Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas
Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-SIMPLE · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds new or upgraded Master's-level degree programmes in digital technologies like AI, IoT, cybersecurity, blockchain, HPC and quantum, designed jointly by universities, research centres and companies across Europe. The goal is to train more digital specialists, spread these educational opportunities to underserved regions, and close the gender gap in tech fields. Funding can support curriculum design, lab equipment, teaching staff incentives, and student scholarships.
artificial intelligence · internet of things · cybersecurity · quantum technologies · high performance computing · education skills
Who wins this
A consortium of tertiary education institutions partnering with excellence centres and industry to design and deliver a new specialised digital education degree programme.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Cut-off dates (5)
- 31 Aug 2026 · 1 Sep 2026 · 3 Sep 2026 · 15 Sep 2026 · 7 Jul 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/excellence centre, business
- Also required
- Proposals must design a tertiary degree programme of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits; detailed eligibility, admissibility and financial conditions are described in the separate call document sections rather than in this text.
- 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
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