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title: "Call for projects: \"Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on artificial intelligence\" — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "Bpifrance is launching a call for projects to select companies and research organisations to take part in the European AI IPCEI."
url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/call-for-projects-important-project-of-common-european-interest-ipcei-6711db/"
lang: "en"
---

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Regulation · 9 September 2026

# Call for projects: "Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on artificial intelligence"

Original title, in French: “Appel à projets : « Projet important d’intérêt européen commun (PIIEC) sur l’intelligence artificielle »”

**Publication**

Bpifrance (France)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

9 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

Bpifrance has published a call for projects to identify companies or research organisations wishing to join the Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on artificial intelligence, as a direct participant or an associated partner. Applicants must develop effective cross-border collaborations with other European players; simple customer-supplier relationships are not eligible. Projects must have a minimum expenditure base of €100 million for direct participants, €10 million for associated partner companies and €4 million for public research organisations. State support may take the form of repayable advances or grants, with a mandatory claw-back mechanism above €50 million in aid. Applications must be submitted on the Bpifrance platform by 9 September 2026.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Bpifrance →](https://www.bpifrance.fr/nos-appels-a-projets-concours/appel-a-projets-projet-important-dinteret-europeen-commun-piiec-sur-lintelligence-artificielle)

## Figures cited

-   100 M€
    
    Minimum expenditure base for a direct participant applicant to the AI IPCEI
    
    Companies applying for direct participant status, France
    
    > « 100M€ pour les candidats au statut de participant direct au PIIEC-IA ; »
    
-   10 M€
    
    Minimum expenditure base for a company applying for associated partner status
    
    Companies applying for associated partner status, France
    
    > « 10M€ pour les entreprises candidates au statut de partenaire associé. »
    
-   4 M€
    
    Minimum expenditure base for a public research organisation applying for associated partner status
    
    Public research organisations applying for associated partner status, France
    
    > « 4M€ pour les organismes de recherche publique candidats au statut de partenaire associé. »
    
-   50 M€
    
    Aid threshold above which a claw-back mechanism is mandatory
    
    AI IPCEI projects, France
    
    > « Les projets dont le montant d’aides serait supérieur ou égal à 50 M€ d’aides feront nécessairement l’objet d’un mécanisme de récupération de l’aide (dit mécanisme de « claw back » ). »
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Bpifrance (cited)

**Keywords**

public funding, ipcei, ai funding, france 2030, european collaboration, artificial intelligence

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Bpifrance. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.