Specialised Education Programmes in Key Capacity Areas
Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-LS · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds consortia that design and deliver higher-education degree programmes and stand-alone training modules to build advanced digital skills, focusing in 2024 on virtual worlds, edge computing, quantum computing, photonics, robotics/automation, and green digital skills for sectors like agriculture, transport, renewable energy and waste management. Money can cover curriculum development, upgrading university IT infrastructure, hiring teaching staff, and student scholarships. The goal is to close the EU's ICT skills gap and help reach 20 million ICT specialists by 2030, while promoting gender balance.
artificial intelligence · quantum technologies · robotics automation · education skills · extended reality · cloud edge computing
Who wins this
A consortium of universities, research organisations and companies that wants to jointly build and deliver a new higher-education programme in an emerging digital technology or its application to a strategic sector.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG-LS
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 30 Sep 2026 · 3 Feb 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, business
- Support to third parties
- Financial and other support measures for students, such as scholarships for participating in education programmes and internships.
- Also required
- Proposals must identify one digital area or strategic sector as main focus; at least the highest-ranking proposal per listed area/sector is expected to be funded, budget permitting.
- 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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