Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics

This topic is registered in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under identifier HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC-01, as part of the Horizon Europe (HORIZON) programme, within call HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC — "EIC Advanced Innovation Challenge".

The snapshot records: published on 2025-11-18; planned opening date 2025-12-03; deadline 2026-02-26; status recorded in the snapshot as Closed (snapshot dated 2026-05-28).

Registered action/grant types from the portal data: topicActions: HORIZON-EIC (HORIZON EIC Grants). topicMGAs: HORIZON-AG-LS (HORIZON Lump Sum Grant).

The authoritative call document is the PDF published on the topic's portal page at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC-01. Funding amounts, eligibility, evaluation criteria, and other binding details are stated there; this stub records only the portal metadata fields. A pass-2 agent will transcribe the call document specifics verbatim.