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Automated Scientific Discovery is the most ambitious strand of RAISE, the European Commission's Resource for AI Science in Europe pilot - a roughly EUR 100 million coordinated package that press coverage has framed as an attempt to build a CERN for AI.
The scientific target here is AI systems that do not merely assist researchers but close the loop: generating hypotheses, designing experiments, interpreting results and iterating with limited human intervention.
That places the topic at the intersection of large language model reasoning, autonomous laboratories, and the domain-specific modelling needed to make machine-generated hypotheses worth testing, and successful consortia will almost certainly need to combine AI methods groups with experimental facilities rather than proposing either alone.
The indicative budget is EUR 30 million across an expected three projects, which implies unusually large individual grants of roughly EUR 10 million and correspondingly large, multi-disciplinary consortia. The deadline is 2 February 2027.
A companion topic, HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02, applies the same automated-discovery agenda to food research with a EUR 3 million budget and a single expected project, and shares the same deadline - teams whose application domain is food systems should target that narrower topic rather than competing in the general call.
The broader RAISE portfolio also includes thematic networks of excellence and MSCA-model doctoral networks for AI in science, so groups whose strength is training rather than discovery infrastructure have alternative routes within the same initiative.
Because these 2026-2027 calls are explicitly pilots for the Commission's forthcoming AI in Science strategy, proposals that articulate how their outputs would feed a permanent European AI-for-science resource are likely to read well against the impact criteria.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe collaborative eligibility applies: consortia must comprise at least three independent legal entities from three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, with at least one established in a Member State. Eligible participants include universities, research organisations, companies of all sizes, public bodies and non-profits. Given the scale of the expected awards - roughly EUR 10 million across three projects - consortia are expected to be large and interdisciplinary, combining AI methods research with domain science and experimental infrastructure. Entities from non-associated third countries may generally participate as Associated Partners bearing their own costs rather than drawing EU funding. The deadline is 2 February 2027, with submission through the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. Applicants working on food systems should consider the companion topic HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-02 instead. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the topic carries an indicative budget of EUR 30,000,000 and is expected to fund three projects, implying an EU contribution of approximately EUR 10,000,000 (roughly USD 11,700,000) per project. The Commission publishes the topic budget and the expected number of grants rather than a per-project range, so the per-project figure is derived; applicants should confirm the indicative EU contribution against the official topic conditions on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal before budgeting. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01 Automated Scientific Discovery (RAISE Pilot) for AI-Driven Autonomous Research Systems are due February 2, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01 Automated Scientific Discovery (RAISE Pilot) for AI-Driven Autonomous Research Systems is funded by European Commission (Horizon Europe Horizontal Activities, RAISE - Resource for AI Science in Europe pilot). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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