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This Horizon Europe Cluster 5 topic funds large-scale operational validation and upscaling of state-of-the-art and generative AI tools and models for a next generation digital energy system, sitting in Destination 3 on sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply within the 2026 to 2027 work programme.
Expected outcomes centre on advanced, secure and frugal AI tools for real-time grid operations, market operations and consumer empowerment in increasingly distributed energy systems, which places the topic at the intersection of AI, climate mitigation and energy transition rather than in pure digital research.
Approximately 10,000,000 euros of EU contribution is expected per project with two projects anticipated, and the submission deadline is 31 March 2027.
The topic is an Innovation Action, meaning the work must demonstrate at operational scale in real energy systems rather than in laboratory conditions, and the explicit reference to frugal AI signals that evaluation will weigh computational and energy efficiency of the AI itself, a growing requirement in European calls that applicants frequently underestimate.
Cluster 5's 2027 calls include complementary climate-modelling topics, notably HORIZON-CL5-2027-01-D1-07 on advancing understanding, modelling and prediction of extreme events in a changing climate at roughly 6,000,000 euros per project, so applicants should position against the right topic.
Prospective applicants should confirm the budget, deadline and topic conditions on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal, since Horizon work programme figures are revised between adoption and call opening.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Collaborative Horizon Europe Innovation Action requiring a consortium of at least 3 independent legal entities from 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries, with an industry-weighted mix able to host operational-scale validation (DSOs/TSOs, market participants, aggregators) alongside AI developers and researchers. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows ~€10,000,000 EU contribution per project (approx. $10.8M USD); ~€20,000,000 total across 2 projects. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D3-24 Large Scale Operational Validation and Upscaling of State-of-the-Art Generative AI Tools and Models Powering a Next Generation Digital Energy System are due March 31, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D3-24 Large Scale Operational Validation and Upscaling of State-of-the-Art Generative AI Tools and Models Powering a Next Generation Digital Energy System is funded by European Commission, Horizon Europe Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility), Destination 3 Sustainable, Secure and Competitive Energy Supply. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This listing is flagged as international in scope. Check the official notice for country-specific restrictions before applying.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
This Horizon Europe Cluster 4 topic funds transnational innovation projects that take AI solutions into low- and middle-income countries, and it is one of the few EU AI instruments explicitly built around Global South deployment rather than European-only consortia. Scope covers accelerating AI adoption by optimising models and systems on local data, improving deployment efficiency in real operational environments with constrained connectivity, power and maintenance capacity, and strengthening local innovation ecosystems in education, healthcare, agriculture and environmental sustainability. Projects are expected to move from Technology Readiness Level 5 to Level 7 over three to four years, meaning the call rewards teams with a working system to field rather than an idea to research. The indicative budget is 1,500,000 euros in total with up to two projects funded, implying an EU contribution of roughly 750,000 euros per project, around 810,000 US dollars at prevailing rates, which is small by Horizon Europe standards and suits a tight consortium rather than a fifteen-partner structure. The call opens 17 November 2026 and closes 18 March 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time. Standard Horizon Europe eligibility applies: at least three independent legal entities from three different Member States or Associated Countries, with associated countries including Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and LMIC participation explicitly welcomed. Confirm the final budget, action type and conditions on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal, since work programme figures are revised before call opening.
This Horizon Europe Cluster 6 topic funds AI-based advisory tools that give farmers and foresters timely, personalised and practical decision support on farm and forest management, with the explicit aim of improving competitiveness and sustainability. It is a single-stage Innovation Action in lump sum format, opening 4 February 2027 and closing 11 May 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time, with a total budget of 11,800,000 euros, an EU contribution of 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 euros per project, and two projects expected. Required deliverables are concrete: practical, field-tested solutions reaching Technology Readiness Level 8 by project completion, curated and interoperable datasets meeting FAIR standards, multimodal data processing spanning text, images, audio and video, and integration with European agriculture data infrastructure. Projects must demonstrate real-world use across diverse European settings rather than in a single region or farming system, which is the requirement that most often determines consortium design. The multi-actor approach is a mandatory element, meaning farmers, foresters and advisory services must be genuine project partners shaping the work rather than recipients of a finished tool. Recommended consortium composition runs to 10 to 14 partners spanning multiple EU regions and including at least one innovative SME with existing AI or agtech products, university partners supplying AI, data science and social science expertise, and agricultural advisory or extension networks. Applicants should verify the final budget, dates and topic conditions on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal, since work programme figures are revised before call opening.
The EuroHPC JU AI and Data-Intensive Applications access call is Europe's standing route to free large-scale GPU time for artificial intelligence work, and it is aimed squarely at industry, SMEs, startups and public sector entities rather than only academic consortia. Supported work covers ethical AI, machine learning and data-intensive applications with explicit emphasis on foundation models and generative AI including large language models. Allocations are measured in node hours on LUMI, Leonardo and MareNostrum5, granted for one year, with resources typically exceeding 50,000 GPU hours depending on the system; no cash is awarded, so the figures recorded here are an estimate of commercial-equivalent value at prevailing GPU-hour rates rather than a published award size. The call operates on a rolling first-arrived-first-served basis against periodic cut-off dates running to the end of 2033, with access typically granted about one month after the cut-off following evaluation on excellence, innovation and impact, and implementation quality. Alongside this call, the newer AI Factories access routes offer faster, smaller entry points: Playground access for AI SMEs and startups approved within two working days, Fast Lane access of up to 50,000 GPU hours for up to three months approved within four working days, and Large Scale access above 50,000 GPU hours on deadline-based cut-offs, all free to qualifying European AI SMEs and startups with commercial pay-per-use options for other industrial users. Submissions go through the EuroHPC peer-review portal; note that Fast Lane access has been temporarily closed at points in 2026, so verify which routes are live.
The California Energy Commission released GFO-26-503 on October 23, 2026, the first Proposition 4 round of the Distributed Electricity Backup Assets program. It offers $2 million to $8 million grants for new zero-emission storage, load flexibility, distributed generation and microgrids that must dispatch during extreme events for at least three seasons. Because SB 105 reserves $12.5 million to $23 million for GRIP water utility projects, the competitive pool is smaller than the headline. What the solicitation requires and how to build a winning application before the November 5 workshop.
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