European Chips Act — Portugal National Semiconductor Strategy

Portugal CHIPS Strategy — National Semiconductor (seed)

Funds semiconductor development efforts supporting advanced manufacturing capacity to strengthen real-world implementation.

The Portugal CHIPS Strategy — National Semiconductor Calls is a rolling grant program under which ANI — Agência Nacional de Inovação — issues competitive calls to allocate Portugal's €121 million national envelope for microelectronics and semiconductor R&D, as established by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 12/2024 and governed by Ordinance 444/2025/1. The program aligns with the European Chips Act (EU-level investment of approximately €15.9 billion across CHIPS JU, EIC, InvestEU, MFF, member-state contributions, and private leverage) and channels national funds through two principal EU instruments: Pillar 1 of the CHIPS Joint Undertaking, which supports pilot production lines, design platforms, and quantum chip research, and IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) participations.

Calls are issued with the AAC-ANI-CHIPS prefix and may route through iniciCOFUND structures in which national research hosts act as cofunding intermediaries. Two calls were active in 2025: AAC-ANI-CHIPS-iniciCOFUND-01/2025, hosted by the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), and AAC-ANI-CHIPS-iniciCOFUND-02/2025, hosted by the Telecommunications Institute (IT). Eligible applicants include companies, non-profits, universities, and research organizations registered in Portugal; specific eligibility rules vary per notice, and applicants should review each AAC-ANI-CHIPS call document for binding terms.

Portugal's semiconductor funding envelope through 2027 positions ANI as a meaningful gateway for microelectronics and chip-design organizations seeking European-scale project funding with a Portuguese national co-financing component. Organizations with existing ties to INL or IT, or those engaged in CHIPS JU pilot-line consortia, are natural candidates. New calls follow a rolling schedule and are published on the ANI calls calendar.