Specialised education programmes or modules in key capacity areas
Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-SIMPLE · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call pays for building and delivering specialised degree programmes in digital fields like AI, IoT, blockchain, cybersecurity, HPC and quantum, designed jointly by universities, research centres and companies from different countries. It aims to expand course availability across Europe, attract diverse students including more women, and link education to real industry and research needs. Funding can also cover equipment upgrades, teaching staff incentives and scholarships for students.
artificial intelligence · internet of things · blockchain web3 · cybersecurity · high performance computing · quantum technologies · education skills
Who wins this
A consortium of tertiary education institutions partnering with excellence centres and industry across multiple countries to jointly design and deliver a new degree programme in a digital technology area.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 2 Nov 2026 · 1 Mar 2027
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- higher education institution, research organisation, excellence centre, business/industry
- Also required
- Projects must design and deliver a tertiary degree programme of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits in digital technology areas such as Data, IoT, AI, Blockchain, cybersecurity, HPC or quantum, or interdisciplinary courses combining these with non ICT fields.
- Sectors
- AI/ML · Cybersecurity · Deep Tech
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System 2. Eligible countries: described in section 6 of of the call document 3. Other eligibility conditions: described in section 6 of the call document 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in section 7 of the call document Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the call document 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the call document