EU Chips Act national semiconductor competence centres
Chips Act National Competence Centres
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Each Member State hosts a competence centre offering startups and SMEs design tool access, expertise, training and support in reaching the pilot lines. Services are subsidised; some centres also run small voucher schemes.
Chips Joint Undertaking and national governments
ppp · supranational
Deadline: Open all year — Competence centres operate continuously; individual voucher schemes have their own deadlines.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, manufacturing, ai
- Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
- Locally registered entity required
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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