Open Calls

Funding opportunities for contributing to test, validate and scale AI in robotics across Europe

GRAIL will launch three Open Calls to involve companies, research organisations and innovation actors in the development, validation and adoption of its foundation model for robotics.

Through more than €10 million in financial support to third parties, the project will fund over 40 complementary projects focused on data generation, industrial validation and the adoption of GRAIL technologies in new sectors and application scenarios.

Selected projects will also be connected to GRAIL’s Testing Hubs: four European validation environments where companies and innovators will be able to test robotics and AI solutions, access technical support and validate their developments in realistic industrial conditions.

Why apply?

Access to GRAIL technologies

Build on datasets, models and protocols developed within GRAIL, and explore how they can be applied to new robotics and AI challenges.

GRAIL project

Financial support

Access to funding for third-party projects focused on data generation, validation and industrial adoption.

Industrial validation

Test your solution with clear KPIs and real-world requirements, helping bridge the gap between research, pilots and industrial adoption.

Expert support

Receive support from GRAIL partners and access European Testing Hubs to validate robotics and AI solutions.

Roadmap

Open Call 1

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Data expansion and democratisation

  • 10 projects
  • €1M
  • Opens in November 2026
This first call will support projects that help collect and generate new robotics data. It will focus on practical and accessible ways to gather multimodal data, including crowd-sourced data, low-cost capture tools and new data collection methods.

Open Call 2

Industry-driven validation

  • 20 projects
  • €4M
  • Opens in December 2027
Ascent improves the reliability of the model and prepares it for industrial testing. This phase will develop a more advanced version of the system, add safety mechanisms, protect sensitive data and test the technology in controlled industrial environments.

Open Call 3

Scaling adoption

  • 10 projects
  • €5M
  • Opens in May 2029

Summit brings the GRAIL model closer to real industrial use. This phase will focus on explainability, human supervision, large-scale industrial validation and pathways for future adoption by companies.

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