Europractice 2.0, a key enabler of NanoIC, secures EU funding until September 2028

Europractice 2.0, a consortium of five partners, coordinated by imec, has secured renewed funding from the EU Chips Joint Undertaking, ensuring the continuity and expansion of Europractice services until September 2028.

The program supports more than 600 European universities, research institutes, and academic spin‑offs annually by providing affordable access to chip design tools, fabrication technologies, training, and technical support.

In this new phase, Europractice 2.0 will extend its well-established technology offering, giving users access to more than 90 fabrication technologies, advanced packaging, and heterogeneous integration options.

It also introduces strengthened design‑IP exchange mechanisms and a broadened education effort, including training over 650 engineers and students annually through expanded train‑the‑trainer initiatives and simplified flows for ClassIC student chips.

For NanoIC, this prolonged funding ensures broad dissemination of its advanced pathfinding and system exploration PDKs, stronger training impact, and deeper integration into Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Find out more about Europractice 2.0 on the imec website