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Skills Hubs of Excellence

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Next cut-off
24 Sept '26
in 18 days
Per grant
€5.0M
the call's own average
Grants expected
2
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of Digital Europe Programme

This grant€5.0M
The track runs to the largest grant in Digital Europe Programme (€70M). The median across the 23 calls we publish is €4.0M, this one is above it.

What this call funds

Expected Outcome:

Expected outcomes: A sustained pipeline of highly qualified semiconductor graduates, with shorter time-to-readiness for industry roles; greater inflow of diverse talent including women and underrepresented groups; improved intra- and extra-EU student mobility; and strong complementarity with existing Chips Act infrastructure such as pilot lines, design platforms, and Competence Centres.

Scope:

This call funds the creation of specialised academic "Hubs of Excellence" in critical semiconductor technology areas (e.g. chip design, manufacturing, photonics, power electronics). Projects should build industry-aligned Bachelor, Master, and PhD programmes.

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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