Expected grant per consortium.
Not a fixed maximum or total budget.
From shared standards to shared projects
What could we
build together?
Research projects with the
AutomationML community.
David Hoffmann · Discussion starter
01
BMFTR · Industrial AI
PRISMA: the successor to DIAMOND
Domain-specific AI on shared engineering knowledge.
€10–20m expected grantSketch · 01 Nov 2026
02
BMDS · Digital-Tech-to-Product
FORGE: AI for factory planning
BIM-based modelling. Associated partners wanted.
Up to €5m grantSketch · 11 Oct 2026
03
ITEA · International collaboration
AutomationML goes European
Bring the community into an international consortium.
Funding under national rulesOutline · 02 Nov 2026 · 17:00 CET
04
Internal · Community hackathon
Build, test and learn together
Prototypes and evidence for our next research steps.
€1,500+ potential prize poolConference funds · allocation to confirm
01 · The large collaborative project
AI that understands production engineering
Call: KI in Wertschöpfungsketten · Industrial, domain-specific AI
Joint sketch via easy-Online.
Full application follows selection.
Industry-driven; cover AI development,
integration and industrial application.
Up to 3 years initially; up to 2 more
after a positive evaluation.
Our proposal for this call · PRISMA
Production knowledge
that travels with the AI.
Research AI-assisted production planning and reconfiguration using AutomationML and Product–Process–Resource context.
01 · ConnectEngineering data
→AutomationML models
+ industrial process knowledge
02 · ReasonDomain-specific AI
→Ground suggestions in
traceable engineering context
03 · ValidateIndustrial pilots
Measure planning effort,
consistency and transfer
Community contribution Shared schemas, integration tools, benchmarks and a transfer handbook. PRISMA in detail on the next slide.
Sources: BMFTR call · Official programme · FAQ §§2, 4, 5 · Project concept is our proposal.
01 · Our proposal for the BMFTR call
PRISMA: a shared core for engineering knowledge
The successor to DIAMOND · €10–20m expected grant · joint sketch due 01 Nov 2026
Research that continues.
A successor project for the reusable structures, reasoning and model-handling ideas that should move beyond the original project.
A graph-RAG core.
Retrieve, link and generate traceable engineering knowledge.
Core team forming.
Rainer Drath (HSPF), Miriam Schleipen (EKS InTec) and Arndt Lüder (OvGU) are already on board to shape a community-native semantic kernel.
We still need more.
Mercedes-Benz and LETS DEv are likely to join; more industrial, research and software partners are still needed.
Proposal to the communityDefine the shared semantic kernel, the validation path and the first cross-disciplinary use cases together.
02 · The focused product project
FORGE: AI-assisted factory planning
Call: Digital-Tech-to-Product · First funding call
Per project, across all partners.
Consortium funding rate: up to 80%.
Via easy-Online.
Two-stage selection process.
At least one SME; associated
partners do not count toward the cap.
Up to 24 months.
Pre-commercial maturity: TRL 8.
Our proposal for this call · FORGE
Plan the factory
with AI.
AI-assisted factory planning, built on BIM-based modelling of the factory.
Consortium Fraunhofer IFF · Riventic GmbH · OVGU — all from Magdeburg
Model
BIM-based factory models
as the planning basis.
Plan
AI assistance for
factory planning decisions.
Connect
Open interfaces to the
engineering data around it.
Associated partners wanted Bring planning use cases, factory data or test environments. Associated partners do not count toward the three funded partners.
Sources: BMDS first call · FAQ · Deadline announcement · Project concept is our proposal.
03 · The international opportunity
AutomationML goes European
ITEA Call 2026 · Eureka Cluster for software and systems innovation
Funding and limits depend on each
partner’s national funding authority.
17:00 CET · ITEA Call 2026.
First stage of the international call.
At least 2 partners in 2 countries:
Eureka member + member/associated.
Applied collaborative R&D.
Topics defined by the consortium.
Potential AutomationML contribution
Engineering knowledge
across borders.
Bring interoperable models, semantic expertise and industrial use cases into an international software project.
The idea Take AutomationML research into a European consortium.
Find partners
Match international partners
with a shared project idea.
Contribute
Models, interfaces, semantics
and industrial validation.
Agree roles
Fit the work packages to
national funding options.
Next step Find interested partners and a project idea before the outline deadline. An ITEA label does not automatically secure national funding.
Sources: ITEA PO Days / Call 2026 · Consortium rules · National funding · Roles and contributions to be agreed.
04 · An idea that kept coming up today
An AutomationML hackathon as a research project
A community experiment: turn shared engineering problems into working prototypes.
Estimated conference funds remaining.
Availability and allocation to confirm.
Proposed use of the unspent budget.
Prize money, separate from event costs.
Industry, researchers and developers.
Community-defined challenges.
Internal initiative.
Set the scope, format and date together.
The research question
How do teams
use AutomationML?
Observe successes and obstacles. Use the findings to improve tooling and identify the next research questions.
01 · ChallengeOne real problem
→Choose a model exchange,
validation or AI-assisted task.
02 · BuildWorking prototypes
→Use shared example data
and document the obstacles.
03 · LearnReusable results
Compare outcomes and
capture lessons for the community.
Proposed outputs Demonstrators, reusable examples and an evaluation report. Award prizes against agreed criteria.
Discussion proposal based on today’s conversations · €1,500+ is the organiser’s estimate, not a confirmed allocation.
The invitation
Let’s do research together again.
Four ways in, in order of deadline. Pick the one that fits your organisation.
11 Oct 2026 BMDS sketch
FORGE · Factory planning
Join as an associated partner.
Bring a planning use case, factory data or a test environment.
01 Nov 2026 BMFTR sketch
PRISMA · Industrial AI
Join the consortium.
Industrial pilots, AI research and software partners wanted.
02 Nov 2026 ITEA outline
ITEA · International
Take AutomationML European.
Help form an international consortium and project idea.
Date to agree Internal
Hackathon · Community
Organise, mentor or compete.
Bring a challenge, example data or a team.
What we need from youA use case, a contact person and a “yes” before the deadline.
Talk to me today or after the conference → we check the fit together → we write the joint sketch.