Specialised education programmes or modules in key capacity areas
Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-SIMPLE · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds the creation of new university degree programmes in digital fields like AI, data, IoT, blockchain, cybersecurity and quantum computing. It supports consortia of universities, research centres and businesses to design joint degree courses of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits. The goal is to close Europe's digital skills gap, expand access across regions and increase diversity among students, especially women.
artificial intelligence · internet of things · blockchain web3 · cybersecurity · quantum technologies · education skills
Who wins this
A consortium of higher education institutions partnering with research or excellence centres and industry to jointly design and deliver a new specialised digital degree programme.
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)
- 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
- Also required
- Projects must design and deliver a tertiary degree education programme worth 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits, jointly developed by universities from different Member States or associated countries together with excellence centres and industry.
- 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