Advanced integrated photonic devices for extended features and ultra-low power consumption (RIA) (Photonics Partnership)
Advanced integrated photonic devices and circuits with enhanced functionality and performance enabling wider application across multiple sectors including digital, automotive, industrial, health and security Reinforced competitiveness of EU photonics actors by demonstrating advancements in representative system configurations and validating real-world applicability Significantly improved performance of electro-optic…
Funding and competition
- 6grants expected (official)
- €3M–€5MEU contribution per project
- €4.8Mmedian 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid Getafe (Madrid) | Spain | University | 4 | 0 | POLYNICES, SPRINTER, ALLEGRO |
| Vlc Photonics Sl Valencia | Spain | Company | 4 | 0 | PHORMIC, QU-PIC, M3NIR |
| Graphenea Semiconductor Sl Donostia | Spain | Company · SME | 4 | 0 | Next-2Digits, 2D-PL, 2DFIRE |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 1 | PHOENIX, 2DFIRE, CLARUS |
| Leapwave Technologies S.L. Leganes | Spain | Company · SME | 3 | 0 | POLYNICES, SPRINTER, LUMINA |
| Fundacio Institut De Ciencies Fotoniques Castelldefels | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 1 | 2DNEURALVISION, QUANTIFY |
| Ipronics Programmable Photonics,Sl Valencia | Spain | Company · SME | 2 | 1 | PROMETHEUS, ALLEGRO |
| Medtronic Iberica Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 2 | 1 | SusFE, PALPABLE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 10partners (median)
- 6countries (median)
- 28%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.
- POLYNICES – POLYmer based electro-optic PCB motherboard integration with Si3N4 Chiplets, InP Components and Electronic ICs enabling affordable photonic modules for THz Sensing and quantum computing applications (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07)
- PHORMIC – Wafer-scale platform for Photonic Programmable Multipurpose Integrated Circuits (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07)
- 2DNEURALVISION – 2D materials enabled Wide spectrum image sensors and optical NEURAL network based low power consumption computer VISION (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17)
- Med-IPUT – Medical Integrated Photonic Ultrasound Transducer (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03)
- ADOPTION – Advance co-packaged optics enabling high-efficiency cloud computing (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06)
- DYNAMOS – Dynamic and reconfigurable data centre networks with modular optical subsystems (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06)
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