International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA)
International cooperation in semiconductors
Funding Amount
€3.0M - €3.0M
Deadline
02/10/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA) Call?
Grant Description
Coordination and support action to provide evidence-based advice and factual analyses to the European Commission and Member States on international cooperation in the semiconductor and photonics sectors. Activities include mapping supply chains in leading non-EU countries, identifying cooperation opportunities, defining research areas for collaboration, assessing technological and economic risks, promoting standardisation, organising joint events, supporting researcher mobility, and comparing co...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Projects are expected to deliver:
• Evidence-based advice to the Commission and Member States on joint actions with leading semiconductor countries, directly informing EU policy in this domain.
• Concrete support to the Commission in defining and implementing measures that strengthen Europe’s semiconductor industry within the global value chain.
• Assistance to the Commission in planning and executing research cooperation actions under existing and future Digital Partnerships.
• Factual deliverables (supply chain maps, state-of-the-art analyses, emerging technology assessments) that enable the Commission to identify and prioritise potential areas for international cooperation.
• Evidence-based advice to the Commission and Member States on joint actions with leading semiconductor countries, directly informing EU policy in this domain.
• Concrete support to the Commission in defining and implementing measures that strengthen Europe’s semiconductor industry within the global value chain.
• Assistance to the Commission in planning and executing research cooperation actions under existing and future Digital Partnerships.
• Factual deliverables (supply chain maps, state-of-the-art analyses, emerging technology assessments) that enable the Commission to identify and prioritise potential areas for international cooperation.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Projects must:
• Operate within the context of semiconductors and semiconductor-based photonics (e.g. silicon photonics).
• Produce a regional mapping of leading non-EU semiconductor countries covering supply chains, industrial strengths, gaps, and projected evolution.
• Identify and prioritise emerging cooperation opportunities (technologies, approaches) with targeted regions.
• Define concrete research areas where international cooperation delivers measurable benefits for the EU.
• Analyse risks to the EU’s technological advancement, global competitiveness, and access to leading-edge semiconductor technologies.
• Analyse economic security risks, including potential over-capacities in mainstream chip production (node ≥ 28 nm), export controls, and non-market trade practices.
• Engage in and contribute to relevant standardisation bodies and processes.
• Organise at least one major joint event per year to disseminate findings and gather stakeholder input.
• Facilitate researcher mobility through structured exchange schemes or fellowships.
• Deliver a comparative analysis of international cooperation modalities, including legal, financial and organisational frameworks.
• Coordinate closely with the European Semiconductor Board to align outputs with Member States’ priorities.
• Demonstrate how the project complements ongoing and past initiatives (specified Horizon Europe topics and Digital Europe Programme projects).
• Operate within the context of semiconductors and semiconductor-based photonics (e.g. silicon photonics).
• Produce a regional mapping of leading non-EU semiconductor countries covering supply chains, industrial strengths, gaps, and projected evolution.
• Identify and prioritise emerging cooperation opportunities (technologies, approaches) with targeted regions.
• Define concrete research areas where international cooperation delivers measurable benefits for the EU.
• Analyse risks to the EU’s technological advancement, global competitiveness, and access to leading-edge semiconductor technologies.
• Analyse economic security risks, including potential over-capacities in mainstream chip production (node ≥ 28 nm), export controls, and non-market trade practices.
• Engage in and contribute to relevant standardisation bodies and processes.
• Organise at least one major joint event per year to disseminate findings and gather stakeholder input.
• Facilitate researcher mobility through structured exchange schemes or fellowships.
• Deliver a comparative analysis of international cooperation modalities, including legal, financial and organisational frameworks.
• Coordinate closely with the European Semiconductor Board to align outputs with Member States’ priorities.
• Demonstrate how the project complements ongoing and past initiatives (specified Horizon Europe topics and Digital Europe Programme projects).
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
- Type of Action: HORIZON Coordination and Support Action (CSA).
• Single-stage electronic submission; opening 10 June 2025; deadline 2 October 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Proposal page limits and layout per General Annexes (Annex A/E) and Part B of the HE CSA application form.
• Eligible participants: EU Member States, Associated Countries, and certain third countries with specific bilateral funding provisions (Annex B).
• Restrictions apply for participants handling sensitive communication networks (General Annex B).
• Financial and operational capacity, and exclusion criteria per General Annex C.
• Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds per General Annex D; processes and timelines per Annex F.
• Legal and financial grant setup per General Annex G.
• Use the standard HE CSA grant agreement model.
• Proposals must reference the full description and expected impacts of Destination 6 (“Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation”) in the 2025 Work Programme.
• Mainstream chips defined as node sizes ≥ 28 nm.
• Projects must ensure complementarity with:
• HORIZON-CL 4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 (International cooperation in semiconductors, CSA)
• Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (pilot projects and preparatory actions)
• HORIZON-Chips-2024-3-RIA (Joint call with Korea on heterogeneous integration and neuromorphic computing)
• Relevant projects under the Digital Europe Programme.
• Single-stage electronic submission; opening 10 June 2025; deadline 2 October 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Proposal page limits and layout per General Annexes (Annex A/E) and Part B of the HE CSA application form.
• Eligible participants: EU Member States, Associated Countries, and certain third countries with specific bilateral funding provisions (Annex B).
• Restrictions apply for participants handling sensitive communication networks (General Annex B).
• Financial and operational capacity, and exclusion criteria per General Annex C.
• Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds per General Annex D; processes and timelines per Annex F.
• Legal and financial grant setup per General Annex G.
• Use the standard HE CSA grant agreement model.
• Proposals must reference the full description and expected impacts of Destination 6 (“Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation”) in the 2025 Work Programme.
• Mainstream chips defined as node sizes ≥ 28 nm.
• Projects must ensure complementarity with:
• HORIZON-CL 4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 (International cooperation in semiconductors, CSA)
• Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (pilot projects and preparatory actions)
• HORIZON-Chips-2024-3-RIA (Joint call with Korea on heterogeneous integration and neuromorphic computing)
• Relevant projects under the Digital Europe Programme.
Important dates
Open from: 10/06/2025
Deadline:02/10/2025
Application period has ended
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