Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
Funds three lead projects, worth up to EUR 15 million each, that each run a multi-stage generative-AI competition in aerospace, pharma or telecom — with EUR 250,000 grants to the top 20 entrants and EUR 2 million grants to the final four.
Consortia submit a Research and Innovation Action proposal by the single-stage deadline; the Commission funds three projects from this topic's EUR 45 million budget, guaranteeing at least one winner per targeted sector. This is a two-tier scheme: the 20 Stage 1 finalists each receive a EUR 250,000 grant to compete in Stage 2, and the 4 Stage 2 winners each receive a EUR 2 million grant as new cons…
The Commission wants each proposal to focus on exactly one of three sectors — aerospace, pharma/drug development, or telecommunications — and organise a multi-stage generative-AI challenge with major industry partners defining the problems and supplying data. It expects the challenge structure to run: an open Stage 1 selecting 20 finalists, a funded Stage 2 narrowing to 4, and a Stage 3 where the 4 winners join the consortium to prepare a grand finale.
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