Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)
Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Industry
Funding Amount
€4.0M - €6.0M
Deadline
23/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA) Call?
Grant Description
This call supports research and innovation actions to develop breakthrough human-centric augmentation technologies and methodologies for discrete manufacturing. It addresses workforce challenges by empowering factory workers through advanced human-machine interaction, AI-based reasoning systems, sensing and photonics solutions, and digital-twin validation. The expected impact is to enhance flexibility, inclusiveness, safety and well-being of workers, create more attractive jobs under the Industr...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Manufacturing industry will: 1. Empower workers at all levels—individuals and teams—with next‐generation human–machine augmentation technologies, enhancing their capabilities and decision‐making in factory operations; 2. Improve flexibility, inclusiveness, safety and well‐being of workers by combining novel technologies with SSH insights, making industrial jobs more attractive and aiding talent attraction and retention (e.g. Generation Z); 3. Advance the human‐centric dimension of the Industry 5.0 paradigm by providing actionable insights into how technologies shape the work environment and organizational models and by supporting meaningful career and job‐profile development for workers.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Develop and validate breakthrough human‐centric augmentation technologies covering: – Perception systems (mechatronics, sensing, photonics) for intention prediction and safety enhancement; – AI‐based reasoning and control methods for interactive, flexible, inclusive manufacturing;
• Engage managers and workers in needs assessment throughout design and prototyping, ensuring workforce diversity and skill readiness;
• Create and apply new evaluation methodologies (e.g. digital twins) for assessing non‐economic value added, suitability and user acceptance;
• Demonstrate how evaluation outcomes can inform or establish human‐centric validation standards;
• Integrate SSH contributions addressing ergonomics, user experience, comfort, trust, safety, knowledge sharing and liability;
• Address demographic and ergonomic diversity (gender, age, disability, anthropometry);
• Optionally include living labs or other real‐world experimentation environments;
• Produce a comprehensive business case and exploitation strategy (market size, customer needs, competitive positioning, TRL roadmap, skills/training plans, investment roadmap) appropriate to the project's TRL;
• Select and reference the relevant Horizon Europe Destination and Expected Impacts for “Industry” in the Work Programme;
• Implement the co-programmed European Partnership Made in Europe.
• Develop and validate breakthrough human‐centric augmentation technologies covering: – Perception systems (mechatronics, sensing, photonics) for intention prediction and safety enhancement; – AI‐based reasoning and control methods for interactive, flexible, inclusive manufacturing;
• Engage managers and workers in needs assessment throughout design and prototyping, ensuring workforce diversity and skill readiness;
• Create and apply new evaluation methodologies (e.g. digital twins) for assessing non‐economic value added, suitability and user acceptance;
• Demonstrate how evaluation outcomes can inform or establish human‐centric validation standards;
• Integrate SSH contributions addressing ergonomics, user experience, comfort, trust, safety, knowledge sharing and liability;
• Address demographic and ergonomic diversity (gender, age, disability, anthropometry);
• Optionally include living labs or other real‐world experimentation environments;
• Produce a comprehensive business case and exploitation strategy (market size, customer needs, competitive positioning, TRL roadmap, skills/training plans, investment roadmap) appropriate to the project's TRL;
• Select and reference the relevant Horizon Europe Destination and Expected Impacts for “Industry” in the Work Programme;
• Implement the co-programmed European Partnership Made in Europe.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Type of Action: Horizon Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) under Lump Sum Grant modality (HORIZON-AG-LS); single‐stage submission.
• Opening date: 22 May 2025; Deadline: 23 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Lump sum funding as per 7 July 2021 Decision; eligible costs defined in Annex G of the General Annexes.
• Proposals must comply with admissibility, eligibility (eligible countries, financial and operational capacity), exclusion, evaluation and award criteria set out in the Work Programme General Annexes (Annexes A–F).
• Innovation Actions cannot include legal entities established in China.
• Application and evaluation templates, model grant agreement (MGA) and call-specific guidance must be followed.
• Page limits and layout are defined in Annex A and E of the General Annexes and the application form Part B.
• Consortia may contribute data, indicators and knowledge to JRC platforms (INCITE, EIGL).
• Projects should include provisions for scalable training materials potentially up-scaled via ESF+.
• Opening date: 22 May 2025; Deadline: 23 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Lump sum funding as per 7 July 2021 Decision; eligible costs defined in Annex G of the General Annexes.
• Proposals must comply with admissibility, eligibility (eligible countries, financial and operational capacity), exclusion, evaluation and award criteria set out in the Work Programme General Annexes (Annexes A–F).
• Innovation Actions cannot include legal entities established in China.
• Application and evaluation templates, model grant agreement (MGA) and call-specific guidance must be followed.
• Page limits and layout are defined in Annex A and E of the General Annexes and the application form Part B.
• Consortia may contribute data, indicators and knowledge to JRC platforms (INCITE, EIGL).
• Projects should include provisions for scalable training materials potentially up-scaled via ESF+.
Important dates
Open from: 22/05/2025
Deadline:23/09/2025
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