The Third FFplus Open Call for Business Experiments Webinars

FFplus has announced its third call for proposals, encouraging SMEs to adopt HPC to address specific business challenges. A series of webinars will provide all the information about the third FFplus Open Call for Business Experiments.

The resulting sub-projects will carry out business experiments to demonstrate to the wider European SME ecosystem that adopting HPC can solve business challenges and deliver positive business impact, including increased innovation potential and competitiveness. They will do so by using and deploying HPC-based computational methods such as modeling and simulation, data analytics, and AI.

The upcoming third open call for Business Experiments is aimed at small consortia centered on SMEs and startups from Europe and Horizon Europe-eligible countries. It focuses on business challenges that can be addressed using HPC, HPDA, AI, or other advanced computing resources. The call is open to SMEs that have not previously used these resources in their business activities, except for feasibility testing and assessing computing resource requirements. Research organizations may join the consortium to support SMEs.

FFplus will host a series of webinars for interested parties on 9 November and 12 November 2026.

The FFPlus project organizes a series of open calls to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), strengthening the global competitiveness of European industry. It helps overcome barriers to adopting advanced computing technologies by supporting SMEs in using HPC, high-performance data analytics (HPDA), and AI to optimize or develop products and processes.

During the FFPlus project (2024–2028), six open calls will provide SMEs and startups with funding for Business Experiments and Innovation Studies. Business Experiments help SMEs use HPC to tackle specific business challenges, especially if they have no prior experience with HPC services. Innovation Studies, by contrast, support European SMEs and startups already working with generative AI but lacking the computational resources to scale up their operations.