Apply AI: Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors (RIA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics)
The Apply AI Strategy [1] proposes a comprehensive set of measures to notably harness the transformative potential of AI. It lays down targeted measures to boost AI use in key strategic sectors of the EU economy including healthcare, mobility and manufacturing for example. With challenges designed to spark breakthroughs in such strategic sectors, the current topic will directly support key activities of the Apply AI…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €14MEU contribution per project
- €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 230projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundingbox Communities Sl Madrid | Spain | Other · SME | 6 | 0 | AMALTEA, COROB, TALOS |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 5 | 2 | AMALTEA, JARVIS, ROB4GREEN |
| Pal Robotics Slu Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 6 | 0 | ASTIR, OPERA, AGIMUS |
| Asociacion De Investigacion Metalurgica Del Noroeste Porrino | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 1 | RETINA, euroFMX, GRAIL |
| Universidad De Sevilla Sevilla | Spain | University | 4 | 1 | COSMIC, AEROSUB, euROBIN |
| Fundacio Eurecat Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona) | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 1 | Smart Droplets, IntelliMan, GRAIL |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 1 | FEROX, CLARUS, PHOTONGATE |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | HIVEMIND, IntelliMan, Phorwards21 |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 12partners (median)
- 7countries (median)
- 30%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- AMALTEA – Advancing Green Deal Principles in sMart FacAde TechnoLogies for the construcTion sEctor based on AI, Data & Robotics (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04)
- SoliDAIR – Solid, rapid and efficient adoption of Data, AI & Robotics applications in production (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-05)
- AID4SME – enabling SMEs to develop AI and DATA solutions through support of a Community of Practice and low-TRL and high-TRL playgrounds (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04)
- SOPRANO – Socially-Acceptable and Trustworthy Human-Robot Teaming for Agile Industries (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-07)
- EARASHI – Embodied AI/Robotics Applications for a Safe, Human-oriented Industry (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-10)
- ALCHIMIA – Data and decentralized Artificial intelligence for a competitive and green European metallurgy industry (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-09)
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- 10 Nov 2026 · European Research and Innovation Days 2026 (Brussels and online)
- 1 Dec 2026 · Interdisciplinary Pathways towards Green and Resilient Societies (Online)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.