HORIZON-JU-CHIPS-2025-CSA-JPN

Expected Outcome:

• Coordinate ongoing Japanese and EU R&I activities on life cycle assessment (LCA) of semiconductor manufacturing processes and facilitate exchange of researchers to improve coherence.
• Support joint R&I activities between the EU and Japan
• Contribute to preparing potential future joint EU-Japan R&I collaboration topics in the field of semiconductors.
• Explore opportunities to finance talent exchanges between R&D or production sites in both regions.
• Foster increased cooperation with appropriate research institutions in Japan on the development, deployment and commercialisation of digital technologies, for example through specific collaboration in the field of R&I.
• Support joint activities of companies in the semiconductor value chain to improve security of supply for chips.

Scope:

The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Organize and support networks, conferences, workshops and other actions that: o support semiconductor joint EU-Japan R&I activities, in particular to generate R&I priorities for potential future collaboration. o Connect EU and Japanese companies in the semiconductor value chain to exchange information and propose measures to improve chip supply chain stability.

• Support exchange of researchers and closer coordination of running R&I activities in both regions which address equal or similar objectivities, for instance on the development of a reference database for Life Cycle Assessment or Green House Gas emission in semiconductor manufacturing processes.

• Increased networking and collaboration of stakeholders from the EU and Japan with a view to addressing current needs, considering future requirements and stimulating long-term cooperation.

• The action should ensure that relevant stakeholders from both the EU and Japan are engaged during the process through regional and international workshops and a set of communication and dissemination actions.