Digital Europe

Digital Europe aims to connect digital technology research with market deployment to promote a further digitalization in all sectors, with a  focus on five key areas: supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and the use of digital technologies across the economy and society. 

The programme will run for six years, until 2027, and so far the third set of calls has been launched. A total budget of €170 million will be invested in the third call in data spaces (€50 million), AI (€28 million), cloud-to-edge infrastructure (€40 million), and advanced digital technologies (€52 million). Businesses, public administration and other entities from the EU Member States, EFTA/EEA countries, and associated countries can apply for the calls, which will remain open until January 24, 2023. In addition, a budget of €200 million will be allocated for the European Digital Innovation Hubs, which are points of support located all around Europe that help, advice and train start-ups, SMEs and the public sector to achieve a digital transformation. The deadline for this call will close on November 16, 2022.

Three calls have been opened for the moment: the first one opened in Q4-2021, the second one in Q1-2022 and the third one in Q3-2022. However, only the outcome of the first call has been recently announced (in Q3-2022), but results of the second call are expected to be announced soon (in Q4-2022).

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