15 December 2025
- Funding available: amount of EUR 200,000 per FSTP Project
- Support available: a 12 month programme
- Submission of applications starts on: 3rd of December, 2025
- Application deadline: 4th of February, 2026
Eligible applicants:
- Main Technology provider (mandatory)
- An SME (including Startups) and Mid-Caps responsible for development of HRI capabilities;
- A second Technology provider (optional): may be an entity of any type with a technical profile;
- End-user (mandatory) proposing the use-case setting the needs of the HRI application. Conditions:
- If the main Technology provider is an SME, the end-user may be either the same SME or another entity of any type.
- If the main Technology provider is not an SME, or if there is no second technology provider, or if the second Technology provider is not an SME, the end-user has to be an SME
Open Call Package of Documents:
- Main Technology provider (mandatory)
- Guide for Applicants - The Guide for Applicants is step-by-step guide that contains detailed information on our applications process.
- Technical Guidelines - A technical description of all the challenges, along with illustrative examples of the desired outcomes.
- SubGrant Agreement Template - The SubGrant Agreement that will be signed by beneficiaries.
- Privacy Note - Information clause for personal data processing in theARISE 2nd Open Call organized under ARISE Project, Grant Agreement No. 101135784.
ARISE will launch 2 different Open Calls: to select up to 26 projects for HRI-enabled solutions for industrial robotics automation. These projects will be consortium based, with a tech provider for developing solutions, and an end user setting the industrial case, for a robotized process to be improved or updated with Human-Robot Interaction capabilities.
Project description: ARISE aims towards making industrial Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) more accessible and cost-eective, in particular in healthcare, intra-logistics and manufacturing sectors.