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Programme Description
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (hereinafter “EuroHPC JU”), will contribute to the ambition of value creation in the Union with the overall mission to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union an integrated world class supercomputing and quantum computing infrastructure and to develop and support a highly competitive and innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem, extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient HPC and data technologies.
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Summary
The aim of AI Factories is to provide European startups as well as the industrial and the scientific community with enhanced access to AI optimised computing capabilities and underpinning services for the training and development of general-purpose, large-scale AI models, and for the development, testing and validation of emerging AI applications.
Detailed Call Description
The present Call aims to select ‘AI Factory Antennas’ that will be linked with an established AI factory and its AI optimised supercomputer. This call is launched in accordance with the EuroHPC Regulation, taking into account the EU Financial Regulation and where relevant on the basis of Financial Rules of the EuroHPC JU.
The aim of an AI Factory Antenna is to provide national AI ecosystems of a Participating State of the EuroHPC JU with relevant support services, algorithmic support, training activities and access to talent. The AI Factory Antenna will also have to ensure access to supercomputing resources from an established AI Factory. This call for proposals will allow for more EuroHPC Participating States to have their own ‘AI Factory Antenna’ without having to invest in supercomputing resources required for the establishment of a fullyfledged AI Factory.
All selected AI Factory Antennas under this call will thus be in a position to provide AI-optimised computing capabilities and services for the large-scale training and development of general-purpose AI models, and other AI applications/ solutions to their national stakeholders and users of their countries.
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Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The EuroHPC JU estimates that a maximum EU contribution of up to €5.000.000 would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
The duration should be aligned with the duration of the established AI Factory.
The maximum amount of the European Union (EU) contribution (up to 50% of the total eligible costs) that may be allocated to an AI Factory Antenna is up to €5.000.000 and is subject to EU budget availability.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The current Call is open to a single entity or a consortium of entities from one EuroHPC Participating State.
Furthermore, entities established in countries with which association to Horizon Europe negotiations are being finalised and/or pending ratification, and which have committed to join the EuroHPC JU in the year when the call is launched, are eligible to participate. However, even if such entities are selected, the Grant Agreement can only be signed if the association with the Horizon Europe has started producing legal effects, and if the Governing Board of EuroHPC JU has confirmed membership of the new Participating State.
Entities or consortia of entities that are already beneficiaries of an AI Factory grant and are fulfilling the conditions specified in Article 9 of the EuroHPC Regulation are ineligible to apply for this Call. Participation in more than one AI Factory Antenna is not permitted.
To be eligible under this call, proposals by EuroHPC Participating States for establishing an AI Factory Antenna must fulfil the following two conditions:
- The Participating State has not yet been selected to host an AI Factory or be already partner of a selected AI Factory;
- The proposal must include a (pre- agreed) association with an established AI Factory.
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Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
EuroHPC JU
Email: info@eurohpc-ju.europa.eu