EIG CONCERT-Japan: AI-Powered Robotics for Real-World Applications

EIG CONCERT-Japan: AI-Powered Robotics — Estonian Partner Grant

Funds research teams and institutions for EIG CONCERT Japan : AI Powered Robotics Estonian in artificial intelligence and robotics.

The EIG CONCERT-Japan 2026 call on AI-Powered Robotics for Real-World Applications is a joint transnational call co-organised by the European Innovation Gateway (EIG) and Japan's Science and Technology Agency (JST). ETAG is the Estonian funding agency for this call, financing Estonian participants independently while JST covers Japanese researchers — a virtual common pot structure in which each country funds its own nationals. The call's scientific scope covers adaptive, autonomous, and intelligent systems capable of operating in dynamic, unstructured, and human-centred real-world environments. The call opened on 28 April 2026 and closes on 22 July 2026 at 11:00 EET.

Estonian applicants must be from positively evaluated R&D institutions listed in ETIS, Estonia's national research information system. For-profit companies and individual researchers are not eligible for the Estonian funding tranche. ETAG's funding ceiling is EUR 150,000 per standard Estonian partner in a winning consortium, rising to EUR 300,000 if the Estonian institution serves as consortium coordinator — even if more than one Estonian partner participates in the same project. Each eligible consortium must include at least one Japanese partner and partners from at least two different European participating countries, for a minimum of three beneficiaries total.

Applications are submitted via the EIG CONCERT-Japan shared portal; ETAG does not operate a separate national portal for this call. Winning consortia are expected to be announced after a joint international review process. Applicants should verify submission portal details and letter-of-intent requirements directly on etag.ee, as procedural guidance is updated as the deadline approaches. This is a one-off 2026 call; any future EIG CONCERT-Japan editions would be issued as separate calls.