Digital Europe Programme
Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Status not published
Calls published on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under the DIGITAL programme, with topic-specific deadlines set in the annual work programmes.
Programme budget is 'over €8.1 billion' for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. Grant sizes and co-funding rates are set per topic in the annual work programmes (typically 50% for most actions and higher for some, but this was not stated on the official programme page, so cofunding_pct is null here rather than guessed).
European Commission (DG CNECT), implemented by HaDEA and EISMEA
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Calls published on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under the DIGITAL programme, with topic-specific deadlines set in the annual work programmes.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: ai, deeptech
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
The programme 'supports industry, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and public administration in their digital transformation'. Thematic areas: 'supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring a wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society', plus semiconductors added in September 2023. Important nuance for aggregators: much of the SME-facing value flows indirectly, via European Digital Innovation Hubs, whose services to an SME may themselves count as de minimis aid at national level.
How to apply
- Search the DIGITAL programme page on the Funding & Tenders Portal for open topics. — link
- Register your organisation and obtain a PIC. — link
- Submit the proposal by the topic deadline. Many DIGITAL topics fund consortia or European Digital Innovation Hubs, which then deliver free or subsidised services to SMEs. — link
What you will need
- Proposal Part A and Part B
- PIC for every partner
Source. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme — checked 2026-08-14
"With an overall budget of over €8.1 billion, DIGITAL aims to shape the digital transformation ... supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring a wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society"