Deadline: January 28, 2026
The CDTI Innovation Center has announced the launch of the third joint KSSP call for proposals between Spain and Korea, focusing on international technological cooperation in artificial intelligence and semiconductors.
The focus of the call is international technological cooperation in two strategic technological areas: artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The CDTI and KIAT undertake to promote, support, and finance joint technological projects between Spanish and Korean business entities. The 2025-2026 call for proposals within the KSSP Program will offer grant support for large-scale, high-impact joint projects in technologies that fall within one of this year’s chosen themes: artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The KSSP Program seeks to make a qualitative leap in international technological cooperation projects by increasing R&D intensity and budgetary volume. Approved projects will receive a “seal of quality,” which recognizes the technological level of the proposal and grants access to public funding.
Projects are expected to start on August 1, 2026. Only Spanish business entities that secure the seal of quality will be eligible for financing under this program, with funding provided through a direct allocation call managed by CDTI.
For the Spanish part of the consortium, the overall target budget will be between €2.5 and €6 million, and the SME must contribute a minimum budget of 10% of the total budget of the Spanish part. The budget must be consistent with the developments to be carried out and the technical and financial capacity of the participants.
Projects must result in an innovative product, process, or service, with consortia composed of at least two Spanish companies (one large or medium-sized as the leader and one SME) and one Korean company. The project budget must ensure that no single member or country exceeds 60% of the total, and the SME must contribute at least 10% of the Spanish part of the budget. Project duration may range from 12 to 36 months, and all proposals must be for civilian use in the specified technological fields of artificial intelligence and semiconductors.
Participants are required to sign a consortium agreement outlining rights, obligations, intellectual property, exploitation, and commercialization of the results.
For more information, visit CDTI.
