AIRISE Open Call 5 for Pilot Applications on AI-in-Manufacturing
Funding opportunity for European SMEs and midcaps to scale up AI applications in manufacturing to enhance sustainability and resilience.
AIRISE will fund industrial AI Pilot Applications aimed at scaling up AI solutions in manufacturing environments. Applicants must demonstrate prior AI experience and propose a well-defined business case.
Specific topics or challenges
The AI application must address at least one of the following:
- Sustainability: Reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint, and waste.
- Resilience: Improve agility and security of manufacturing processes.
- Workplace attractiveness: Enhance human-machine interaction for better working conditions.
Elegibility criteria
- Applicants must be legal entities, SMEs or Midcaps, with a PIC number, based in the EU or associated countries. Open to individual SMEs and midcaps.
- The AI solution must be implemented in a European manufacturing environment.
- Subcontracting should be minimal (≤15% of total costs).
Funding
Funding rate: 70% of eligible costs (direct costs + 25% overhead).
Maximum funding €40,000 per applicant.
Payments:
– 30% upon approval of the Initialisation Report.
– 40% after approval of the Implementation Report.
– 30% upon approval of the Validation Report.
Project duration
Expected duration of 8 to 14 months, structured in three phases: Initialisation, Implementation, and Validation.
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