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    DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH

    EdTech Accelerator

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    Advanced Digital Skills · DIGITAL-CSA · Needs partners

    1 Oct 2026
    Deadline
    €12.5M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected

    What this call funds

    This call funds a single organisation to run an EU-wide EdTech accelerator programme. It will launch open calls to give grants directly to at least 20 EdTech start-ups and SMEs so they can pilot their products in real schools and training settings, plus run a 12-month mentoring and business-support programme and organise networking events with investors and education stakeholders.

    digital health · education skills · artificial intelligence · sme scaleup · extended reality

    Who wins this

    A consortium or organisation experienced in running startup accelerator and cascading-grant programmes for the education technology sector across Europe.

    Could you win this call?

    We read your site to see what you build.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €12.5M (call budget ÷ expected grants)
    Funding model
    DIGITAL-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    DIGITAL Coordination and Support Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Support to third parties
    At least 60% of the total budget must be spent on Financial Support to Third Parties, funding at least 20 EdTech start-ups/SMEs, with a maximum of 150,000 EUR per third party.
    Also required
    The action must organise three open calls for pilots (at least one per year), a yearly 12-month incubation/acceleration programme, and at least one major stakeholder event per year.
    Sectors
    AI/ML · Cybersecurity · Deep Tech
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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 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. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: 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. Call document and annexes: Call document

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