European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Software Engineering for AI and generative AI (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space
Funding Amount
€4.0M - €6.0M
Deadline
02/10/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Software Engineering for AI and generative AI (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership) Call?
Grant Description
This call supports research and innovation actions to develop novel software engineering methods, tools and architectures for bias-free AI algorithms and generative AI applications. It addresses current shortcomings in continuous data pipeline management, testing, optimized deployment, energy and performance efficiency, hardware dependency, algorithm bias and discrimination, explainability, protection against dataset and prompt poisoning, and the maintenance of complex large model systems. The e...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
- Improved methods and tools to optimally develop and deliver bias-free AI algorithms and generative AI applications.
• New concepts of auto-evolution-enabled software elements that AI algorithms can autonomously select and integrate.
• New concepts of auto-evolution-enabled software elements that AI algorithms can autonomously select and integrate.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Address at least two of the call’s main objectives:
• Increase productivity of generative AI developers/operators (foundational and language models).
• Define a modular reference architecture/framework for generative AI.
• Simplify and automate development and operation workflows.
• Develop novel RL-based labelled training set generation from human feedback.
• Accelerate EU leadership in AI and contribute to AI Act implementation.
• Collaborate with EU chip designers for hardware-software co-optimization.
• Cover one or more of the identified technical challenges: data-pipeline orchestration, advanced testing, deployment optimization, hardware dependency management, bias/discrimination mitigation, explainability, large-scale architectures, security against dataset/prompt poisoning (including neuromorphic computing where relevant).
• Include at least one industry application use case (e.g. automotive, health, energy, food/agriculture).
• Build on and ensure complementarity with existing EU, national or regional initiatives (e.g. digital twins leveraging GenAI, data quality enhancement, energy-efficient AI algorithms).
• Ensure complementarity with specific Horizon topics: HORIZON-CL 4-2024-HUMAN-03-01, 4-2024-HUMAN-03-02, 4-2023-DATA-01-01, 4-2021-DATA-01-01, 4-2021-HUMAN-01-24.
• Relate to activities and outcomes of the Digital Europe Programme and any relevant IPCEI initiatives.
• Share results via the AI-on-demand platform and other digital resource platforms.
• Allocate tasks for cohesion activities with ADRA and the Gen AI 4 EU central Hub.
• Address at least two of the call’s main objectives:
• Increase productivity of generative AI developers/operators (foundational and language models).
• Define a modular reference architecture/framework for generative AI.
• Simplify and automate development and operation workflows.
• Develop novel RL-based labelled training set generation from human feedback.
• Accelerate EU leadership in AI and contribute to AI Act implementation.
• Collaborate with EU chip designers for hardware-software co-optimization.
• Cover one or more of the identified technical challenges: data-pipeline orchestration, advanced testing, deployment optimization, hardware dependency management, bias/discrimination mitigation, explainability, large-scale architectures, security against dataset/prompt poisoning (including neuromorphic computing where relevant).
• Include at least one industry application use case (e.g. automotive, health, energy, food/agriculture).
• Build on and ensure complementarity with existing EU, national or regional initiatives (e.g. digital twins leveraging GenAI, data quality enhancement, energy-efficient AI algorithms).
• Ensure complementarity with specific Horizon topics: HORIZON-CL 4-2024-HUMAN-03-01, 4-2024-HUMAN-03-02, 4-2023-DATA-01-01, 4-2021-DATA-01-01, 4-2021-HUMAN-01-24.
• Relate to activities and outcomes of the Digital Europe Programme and any relevant IPCEI initiatives.
• Share results via the AI-on-demand platform and other digital resource platforms.
• Allocate tasks for cohesion activities with ADRA and the Gen AI 4 EU central Hub.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
- Single-stage submission; opening 10 June 2025, deadline 02 October 2025 (17:00 Brussels time).
• Topic budget: EUR 15 000 000; expected grant size EUR 4–6 million; 3 grants to be funded.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and format per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
• Eligibility: legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Israel, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK. Entities controlled by non-eligible countries require guarantees; high-risk suppliers of mobile network equipment are excluded unless guarantees.
• Proposals must implement Destination 3 (“Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy AI services”) as described in Work Programme 2025, Part 7.
• Allocate tasks and budget for cohesion activities with the AI, Data and Robotics Partnership (ADRA) and the CSA Gen AI 4 EU central Hub.
• Use EU Open Access and Data Management Plan requirements, ethical and security rules per Horizon Europe MGA and EU AI Act guidance.
• Follow all financial, operational capacity, exclusion and evaluation criteria in Horizon Europe General Annexes.
• Disseminate through the AI-on-demand platform and comply with EU grants rules, IPR and privacy statements.
• Topic budget: EUR 15 000 000; expected grant size EUR 4–6 million; 3 grants to be funded.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and format per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
• Eligibility: legal entities established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Israel, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK. Entities controlled by non-eligible countries require guarantees; high-risk suppliers of mobile network equipment are excluded unless guarantees.
• Proposals must implement Destination 3 (“Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy AI services”) as described in Work Programme 2025, Part 7.
• Allocate tasks and budget for cohesion activities with the AI, Data and Robotics Partnership (ADRA) and the CSA Gen AI 4 EU central Hub.
• Use EU Open Access and Data Management Plan requirements, ethical and security rules per Horizon Europe MGA and EU AI Act guidance.
• Follow all financial, operational capacity, exclusion and evaluation criteria in Horizon Europe General Annexes.
• Disseminate through the AI-on-demand platform and comply with EU grants rules, IPR and privacy statements.
Important dates
Open from: 10/06/2025
Deadline:02/10/2025
Application period has ended
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