Deadline: September 22, 2026
The European Commission is seeking applications to support the coordination and development of a European software-defined vehicle platform focused on autonomous driving research, innovation, and collaboration.
The action focuses on supporting ECAVA Working Groups in structuring and coordinating an Autonomous Driving focus area, promoting a European research and innovation stack, advancing trusted data pooling and AI model development, facilitating interaction with AD Ambition Cities and Large-Scale Cross-Border Testbeds, supporting the creation of open-source autonomous driving reference stacks and ecosystems, aligning with related European partnerships and funding initiatives, positioning activities alongside automotive software-defined vehicle initiatives, developing lifecycle-oriented validation and trust frameworks, supporting collaboration opportunities among platform participants, coordinating open-source autonomous driving software projects, and organising an annual European conference on autonomous driving research and innovation.
The initiative aims to support governance, collaboration, coordination, development, verification, validation, and homologation tools for autonomous driving technologies while strengthening European cooperation.
The action will build on results from European projects focused on computing platforms, semiconductor components, chiplets, centralized control architectures, and other related developments under the ECAVA and Semiconductors Alliance initiatives.
It will also support the development of frameworks for trusted data sharing, AI-enabled system validation, digital twins, continuous in-operation monitoring, and alignment between functional safety standards and AI-enabled non-deterministic system behaviour.
The available funding ranges from €1,000,000 to €2,000,000, with a total funding amount of €2,000,000.
Eligibility conditions are described in Annex 1 to the multiannual work programme 2023–2027 “HORIZON Europe conditions applicable to the Chips JU” and are subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks as described in Annex 4 to the multiannual work programme 2023–2027.
For more information, visit European Commission.
