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Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU)

SNS JU funds multi-partner research and innovation consortia working on the technical building blocks of future European telecom networks.

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The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is a joint undertaking of the European Union funded under Horizon Europe that supports research and innovation in advanced connectivity, including 6G. It funds research and innovation actions covering advanced network architectures, IoT and device technologies, wireless communication and signal processing, satellite-terrestrial network int…

Programs & grants under this funder

Advanced Architectures Systems and Technologies

Funds 6G network-architecture research on simplified control/user-plane designs, constrained AI for network operations, and serverless multi-domain service orchestration.

Advanced Architectures Systems and Technologies

Advanced IoT and Device Technologies

Funds research on near-zero-energy 6G IoT devices, unlicensed-band 6G connectivity, and next-generation connected IoT applications.

Advanced IoT and Device Technologies

Wireless Communication Technologies and Signal Processing – Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs

Funds 6G physical-layer and radio-access research — spectrum efficiency, massive MIMO, AI-native RAN — aimed at proof-of-concept systems and international standards contributions.

Wireless Communication Technologies and Signal Processing – Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs

6G NTN-TN Unification/Integration

Funds research on core technologies that let satellite (non-terrestrial) and terrestrial 6G networks operate as one seamless system.

6G NTN-TN Unification/Integration

Higher Speed Optical Access Networks and future end-to-end Packet Optical Network Architecture in 6G

Funds research on high-capacity, energy-efficient optical access networks and AI-managed optical architecture for the 6G transport layer.

Higher Speed Optical Access Networks and future end-to-end Packet Optical Network Architecture in 6G

Smart Security / Security Services

Funds research on secure, zero-touch 6G security architecture — from GDPR/AI Act-compliant service platforms to automated threat response.

Smart Security / Security Services

Reliable Services Operation

Funds research on running dependable, multi-stakeholder 6G services with automated threat detection and self-healing infrastructure.

Reliable Services Operation

Microelectronic – Front-End Module (FEM)

Funds one project to design a European front-end-module chipset for 6G radio in the FR3 (7-15 GHz) frequency range.

Microelectronic – Front-End Module (FEM)

6G Telco Cloud and Service Provision Enablers

Funds one project to build an evolvable 6G telco-cloud experimental infrastructure that hosts and validates network functions and AI/Compute/Security-as-a-Service.

6G Telco Cloud and Service Provision Enablers

SNS Trials and Pilots (T&Ps) with Verticals

Funds trials that test advanced 5G/6G technology against real needs in one or two chosen industry verticals, from healthcare to energy.

SNS Trials and Pilots (T&Ps) with Verticals

Collection, Generation and Validation of Datasets suitable for training AI Models for 6G Networks and for AIaaS

Funds one project to build curated real-world and synthetic datasets, plus a shared data space, for training AI models that run 6G networks.

Collection, Generation and Validation of Datasets suitable for training AI Models for 6G Networks and for AIaaS

SNS experimental infrastructure

Funds one project to run the SNS JU's shared 6G experimental infrastructure for Phase 3, validating technologies from earlier SNS Stream B projects.

SNS experimental infrastructure

SNS Operations and Output optimisation

Funds one coordination project to run community-building, KPI tracking, dissemination and standardisation support across the whole SNS JU programme.

SNS Operations and Output optimisation

Funds a coordination and support action to build a European roadmap and industrial strategy for simplified, RedCap-style 5G/6G devices ahead of the next EU research framework.

EU-India International Collaboration

Funds a coordination and support action to build structured EU-India cooperation on 6G research, connecting European and Indian industry, standards bodies and research programmes.

EU-India International Collaboration

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