In 2025, the E.U commission announced a 200 Billion budget to fund research and businesses in AI. Mis Von Der Leyen officially announced herself (just that!) at the February (AI) Action Summit in Paris.
The budget is intended to fund research and businesses via already existing E.U funding programmes, below.
Horizon focuses on tackling climate change, supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Can read more on the scope and targets here.
I've built this markdown based project with the few objectives, below.
For now it's simple. You will find:
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This is just some up in the idea thought on how long all of this will take
Date | What | Notes | Status |
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2025-05-21 | this site | Pick a tool to document and deploy it | ✅ |
2025-05-22 | 1st proposal draft | One of us publishes a proposal (just draft OK) | ✅ |
2025-06-30 | Complete first batch of drafts | Enough drafts have been published to pick from | ⏰ |
2025-07-01 | Review & refine drafts | Discuss and refine the drafts, identify strengths & weaknesses | ⏰ |
2025-07-15 | Select a proposal | Choose the most promising proposal to move forward with | ⏰ |
2025-08-01 | Develop a business plan | Create a detailed business plan, including market analysis, financial projections, and team structure | ⏰ |
2025-09-01 | Prepare EU funding application | Gather required documents, write grant proposal, and prepare budget | ⏰ |
2025-09-15 | Submit EU funding application | Submit the application to the EU funding agency | ⏰ |
2025-12-15 | EU funding decision | Expected Receive notification of some decision | ⏰ |
2025-12-16 | Project kick-off | Start working on the AI business, if funded | ⏰ |
2025-12-17 | Or 2nd Batch of drafts | Rinse and Repeat (after xmas) | ⏰ |