Semiconductors grants in South Korea

Between cycles

Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.

Closed

Pays up to 25 small consortia EUR 200,000 each to test the commercial exploitation potential of results that already came out of earlier Horizon Europe or Horizon 2020 Cluster 4 projects.

Funds one team building an open AI-assisted platform, including generative AI, that automates chip and software-defined-vehicle engineering tasks across design, deployment and maintenance.

Funds one team building an open AI-assisted platform, including generative AI, that automates chip and software-defined-vehicle engineering tasks across design, deployment and maintenance.

Closed

Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.

Closed

Funds a pan-European network of 10-18 startup and scaleup hubs that can pass on up to EUR 60,000 per deep-tech startup for cross-border scaling support.

Closed

Pays one European consortium EUR 1 million to coordinate the 2D-materials research community, including Graphene Flagship projects, and keep a live map of European funding in the field.

Funds around twelve open-topic chip Innovation Action projects — pilot lines, test beds, demonstrators or market-replication pilots — anywhere across the Chips JU's technology and application roadmap.

Funds around ten early-stage chip research projects, TRL 3-4, that develop and lab-test innovative technologies against the Chips JU's roadmap of key application areas.

Pays a coordination action that connects EU and Japanese semiconductor researchers and companies to plan joint chip R&I and secure the chip supply chain.

Funds around five chip Innovation Action projects at TRL 5-8 — pilot lines, full-scale test zones or new frameworks used in real products — anywhere on the Chips JU's 2026 roadmap.

Closed

Funds industrial consortia that develop more sustainable, cost-effective ways to extract, process or refine raw materials used in semiconductor manufacturing.

Closed

Pays one coordination project to map semiconductor cooperation opportunities with countries such as Japan, Korea and the United States for the Commission.

Funds two teams prototyping ultra-low-power edge AI chip designs, tested at TRL 6-7 for real-time on-device inference in battery-powered devices.

Funds up to four consortia building or improving open-source chip-design (EDA) tools for digital, analogue and mixed-signal design, released under an open-source licence.

Closed

Funds consortiums including a silicon wafer manufacturer to develop cheaper, lower-energy ways to grow silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells.

Funds around eight early-stage chip research projects, TRL 3-4, that develop and lab-test innovative technologies against the Chips JU's 2026 roadmap.

Funds up to two teams building a high-performance RISC-V automotive hardware platform — processors, AI accelerators and the software tool-chain — for autonomous driving.

Closed

Pays one European consortium EUR 1 million to map semiconductor regional clusters, share best practice on permitting and infrastructure, and build an online platform connecting them.

Closed

Funds one coordination project up to EUR 1 million to build a support network and information hub for Europe's fabless semiconductor start-ups and SMEs.

Open

Funds Korean startups and small and medium-sized enterprises through low-interest loans managed by KOSME and the Ministry of enterprise and innovation support.

Between cycles

Funds Korean startups building products and market access with global companies through open-innovation projects.

Between cycles

Funds Korean venture-stage companies with market-development support and loan guarantees to accelerate scaling.

Between cycles

Funds Korean SMEs entering overseas markets through projects run with companies that already have global channels.