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9th round of calls under the Digital Europe Programme opened

New calls have been placed under the Digital Europe Programme, which brings new opportunities to strengthen Europe's digital capacities.

Two calls have short deadlines - applications are only possible until 9 December 2025.

The remaining calls are open from 4 November 2025 and close on 3 March 2026.

List of calls:

DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-TECH-09-WALLET - Support to the development and certification of EU Digital Identity Wallets
💶 €10 million
📄 Simple Grant
Applications are only possible until 9 December 2025

DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-TECH-09-MDL - Support the roll-out of EU Mobile Driving Licences
💶 €5 million
📄 Simple Grant
Applications are only possible until 9 December 2025

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA - Apply AI: GenAI for the public offices
💶 €1.8 million
📄 Coordination and Support Action

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-DS-HEALTH-STORAGE - Health: Data ingestion capacities and data services for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure in the European Health Data Space: data storage and processing capacity
💶 €17.5 million
📄 Grant for Procurement

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-DS-HEALTH-TOOL - Health: Data ingestion capacities and data services for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure in the European Health Data Space: data tools
- Health: Data ingestion capacities and data services for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure - data tools
💶 €5 million
📄 Grant for Procurement

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-SOLUTIONS-CANCER-STEP - Deployment of cutting-edge multi-modal AI-based solutions in medical imaging
💶 €14.4 million
📄 SME Support Action

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-VIRTUAL-TESTBEDS-STEP - Virtual worlds test beds
💶 €17 million
📄 Simple Grant

DIGITAL-2026-DSM-AI-09-DS-MANUFACTUR-STEP - Data Space for Manufacturing
💶 €9 million
📄 SME Support Action

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-ECAVA - Secretariat of the European Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Alliance
💶 €1 million
📄 Coordination and Support Actions

DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-AUTOMOTIVE - Collaboration platform for the European connected and autonomous vehicle of the future
💶 €3.5 million
📄 Simple Grant

DIGITAL-2026-EDIH-AC-09-COMPLETION-STEP - Completion of the initial Network of European Digital Innovation Hubs
💶 €8 million
📄 Simple Grant

DIGITAL-2026-EDIH-EU-EEA-09-CONSOLIDATION-STEP - Consolidation of the Network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs with significant AI focus)
💶 €79.2 million
📄 Simple Grant

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS - European Advanced Digital Skills Competitions
💶 €7 million
📄 Coordination and Support Actions

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES - ELEVATE: European League of Advanced Digital Skills Academies
💶 €7.2 million
📄 Coordination and Support Actions

DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-TECH-EDMO-09-HUBS - European Digital Media Observatory Hubs
💶 €6 million
📄 SME Support Action

DIGITAL-2026-SUPPORT-09-NCP-NETWORK - Supporting the Network of National Contact Points (NCPs) of the Digital Europe Programme
💶 €1.8 million
📄 Coordination and Support Actions

ℹ️ Following the newly opened round of calls under the Digital Europe Programme, the European Commission is organising info days for potential applicants
It is important to note that for all those who did not participate in the Info Days, a recording will be available on the page of each individual event.
Upcoming nfo days of the European Commission:

📢 Info day for the 9th round of the DEP Digital Health Call

📅 When: 17 November 2025
💻 Where: Online
🏛️ Organiser: European Commission
🌐 Link to event

📢 Info day for the 9th round of the Advanced Digital Skills Call

📅 When: 1 December 2025
💻 Where: Online
🏛️ Organiser: European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
🌐 Link to event

📢 Brokerage event: Virtual Worlds Test Beds

📅 When: 2 December 2025
💻 Where: Online
🏛️ Organiser: European Commission, DG CONNECT
🌐 Link to event
⚠️ Deadline for registration to the event is 28 November 2025

📢 Info day related to the GenAI Meets Public Administrations Call

📅 When: 17 December 2025
💻 Where: Online
🏛️ Organiser: European Commission
🌐 Link to event

📢 Info day related to the EDIH Network Call

📅 When: 10 December 2025
💻 Where: Online
🏛️ Organiser: European Commission
🌐 Link to event

💼 Looking for partners for individual calls?

If you are looking for partners for upcoming Digital Europe calls, feel free to contact the National Contact Points by email: digital.europa@mpudt.hr.

You can contact us if:

you would like to be informed about partnership requests received by national contact points for individual calls, or
you wish to complete your own partnership form and forward it to potential partners in other Member States.

We will be happy to help you find suitable partners and provide all the necessary information.

A new round of calls for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme launched

A new round of calls for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme has been launched, bringing new opportunities to strengthen Europe's digital capacities.

For details on specific calls, application and deadlines, see here.

European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) and networking for DEP calls

From 12 to 14 November 2025, Copenhagen brings together industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions and industrial and research activities in the areas of Data and AI.

DEP networking opportunity - the EBDVF will host networking sessions, helping participants connect with potential partners for Horizon Europe and Digital Europe open calls. It is an excellent opportunity to meet with innovators of similar interest, exchange ideas and turn conversations into future collaborations.

For more information on the event, visit the dedicated pages.