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Forthcoming HORIZON-CL4-2027-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 HORIZON

Advanced integrated photonic devices for extended features and ultra-low power consumption (RIA) (Photonics Partnership)

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Expected Outcome:

  • Advanced integrated photonic devices and circuits with enhanced functionality and performance enabling wider application across multiple sectors including digital, automotive, industrial, health and security
  • Reinforced competitiveness of EU photonics actors by demonstrating advancements in representative system configurations and validating real-world applicability
  • Significantly improved performance of electro-optic systems in applications such as communication, computing, sensing, medical diagnostics, data processing, AI supporting the introduction of photonic elements into such systems
  • Low power consumption sensors with increased performance in application domains

Scope:

R&I should enhance the functionality, efficiency, and integration of photonic devices and circuits with a focus extended system performance. Action should address at least two of the following aspects.

  • Enhanced performance through improved spectral purity, wavelength coverage, output power and noise characteristics.
  • Increased modulation or detection speeds going beyond the capability of existing PIC material platforms, improved signal-processing capabilities, and integration of novel materials such as thin-film LiNbO3, BTO, graphene, silicon carbide, phase change materials and TMDCs.
  • Miniaturised, high-complexity photonic circuits (e.g. multilayer photonics, chiplets, multiple integrated functional elements), scalable interconnects and electronics-photonics integration (co-packaged, heterogeneous, or monolithic) to improve performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
  • Reduction of power consumption for example through improved electrical-to-optical conversion, lower optical losses, devices operable at higher temperatures to reduce cooling needs, and low-power circuit actuation and control.

Proposals should consider system-level impact and demonstrate advancements in representative configurations relevant to one or more application domains.

This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on photonics.

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Activities are expected to start at TRL 3 and achieve TRL 6 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

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Call status: Forthcoming
Opening date: 2026-11-17 (1 month from now)
Closing date: 2027-03-18 (5 months from now)
Procedure: single-stage

Budget: 25,000,000
Expected grants: 6
Contribution: 3,000,000 - 5,000,000
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Added 1 day ago by Alrun Hauke
Q: Concerning ultra-low power call in photonics, are there any specific application or topic where the project has to fit? A: The sectors mentioned in the call text are the relevant applications.
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Added 1 day ago by Alrun Hauke
Q: What exactly devices and systems means? Is it new photodiode, modulator, amplifier, laser based on new materials? Could be also a photonic system that combines various modules to build a novel device, with each of components do not be something exotic? A: We are leniant with the interpretation here, both devices and materials are ok, so long as the results are shown in a resulting system configuration.
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Eligibility for this topic is restricted under art. 22.5 and art. 22.6 of the Horizon Europe regulation (see [1]). Specifically, under art. 22.5, participation for projects under this call topic is restricted to legal entities established in EU member states, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Israel, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Under art. 22.6, any entities considered high-risk suppliers of mobile network communication equipment are expressly excluded from participating. This currently concerns companies Huawei and ZTE (see [2]) as well as any entities fully or partially owned / controlled by them. As part of the proposal submission for this topic, consortium members have to fill in the ownership control declaration (see [3]). The coordinator has to collect these forms from all partners and submit them as a single appendix to the proposal. The ownership control declarations are examined by the EC as part of the evaluation process. If it is found that a consortium partner is established in one of the eligible countries listed above, but controlled by an entity established in a non-eligible third country, the partner in question will be asked to provide a guarantee (see [4]) during grant agreement preparation which ensures that the EU's strategic interests are protected. The European Commission (EC) will examine this guarantee and - if approved - will forward it to the government of the eligible country of establishment of the partner for national approval. The partner in question may participate in the project only if both the EC and the respective national authority approve the guarantee. If either or both of these bodies do not approve the guarantee, the partner in question will be removed from the consortium during grant agreement preparation. [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/695/oj/eng [2] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/communication-commission-implementation-5g-cybersecurity-toolbox [3] https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/af/ownership-control-declaration_en.docx [4] https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/gap/ownership-control-guarantee_en.docx

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