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The European Innovation Council (EIC) Advanced Innovation Challenge HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC-01 funds disruptive Physical AI innovations for robotics. The program operates in two stages: Stage 1 awards €300,000 over 9 months for initial development, and Stage 2 awards up to €2. 5 million over 2.
5 years for successful Stage 1 projects. The total call budget is €6 million for approximately 10 grants. Projects must demonstrate at least two characteristics from: intelligent perception and cognition, adaptive learning, autonomous decision-making, human-AI collaboration, or physical innovation.
Target applications include disaster response robotics, autonomous scientific discovery labs, and professional or personal robot assistants. This is a key EU funding mechanism for embodied AI and next-generation robotics research.
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Search similar grants →Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Single legal entities only (no consortiums) established in EU Member States or Associated Countries. Eligible types include startups, SMEs, research organizations, universities, and research institutes. Larger companies not qualifying as SMEs cannot apply as solo applicants. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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