Summary
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRSK20250110039
- Term of Validity
- 10 January 2025 - 10 January 2026
- Company's Country
- Slovakia
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Poland
- Germany
- Austria
- Spain
- Italy
- Sweden
- Finland
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Portugal
- Slovenia
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General information
- Short Summary
- Slovak university is searching for established strategic partner that has developed an outstanding reputation in research and innovation excellence in the HPC and AI domain for joint project proposal within Horizon Europe - Widera - Teaming for Excellence call for proposal
- Full Description
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The objective of the project is to establish a state-of-the-art research and innovation institute for leveraging High-Performance Computing (HPC) to advance AI research, applications, and industrial ecosystems in Slovakia. The project will support effective use of existing infrastructure, introduce energy-efficient systems, and foster international collaboration to strengthen Slovakia’s position in the global AI-HPC ecosystem. This project should bring Slovakia on HPC map in Europe and worldwide.
Project Goals
1. Upgrade Slovakia’s HPC infrastructure for AI applications with cutting-edge GPU clusters and energy-efficient technologies.
2. Transfer best practices from international partners to optimize HPC systems for AI research and industrial applications.
3. Foster innovation across sectors (engineering, bioinformatics, medicine, materials science) by providing accessible HPC resources.
4. Support Slovak researchers in large-scale neural model development and high-impact publications.
5. Train the next generation of AI and HPC specialists while enabling user-friendly interfaces for AI developers, researchers, and startups. - Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The partner will share its experience and best practice, be a role model for Slovak University in building the centre of excellence, train the staff, involve in networking, etc.
- Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Horizon Europe
- Call title and identifier
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HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage
- Anticipated project budget
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EUR 15 mil
- Coordinator required
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No
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Web link to the call
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportuni…
- Project title and acronym
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Slovak HPC Institute for AI (HPC4AI)
- Horizon Europe
Dissemination
- Market keywords
- 02001002 - Scientific computers
- 02006005 - Big data management
- 02006008 - Data storage
- 02006004 - Data processing, analysis and input services
- 02007005 - Communications/networking
- Targeted countries
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Poland
- Germany
- Austria
- Spain
- Italy
- Sweden
- Finland
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Portugal
- Slovenia