AI for Manufacturing Challenge for Revisiting industrial design with AI

The focus areas, of the opportunity include assisting designers in producing technical documents and user manuals, supporting the design of recurring elements, enabling automatic detection and assistance in processing non-conformities, translating technical specifications into design constraints, and generating design proposals based on historical designs. The challenge is structured around five defined use cases that guide participating applicants in creating practical and scalable solutions for industrial design. These use cases address key bottlenecks in engineering workflows, ranging from documentation and standardisation to intelligent design assistance and reuse of historical design knowledge.

Financial support is provided through a maximum grant of EUR 500,000 including tax, to be shared among partners within a consortium. Funding covers up to 60% of project-related expenses for micro-enterprises and small enterprises, 50% of post-challenge project-related expenses for medium-sized enterprises, and 40% of post-challenge project-related expenses for mid-cap companies. Laboratories associated with a company may receive up to 100% funding, capped at EUR 120,000, subject to compliance with applicable European state aid regulations.

Eligible applicants include micro-enterprises and small businesses with fewer than 50 employees and limited turnover or balance sheets, medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 250 employees, and mid-cap companies employing between 250 and 4,999 staff, provided they are not affiliated with a larger group. Consortia may also apply, comprising public laboratories and one or more private companies, or multiple eligible enterprises from the European Union or Switzerland, with projects established within six months in the Paris Region. One application per consortium is permitted.

For more information, visit EIT Manufacturing.