ups, civil society, policy-makers).
• Based on feasibility studies, draft a roadmap outlining steps for improved coordination between domain and AI communities and necessary EU-level infrastructure/service upgrades, including citizen science integration.
• Provide sustained coordination and dissemination: website, awareness events, good-practice exchanges, community-building.
• Cover pilot areas drawn from Horizon Europe Pillar II clusters, leveraging Europe’s scientific and AI technology strengths.
• Explore frugal AI models (compact, efficient, low-energy) and human-centric, trustworthy AI for scientific workflows.
• Assess needs and potential for future R&I initiatives: data access, research infrastructures (including HPC), support services, skills and talent requirements, reproducibility, transparency and open science.
• Identify mechanisms for cooperative development and sharing of AI models across scientific domains, taking into account existing EU efforts (EOSC, EuroHPC, ESFRI networks).
• Co-prototype R&I scenarios and infrastructure improvements with diverse stakeholder groups (research community, industry, start-ups, civil society, policy-makers).
• Based on feasibility studies, draft a roadmap outlining steps for improved coordination between domain and AI communities and necessary EU-level infrastructure/service upgrades, including citizen science integration.
• Provide sustained coordination and dissemination: website, awareness events, good-practice exchanges, community-building.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Action type: Horizon Coordination and Support Action (CSA), lump sum grant.
• Submission: single-stage, online via Funding & Tenders Portal; deadline 23 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout (Work Programme General Annex A/E, Application Form Part B).
• Eligibility: participants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries; specific provisions for non-associated countries as per General Annex B and Programme Guide.
• Financial & operational capacity: assessed per Annex C; exclusion criteria apply.
• Evaluation and award: criteria, scoring, thresholds (Annex D); processes and timeline (Annex F, Online Manual).
• Legal and financial setup: lump sum model as per Simplified Costs Decision (7 July 2021) and General Annex G.
• Use HE CSA template application and evaluation forms; follow Programme Guide, Model Grant Agreement, call-specific instructions and detailed budget table for lump sums.
• Proposers must select the relevant destination description (Cluster 4, Destination 4: open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies) and align with its scope and expected impacts.
• Submission: single-stage, online via Funding & Tenders Portal; deadline 23 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout (Work Programme General Annex A/E, Application Form Part B).
• Eligibility: participants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries; specific provisions for non-associated countries as per General Annex B and Programme Guide.
• Financial & operational capacity: assessed per Annex C; exclusion criteria apply.
• Evaluation and award: criteria, scoring, thresholds (Annex D); processes and timeline (Annex F, Online Manual).
• Legal and financial setup: lump sum model as per Simplified Costs Decision (7 July 2021) and General Annex G.
• Use HE CSA template application and evaluation forms; follow Programme Guide, Model Grant Agreement, call-specific instructions and detailed budget table for lump sums.
• Proposers must select the relevant destination description (Cluster 4, Destination 4: open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies) and align with its scope and expected impacts.
Important dates
Open from: 22/05/2025
Deadline:23/09/2025
Application period has ended
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