Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Digital Europe Programme
Status not published
Calls are launched under the biennial DIGITAL Work Programme, usually with one to three deadline waves per year across AI, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, data spaces, semiconductors and deployment of digital capacities.
Deployment programme (not research). Co-funding rate is normally 50% of eligible costs for grants, rising to 75% for SMEs in some topics and 100% for certain coordination actions. Project budgets typically range from EUR 1 million to tens of millions.
You must co-fund 50%.
European Commission (DG CONNECT / HaDEA)
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Calls are launched under the biennial DIGITAL Work Programme, usually with one to three deadline waves per year across AI, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, data spaces, semiconductors and deployment of digital capacities.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
You fund 50% yourself.
Who can apply
- Sectors: ai, deeptech
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
Open to legal entities in EU Member States and DIGITAL-associated countries. Some topics (cybersecurity, semiconductors) are restricted to EU-controlled entities. Consortium requirements vary by topic.
Source. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked