● The final proposal can be consulted in this link
Madrid, April 23, 2024.- The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, through the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures, has published the proposal for final resolution of the call for grants of the ‘Cátedras Chip’ program. These, within the framework of the Microelectronics and Semiconductors Strategic Project (PERTE Chip), aim to achieve the digital sovereignty of the European Union and consolidate in Spain this sector to continue generating qualified employment and economic synergies.
Following the assessment of the allegations and the meeting of the Evaluation Committee – of which members of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities are members – it has been agreed to grant grants of EUR 45 million to 17 initiatives involving 80 companies, individually or in consortium, for the establishment of university-business chairs in the area of microelectronics and semiconductors.
The Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures, María González Veracruz, celebrated the launch of this program “since the Government of Spain is focused on reindustrializing our country, and consolidating the microelectronics sector here. We decided to invest in the training of specialists for this sector, since our greatest value lies in talent. These chairs will train 1,000 new professionals in the areas of microelectronics and semiconductors, who will have at their disposal the financing of free training credits to guarantee equal opportunities.”
González Veracruz highlights that “with the launch of the call for Missions and Chairs chips, and the progress to implement in Spain the second worldwide center of IMEC, the leading Institute in research and development of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, we intend to sow talent throughout the territory. It is a key step towards the emergence and further attraction of major projects within the framework of the PERTE Chip, and this has repercussions on the continued creation of numerous quality jobs and a more industrial and robust economy.”
This programme translates definitively into the funding of 17 university-business chairs in both public and private centres, and the mobilisation of a public-private investment of EUR 54.5 million, with the aim of strengthening and promoting training in the field of microelectronics and semiconductors.
The programme, funded by the Next Generation EU funds, will have a minimum duration of four years and will result in 1,000 new highly qualified and highly demanded profiles by the sector.
This resolution represents a new impetus to place Spain as a reference in the field of microelectronics and semiconductors, since it puts the focus on the training of qualified talent, which is key to the growth and strengthening of the sector.
ANNEX
| Project | Enfidad Applicant | Proposed grant |
|---|---|---|
| Microelectronic Design of Wireless Sensors without Battery | UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA | 192,953,98 |
| UPM-INDRA Chair in Microelectronics (CAUPIME) | POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | 4.201.038.72 |
| Chips for Advanced Architectures and Photonic Systems (CAASFO) | POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALUNY | 3.761.789.45 |
| UCLM Chip Chair on Open Architectural Based Microelectronic Systems Design (DMA2) | UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA | 1,119,024,47 |
| MALAGA MICROELECTRONICS | UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA | 5.500.000,00 |
| Chair of Advanced Materials for the Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Industry | UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA | 5,076,634,16 |
| Cátedra Chip Cantabria | UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA | 387.150,00 |
| Cátedra Televés in Microelectronic Design | UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA | 1.580.875.00 |
| UPV-VaSiC International Chair of Microelectronic Design, towards the International Semiconductor Campus | POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA | 3.848.581.25 |
| EPIQ University-Company Chair: Integrated electronic and photonic circuits for quantum technologies | CARLOS III UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | 1.057.300,00 |
| Open Access to New Generation Photonic and Electronic Chip Testing and Characterization Tools - NEXTCHIP | UNIVERSITY OF VIGO | 4.737.227,00 |
| Advanced Technologies of Test, Assembly and Encapsulation of Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits - EPICPack | CARLOS III UNIVERSITY OF MADRID | 3.066.500,00 |
| KATUTXIPI | UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY | 347.500,00 |
| SOC4SENSING - System-onChip design with specialized sensors and associated training | UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY | 1.199.693.00 |
| +QCHIP: Transforming the Semiconductor Industry through the monolithic integration of CMOS Circuits and Innovative Technologies | UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA | 1.218.333.00 |
| Photonic chip Chair of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (PIC-UPV Chair) | POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA | 4.246.339.00 |
| USECHIP: Chair in Microelectronics of the University of Seville | UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE | 4.200.000,00 |
| 45.740.948.03 |