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AIoD Funding Programme: Build the Future of European AI

Access funding, infrastructure, and expert mentoring to integrate your AI solutions into Europe's leading open AI platform and deploy them within the public sector.

AIoD Open Call 2 – Public Sector

AIoD is looking for AI innovators to accelerate the adoption of trustworthy, ethical, and transparent AI. If you have a mature AI product, this is your opportunity to integrate it into the AI-on-Demand Platform, validate your business model, and deploy your solution with real Public Sector AI Adopters.

Selected applicants enter a competitive, 2-stage funnel programme, where AI Providers can receive up to €60,000 in total funding and AI Adopters can receive up to €15,000.

Full details will be made available in the Guide for Applicants soon.

Key Dates 

  • Applications Open: Mid-October 2026 
  • Submission Deadline: 30 November 2026 at 17:00 CET
  • Winners Announcement: Up to 5 February 2027 
  • Programme Implementation: 1 March 2027 – 30 September 2027 (7 months)

Featured Challenges

Seven High-Impact Challenges

  1. AI-Driven Forecasting for Grid Flexibility: Develop privacy-preserving federated learning for energy demand management

  2. Predictive Maintenance for Energy Infrastructure: Create hybrid AI models for robust infrastructure monitoring

  3. Smart Healthcare Insights Generation: Build solutions to extract valuable insights from healthcare publications

  4. Kubernetes-Enabled Real-World AI Solutions: Deploy scalable applications addressing climate, health, or logistics challenges

  5. AI-Builder Pipeline with NER+KG: Create verifiable AI outputs through named entity recognition and knowledge graphs

  6. Logical Reasoning and Memory Pipeline: Develop predicate logic frameworks for explainable AI reasoning

  7. AI-Builder Database Refactoring: Enhance platform capabilities through database optimisation

What We Offer

Financial Support: Up to €150,000 in equity-free funding

Technical Resources: Access to AI high-performance computing, specialised tools, and the AIoDP platform

Expert Mentorship: Guidance from industry leaders and technical specialists

Market Visibility: Showcase your solution to potential customers and investors across Europe

Funding, mentorship, and Europe's best AI network.

Expert guidance. Strategic funding. European reach.

What We Offer

  • Financial Support: Up to €60,000 for AI Providers (disbursed in lump sums across 2 stages) and up to €15,000 for AI Adopters.
  • Technical Resources: Full integration of your AI product in the AIoD Platform, Marketplace, and Business Navigator.
  • Expert Mentorship: Structured mentoring throughout every stage to monitor progress, bridge capability gaps, and sharpen your strategy.
  • Market Visibility: Pitch your solution and showcase results at mandatory industry events across Europe.

Who Can Apply?

  • Eligible entities: AI Providers who are single legal entities: startups, SMEs, or research organisations (RTOs or academia). Note: Stage 2 requires forming a consortium with a Public Sector AI Adopter.
  • Geography: Officially registered in an EU Member State or DIGITAL Europe associated country.
  • Technical readiness: AI Products at TRL 7 or above.
  • Technical aspects: Delivered in a containerised format (e.g., Docker) for smooth integration, portability, and generalisability.

Building AI solutions? Building in Europe? Apply now.

Build what Europe needs next.

The 2-stage funnel approach

Integration (Mar – May 2027)

€35,000

Up to 16 AI Products selected

Fully integrate your solution with the AIoD Platform Components, Marketplace, and Business Navigator, implement your business plan, act as a platform beta-tester, and submit a sub-project with a Public Sector AI Adopter.

Deployment (Jul – Sep 2027)

€25,000 AI Provider & €15,000 AI Adopter (€40,000 per consortium)

8 consortia selected

Deploy your AI product in a real-world public sector use case, measure impact, and showcase results at the final Demo Day.

Soon you’ll be able to submit your proposal exclusively via our F6S platform page.

Important:
Prior to submission, applicants must create their AIoD Platform accounts and list their company profiles under Business Navigator.

Guide for Applicants
Technical & Business Proposal
Sub-Grant Agreement & Annexes

Join our Open Call #2 webinars!

Strengthen your Technical and Business Proposal by joining our upcoming webinars. Learn exactly how to refine your pitch and seamlessly integrate your solution into Europe’s leading AI ecosystem. Don’t miss out: join live or catch the replay! Details about these webinars will be made available soon.

 

  • Webinar 1: AIoD & Open Call 2 Overview | [Date TBD]
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  • Webinar 2: AIoD Technical Components & Business Concept | [Date TBD]
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  • Webinar 3: Live Q&A / Office Hours | [Date TBD] 
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Frequently Asked Questions

DEPLOYAI #OC2

The Open Call funds companies with innovative AI solutions (TRL 7+) to integrate into the AIoD Platform, Marketplace, and Business Navigator, serve as beta-testers, and deploy their solutions within Public Sector AI Adopters to drive trustworthy AI adoption.

Stage 1 selects 16 AI Providers for platform integration, business model refinement, and beta-testing. Stage 2 selects 8 consortia (AI Provider + Public Sector AI Adopter) to deploy the solution in a real-world setting, culminating in a final Demo Day.

AI Providers can receive up to €60,000 in total (€35,000 in Stage 1 and €25,000 in Stage 2). Public Sector AI Adopters joining at Stage 2 can receive up to €15,000.

Products must be at TRL 7 or above and delivered in a containerised format (e.g., Docker or equivalent) to ensure portability, scalability, interoperability, and smooth platform integration.

Yes, AI Providers must identify and partner with a Public Sector AI Adopter and must showcase this in the application phase. A verification process will take place if they proceed to submit a joint sub-project for Stage 2 selection.

There are two mandatory in-person events:

  • Event 1 (May 2027): AI Talks + Pitching session to present Stage 1 integration outcomes and pitch sub-projects for Stage 2.
  • Event 2 (Late 2027 / Early 2028): Demo Day to showcase final implemented public sector use cases.

Representatives from both the AI Provider and AI Adopter are expected at Event 2.

Application Process Questions

Register on F6S and submit your application via the official F6S page. No other submission methods are accepted.

Yes, applicants must be registered on the AIoD Platform and Business Navigator prior to submission.

All templates and application materials will be hosted on the AIoD Open Call Landing Page.

Use the online discussion board that will be soon made available, email aiod.opencalls@f6s.com for call details, or contact support@f6s.com for F6S technical issues.

Intellectual Property and Data Protection

You do. Applicants retain sole ownership of their respective IPR and solution results.

F6S Network Ireland Limited acts as the Data Controller under GDPR compliance. Data is stored securely on F6S, F6S Google Drive, and Microsoft Azure (Fraunhofer).

Yes. Evaluators sign strict confidentiality agreements, and selected applicants maintain data confidentiality during implementation and for 5 years post-completion.

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