Horizon 2020: ECSEL Calls 2020

The ECSEL Joint Undertaking - the Public-Private Partnership for Electronic Components and Systems – funds Research, Development and Innovation projects for world-class expertise in these key enabling technologies, essential for Europe's competitive leadership in the era of the digital economy. Con decreto del 7 agosto 2020 il MISE ha definito le modalità e i termini per la presentazione delle domande di agevolazioni in favore dei progetti di ricerca industriale e sviluppo sperimentale delle imprese italiane selezionati nei bandi emanati dalle istituzioni dell’Unione europea. The first two calls (ECSEL-IA and ECSEL-RIA) aim at the reinforcement of the industrial competitiveness, by supporting the growth of existing partnerships and/or fostering new partnerships on technologies that already are at a higher TRL level. RIA and IA essentially differ by the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) they focus on and therefore by the reimbursement rates. Projects selected should demonstrate high impact, European wide collaboration between industry with a mixed participation of large enterprises, SMEs and academia. Expected outputs are pilot lines, large scale demonstrators, open platforms, innovative product developments. The fourth Call for Proposals (ECSEL-CSA) is a support action for the ECSEL Digital Reference – the semantic web for semiconductor and supply chains containing semiconductors....