Horizon Europe

Data sharing to support the training and development of AI foundation models in the energy sector

Deadline: 1 December 202629 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 10 m EURabout 3 grants · 30 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 70% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; podmioty non-profit do 100%

What it funds

Funds international consortia with existing dataset access developing energy foundation models, secure data-sharing methods, laboratory demonstrators and real-life pilots.

Energy foundation models · Secure data sharing · Privacy-preserving AI · Grid forecasting · Energy system digitalisation

Who can apply

Podmioty prawne, w tym firmy i jednostki badawcze, w konsorcjum co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym co najmniej jednego z UE.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Wykazanie dostępu do dużych, odpowiednich zbiorów danych już przy składaniu wniosku.
Oczekiwane osiągnięcie TRL 7–8 na koniec projektu; początkowy TRL dowolny.
Testowanie i walidacja modeli w demonstratorach laboratoryjnych i rzeczywistych pilotażach.
Oczekiwany udział właścicieli danych, twórców aplikacji i podmiotów wdrażających modele.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: ec.europa.eu

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Who won before

Projects from the same area of the programme, from earlier calls.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology · 3 projects since 2022

I-UPS: Innovative High Temperature Heat Pump for Flexible Industrial SystemsFaculty of Mechanical Engineering · 422,646 EUR · whole project 2,446,979 EUR · 2024
D-HYDROFLEX: Digital solutions for improving the sustainability performance and FLEXibility potential of HYDROpower assetsPrzemysław Szulc · Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering · 327,580 EUR · whole project 4,038,519 EUR · 2023
HERMES: Highly Efficient Super Critical ZERO eMission Energy SystemHalina Pawlak-Kruczek · Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering · 415,000 EUR · whole project 2,594,660 EUR · 2022

With Polish institutions taking part · 53 projects

Each project names its coordinator, which can be an institution outside Poland.

UNCOVER: UNlocking the industrial COVERsion of CO2 into renewable, long-lasting and hybrid productsInstituto Tecnologico de Aragon · 6,997,838 EUR · 2026
IMPACT-EUCO2: IMPURITY IMPACTS ON CO2 TRANSPORT: CLOSING KNOWLEDGE GAPS FOR A ROBUST EUROPEAN CO2 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREInstitutt for Energiteknikk Sti · 5,006,061 EUR · 2026
CO2SITE: INVESTABLE STORAGE ATLAS – SUPPORTING INVESTMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CO2 STORAGE CAPACITY IN THE EUNederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno · 4,996,939 EUR · 2026
HydroPulse: Hydropower for Participatory Upscaling of Local Solutions and Ecosystem-based strategiesEthnicon Metsovion Polytechnion · 3,999,619 EUR · 2026
PERSEUS: Printed Perovskite Solar Cells for Large Area User ApplicationsTeknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy · 5,631,248 EUR · 2025

Sources: RAD-on (OPI-PIB), CORDIS, Baza of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. For the university's projects we give its part of the sum and the award year.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 17 November 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 20 November 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
1 December 2026The last moment to file the application with the funder.Check the hour on the call's page.

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl