Specialised education programmes or modules in key capacity areas
Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-SIMPLE · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds consortia of universities, research centres and businesses to create or expand specialised degree programmes in digital technologies like AI, cybersecurity, IoT, blockchain and quantum. It aims to close Europe's digital skills gap by making advanced courses more available across regions, more interdisciplinary and more diverse. Funding can support course design, equipment upgrades, teaching staff incentives and student scholarships.
artificial intelligence · internet of things · blockchain web3 · cybersecurity · quantum technologies · education skills
Who wins this
A consortium of tertiary education institutions, excellence or competence centres and industry partners from different Member States seeking to jointly design and deliver a degree level digital education 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)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 29 Dec 2026 · 30 Jun 2027
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, public body
- Also required
- Projects must design a tertiary degree education programme of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits, delivered by consortia of higher education institutions, 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