EU Frontier AI Initiative: Advanced Scaling Frameworks for High-Performance AI Models (RIA) - Apply AI

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Description

Europe

ICT & Software, Industry, Health & Life Sciences +2•100% • 15M€

Open — Feb 16 (104d)

Dates & Deadlines

Publication Date

September 30, 2026

Opening Date

October 20, 2026

Application Phases

Deadline

February 16, 2027 at 05:00 PM

104 days left

Financial Details

Non-Refundable

Maximum Funding Rate

100%

Budget

15M€

Eligible Project Value

Up to 15M€

Criteria & Documents

Eligible Expenses

●Personnel Costs
●Travel costs
●Equipment costs
●Other goods, works and services costs
●Subcontracting
●Indirect Costs

Access Conditions

●Legal entities from EU Member States and Associated Countries
●Consortium must include partners from at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries
●Compliance with general and specific admissibility and eligibility criteria

Selection Criteria

●Excellence (scientific and technical merit)
●Impact (contribution to policy and partnership KPIs)
●Quality and efficiency of implementation

Mandatory Information

●Application form (Part A and Part B)
●Budget

Bonuses & Majorations

●Proposals supporting strategic sectors such as Public Administration, Manufacturing, Energy, Healthcare, Cultural and Creative Industries, or Physical AI
●Immediate validation in high-stakes environments (AI labs, HPC centres)
●Reuse of public results from previous funded actions
●Pre-competitive exchange with European companies developing frontier AI models

Result Indicators

●Establishment of robust scaling laws and predictive frameworks for AI models
●Enhanced competitiveness of European advanced AI models
●Optimised development and scaling of frontier AI models
●Compatibility of scaling methodologies with diverse hardware architectures
●Immediate validation of methodologies in high-stakes environments
●Sharing of communicable results with the European R&D community
●Progress measured by qualitative and quantitative KPIs
●Benchmarking and progress monitoring
●TRL 4-5 achieved by project end

EU Programme Details

Call ID: HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-13
Cluster: Horizontal Activities
Destination: Bridging Actions
Submission Mode: single-stage
EU Contribution: €15,000,000.00
Expected Projects: 1 project
Funding Rate Rule: Up to 100% of eligible costs for Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)

Funding Rate

100%

Budget

15M€

Days Left

104

Feb 16

Curated by

Marlene Faria

Eligibility

Eligible Sectors

ICT & SoftwareIndustryHealth & Life SciencesCulture & CreativeOther

Company Typologies

MicroSMESmall Mid-CapMid-CapLargePrivate non-profit entitiesPublic entities

Application Mode

Consortium / Copromotion

Action Types

Research into automated scaling law derivation for AI modelsDevelopment of automated architecture search methodsOptimisation of dataset mixtures and data quality assessment toolsAdvanced hyperparameter tuning and stability methodologiesDevelopment of predictive frameworks for AI model scalingBenchmarking and progress monitoring of AI scaling methodologiesCollaboration with AI labs and HPC centres for validationIntegration with AI Factories and Data Labs resourcesCohesion activities with European Partnership on AI, data, and robotics (ADRA)Linking with GenAI4EU central HubDissemination of results via AI-on-demand platformEnsuring hardware-agnostic scaling methodologiesResearch and Innovation Action

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