Chips JU Quantum Chip Technology - Specific grant agreement for established Framework Partnership Agreement - Norwegian participation co-financed by the Research Council
Norwegian partners who are part of an FPA on a quantum technology pilot line can apply for an SGA with the consortium
Chips JU has published the call under "Chips for Europe".
The call is open only to consortia that already signed an FPA.
Norway contributes with national co-financing up to 2 million Euro.
Parts of the national funding may be used to finance research infrastructure. In that case, the RCN requirements for "research infrastructures of national importance" must be followed. The infrastructure must be made available to relevant research groups and industries.
Conditions for funding
For the part of the aid that goes to undertakings (actors offering goods or services in a market, i.e. engaged in economic activity), this call constitutes an aid scheme that must be notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA).
We then award the aid in accordance with Article 26 of the so-called Block Exemption Regulation (Commission Regulation 651/2014 of 17 June 2014). In addition, the general conditions in Chapter I of the Regulation must be met. The rules can be found here (in Norwegian).
The scheme is practised in compliance with the EEA Agreement's state aid rules. In this context, terms and concepts must be interpreted in line with the corresponding terms and concepts in the support rules. In the event of any conflict between the announcement and the state aid rules, the latter shall take precedence. For the same reason, the call for proposals may also be adjusted.
State ad may not be granted to undertakings that have not complied with the requirements for repayment following a previous decision by the ESA/EU Commission declaring the aid illegal and incompatible with the internal market. Nor may aid be granted to undertakings in difficulty within the meaning of EEA law.
Further information on Article 26 of the GBER, as well as on the economic and non-economic activities of research organisations and research infrastructures, can be found on the Research Council's website on the state aid rules.
Lenke: https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/CallDetails/?id=bbcf7f46-735d-f011-bec2-000d3ab2b856