European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) services for SMEs
European Digital Innovation Hubs
Status not published
Continuous. SMEs approach their nearest EDIH directly; each hub has its own intake process.
No cash to the SME. EDIHs provide 'test before invest' services, AI/HPC/cybersecurity experimentation, digital skills training and innovation-ecosystem access, delivered free or heavily subsidised under de minimis rules. Value per SME is capped by state-aid rules rather than a published grant amount.
You must co-fund 0%.
European Commission (Digital Europe Programme) and national co-funding
public · supranational
Deadline: Open all year — Continuous. SMEs approach their nearest EDIH directly; each hub has its own intake process.
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.
This is de minimis aid. It counts against the €300,000 ceiling that applies to your company across a rolling three years in this member state (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831). If a new award would take you over, Article 3(7) disqualifies that award in full rather than reducing it — so check your headroom before you apply, not after.
Who can apply
- Sectors: ai, manufacturing, any
- Stage: pre-seed, seed, Series A and growth
- Locally registered entity required
SMEs and public sector organisations located in the EDIH's region. Services are subsidised under de minimis state aid, so prior de minimis aid received counts against the ceiling.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · What is de minimis aid? · Co-funding and match funding, explained
Source. https://european-digital-innovation-hubs.ec.europa.eu/home · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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