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Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry is the robotics deployment topic in Horizon Europe's 2027 Cluster 4 digital and emerging technologies calls, sitting under the Commission's Apply AI strand and the AI, Data and Robotics partnership.
It is an Innovation Action rather than a Research and Innovation Action, and that distinction is the most important thing to understand about it: Innovation Actions fund work close to deployment - prototyping, testing, demonstration, piloting and validation in real industrial settings - not foundational research.
A consortium proposing to advance the state of the art in robot learning algorithms is pitching to the wrong instrument and should look at the RIA topics in the same call, such as the human-AI collaboration topic. What fits here is taking AI-driven robotics capability that already works in the lab and proving it out on real factory and industrial floors with industrial partners in the consortium.
The indicative EU contribution is around 18 million euros per project, which places it among the larger single-project awards in the work programme and implies a substantial multi-partner consortium. Standard Horizon Europe consortium rules apply: at minimum three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, with at least one established in a Member State.
The deadline is 18 March 2027, part of a cluster of Cluster 4 digital and emerging topics closing the same day, including the EU Frontier AI Initiative at around 44 million euros per project and the Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster at around 14 million euros. Full topic conditions, the destination text and submission are on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe eligibility applies: proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, with at least one established in an EU Member State. Eligible participants include companies, research organisations, universities, public bodies and other legal entities. This is an Innovation Action (IA), which funds activities close to market such as prototyping, testing, demonstration, piloting and validation in operational industrial environments, and which reimburses 70 percent of eligible costs for for-profit participants and 100 percent for nonprofit legal entities - for-profit industrial partners must therefore cover 30 percent of their own costs. The topic is HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05 under Cluster 4, Destination: achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies, within the Apply AI strand and the AI, Data and Robotics partnership. The indicative EU contribution is approximately 18,000,000 euros per project. The deadline is 18 March 2027. Related topics closing the same day include HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11 (EU Frontier AI Initiative, approximately 44 million euros per project) and HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04 (Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster, approximately 14 million euros). Confirm the topic conditions, expected outcomes, budget, call deadline and any two-stage requirements on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal before preparing a proposal. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the indicative EU contribution is approximately 18,000,000 euros per project, roughly 19,400,000 US dollars at an exchange rate near 1.08. amount_min and amount_max are both set to 19,400,000 to reflect that single indicative figure, since the Commission publishes an expected contribution per project rather than a range for this topic. Two features of Horizon Europe budgeting change what this figure means in practice. First, an 18 million euro Innovation Action is a consortium budget, not an institutional one - it is divided across typically ten to twenty partners from at least three different EU Member States or associated countries, so a single organisation's share is more likely in the one to three million euro region. Second, Innovation Actions fund at 70 percent of eligible costs for for-profit participants (100 percent for nonprofit legal entities), so industrial partners must cover the remaining 30 percent themselves. A manufacturer joining this consortium should budget for that co-funding from the outset. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05 Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry Innovation Action are due March 18, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05 Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry Innovation Action is funded by European Commission, Horizon Europe Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space), Apply AI strand under the AI, Data and Robotics partnership. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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