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The KDT Partnership follows-up the previous ECSEL JTI in the area of electronic components and systems, bringing together the European Commission, participating States and three private associations: AENEAS, Inside and EPoSS. This is one of nine Horizon Europe institutionalised partnerships, implemented under article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, governed by Regulation 2021/2085 of the EU Council of 19 November. The Partnership is implemented through the KDT Joint Undertaking (KDT JU).
Private members, represented through the three private associations mentioned above contribute to the Partnership, mainly through the definition of the ECS SRIA (electronic components and systems Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda), which constitutes a basis for the definition of the KDT annual work programmes:
ECSEL followed what was in essence a “bottom-up” approach, which had a very positive impact for Europe in several strategic areas, such as power electronics, industrial systems, and electronic components in the biomedical sector, the automotive sector, and others. While KDT continues to follow that bottom-up approach based on the ECS SRIA, the corresponding work programmes will also include “focus topics” to address the urgency of bridging weak links in Europe's innovation value chains.
KDT's calls for proposals should also be seen in conjunction with funding opportunities made available through the Eureka Xecs Cluster, in support to the European ECS community, whose programmatic content is also associated with the ECS SRIA.
The KDT Partnership should align itself in a synergetic way with Horizon Europe “Cluster 4 – Digital”, with the Cluster 4 – Digital do Horizonte Europa, com a EuroHPC Partnership in the area of high-performance computing and also with other European Commission partnerships and initiatives, such as Industrial Alliance for Processors and Semiconductor Technologies.
According to the communication of the European Commission of 8 February 2022 dedicated to the European Chips Act, the KDT Joint Undertaking may be expanded into the “Chips JU”, thus becoming instrumental in the Implementation of measures to strengthen Europe’s leadership in terms of R&I resulting in integrated circuits that are smaller and faster; to reinforce the design, production and packaging capabilities of advanced chips (including pilot lines and design facilities); and to build the necessary technical skills as well as training and retaining talent in the domain of microelectronics. There is an ongoing negotiation at the level of the EU Council on the amendment of the KDT JU Regulation needed to transform it into the Chips JU, in line with the European Chips Act. For further details about the European Chips Act, namely at technical level, it is recommended that you read the respective “staff working document" of the European Commission.
To ensure alignment with the various components of Horizon Europe, including other Horizon Europe Partnerships, as well as with EU programmes and initiatives in the area of digital technologies, the Portuguese delegation is composed of the following elements of FCT and the National Innovation Agency (ANI):
The KDT Partnership calls for proposals are defined in the work programmes approved by the respective “Governing Board”, in which the participating States (including Portugal) and private members (represented by the three associations) have a seat.
The private members of KDT provide the ECS Collaboration Tool to facilitate formation of consortia through partner search and through the participation in brokerage and networking events organised by the private associations.
KDT JU calls:
Information regarding the 2020 calls of the ECSEL Partnership under Horizon 2020 (the Partnership the preceded KDT) is available here.
On 3 May 2022 KDT launched two calls for proposals, having the respective call texts been published in the “Funding and tender opportunities” portal of the EU:
Call Horizon-KDT 2022-1 IA (Innovation Actions) including the following topics:
Call Horizon-KDT 2022-2 RIA (Research Innovation Action) including the following topics:
Call eligibility rules are published in annex 4/Portugal of the 2022 Work Programme (under “Country specific eligibility rules”):
Thenational co-funding rates adopted will be as follows, in accordance to the 2022 work programme:
Type of action | Large companies | SMEs | ENESII |
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Innovation Actions | 30% | 25% | 65% |
Research and Innovation Actions | 25% | 30% | 65% |
Note: Regardless of the information contained on this webpage, you should refer to the 2022 work programme for a detailed description of the programmatic content of the calls for proposals, the types of action supported and the respective maximum public co-funding rates.
Information contained on this webpage does not replace or supersede what is defined in the Regulation of Horizon Europe Institutionalised Partnerships, in the Horizon Europe Regulation and in the call texts (published in the “Funding and tender opportunities” platform).
On 16 December 2021, KDT launched three calls for proposals, having the respective calls texts been published in the “Funding and tender opportunities” platform of the EU:
Call eligibility rules are published in Annex 3 of the 2021 Work Programme (under “Country specific eligibility rules”):
The co-funding rates adopted will be as follows, according to the 2021 Work Programme:
* Focus Topic 1 (IA) Development of open-source RISC-V building blocks, will be co-funded as a RIA.
Note: Regardless of the information contained on this webpage, you should refer to the 2021 Work Programme for a detailed description of the programmatic content of the calls for proposals, the types of action supported and the respective maximum public co-funding rates.
Information contained on this webpage does not replace or supersede what is defined in the Regulation of Horizon Europe Institutionalised Partnerships, in the Horizon Europe Regulation and in the call texts (published in the “Funding and tender opportunities” platform).