Calls

  • ELEVATE: European League of Advanced Digital Skills Academies

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    Code: 38454 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    Initiatives such as the Cybersecurity Skills Academy and the four academies (see topic 4.1 of the DEP work Programme 2025-2027) tackle the shortage of ICT specialists in a specific area, highlighting critical issues.

    The League aims to enhance coordination and collaboration among sectoral initiatives and projects, fostering synergies and a collective approach to minimize fragmentation risks.

  • European Advanced Digital Skills Competitions

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    Code: 38451 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    The scope of this topic is to develop six challenges for the European Digital Skills Competitions in the four digital areas corresponding to the Sectoral digital skills academies (Quantum, GenAI, Chips, Virtual Worlds), the Destination Earth Initiative (see topic 4.2 of the DEP Work Programme 2025-2027) and one additional area to be developed by the consortium.

    The challenges will be designed to target three clear objectives: each will address a European societal-, technological or industrial-relevant challenge, attract a large participation of students and help them develop their skills, and raise their awareness and understanding of team and project-based work as well as applied research and innovation in the respective digital technologies. Special attention will also be given to design local and major tournaments.

    The consortium will also design attractive prize schemes and award for the best challenges from the six areas.

  • Collaboration platform for the European connected and autonomous vehicle of the future

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    Code: 38449 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-AUTOMOTIVE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    The action will implement the following activities:

    • Support the management and coordination of joint developments under the ECAVA by:
    • Steering, coordinating and supporting research, innovation and deployments projects, including EU-funded (e.g. under the Chips JU, CCAM and 2ZERO Partnerships, potential future Joint Undertakings), national-funded and industry-driven projects and initiatives (e.g. projects under the Eclipse SDV Working Group, AUTOSAR, COVESA, …). Consolidate or orchestrate existing coordination mechanisms under FEDERATE, Eclipse SDV, Autosar, COVESA, etc..
    • Defining and supporting key roles and responsibilities for project management, including a high-level ambassador to ensure dialogue and exchange with senior automotive decision-makers in companies; a team of chief operations officers and a team of chief architects to ensure coherence and alignment.
    • Drive the alignment and consensus on common technology platforms:
    • Define and update a long-term strategic roadmap and vision across companies’ initiatives for joint, largely open-source, developments.
    • Support the alignment across companies on common high-level architectures, building blocks, standards, interfaces and tools for key digital technologies in the scope of the Alliance. This shall include software, hardware, and interfaces with cloud infrastructure.
    • Help identify and define non-differentiating areas for beneficial collaborations regarding automotive AI development, including approaches for data sharing and pooling to support joint AI development.
    • Follow and contribute where relevant to standardisation activities including at international level.
    • Support the incubation of joint developments, notably by:
    • Supporting the rollout of the common strategic roadmap, providing a drumbeat to ensure speedy implementation, and an efficient transfer of outcomes from relevant projects, aiming towards rapid integration in series production.
    • Setting up certification and labeling processes for the outcomes of joint developments under the initiative.
    • Disseminating outcomes and help to build a dynamic ecosystem, based on an open-source plan and leveraging existing communities.
    • Support the integration and maintenance of core joint developments based on a collaborative digital platform:
    • Supporting the operation of a repository and developer platform for jointly developed building blocks, interfaces, tools, models, etc. and of a digital platform for collaboration, building as far as possible on existing mechanisms, which support Europe’s strategic autonomy.
    • Supporting, where relevant, the maintenance of common stacks by relevant organisations(s), such as ECLIPSE SDV, for instance through reference implementation and pre-integrations.

  • Apply AI: GenAI for the public administrations

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    Code: 38446 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    The selected consortium will be responsible for enhancing the scalability and replication of successful European GenAI pilot solutions, through activities that foster knowledge sharing, community building, and capacity development.

    Such activities could consist, for example, in implementing software documentation best practices, facilitating peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and experience exchange, deploying targeted training and support programs, and establishing a community of practice. A helpdesk can be set up to support pilot projects and other interested public administrations on technical, organisational and legal – such as procurement – matters.

  • Virtual worlds test beds

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    Code: 38441 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-VIRTUAL-TESTBEDS-STEP | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    For this action, support to two world-class sectorial testbeds through two projects is envisaged: one for industrial applications (such as manufacturing, construction or industrial design) and one for societal applications (such as education and training, cultural heritage and other cultural experiences, public administration or healthcare). Each testbed should create a network of facilities with critical mass across at least three different Member States or associated countries.

    Proposals are expected to focus on either industrial or societal applications. The area should be clearly identified within the proposal.

    The test beds will provide all necessary expertise and infrastructure for the design and implementation of the testing methodologies, combining physical world and virtual worlds facilities.

  • Health: Data ingestion capacities and data services for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure in the European Health Data Space: data tools

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    Code: 38437 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-DS-HEALTH-TOOL | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    Data tools for the 1+MG data infrastructure should be based on common standards and as automated as possible, and should enable data quality check at source, benchmarking, annotation and enhancement on the data provider end and by the operator of the data infrastructure, as appropriate.

    This covers the whole process of data inclusion, integration and access provision, as well as compliance assessment, risk management and data security assurance on the side of data infrastructure. All steps and functionalities should be designed to support the needs and requirements of three main use scenarios, i.e. research (largely already covered by the GDI project), and clinical care and public health policymaking.

  • Secretariat of the European Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Alliance

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    Code: 38434 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-ECAVA | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    The Secretariat shall support the effective set-up, functioning and day-to-day work of the ECAVA. It should function in an agile and efficient way, with clear processes and roles and a capacity to adapt to evolving circumstances. It will work with the members and participants of the Alliance and with the European Commission.

    The tasks of the Secretariat will notably include:

    • supporting the organisation and work of its General Assembly, working groups, Steering Committee, Alliance Forum and other meetings, including by editing the documents produced.
    • Supporting the administrative processes of the ECAVA, notably by assisting the European Commission in the management of applications.
    • Disseminating outcomes of the Alliance, notably through the creation and maintenance of a website, and building a dynamic ecosystem.
    • Supporting the members of the Alliance in the development and update the ECAVA’s yearly roadmap.
    • Providing the needed expertise, for instance legal expertise on competition rules.

  • Deployment of cutting-edge multi-modal AI-based solutions in medical imaging

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    Code: 38431 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-SOLUTIONS-CANCER-STEP | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    By building on, extending and leveraging the Cancer Image Europe platform, this action is expected to facilitate the uptake of EU AI-driven solutions in medical imaging (including Machine Learning and Generative AI), towards their deployment in clinical settings. It should also include upskilling of healthcare professionals and evidence generation to evaluate the performance of the deployed AI-driven solutions and engage patients.

  • Health: Data ingestion capacities and data services for the European Genomic Data Infrastructure in the European Health Data Space: data storage and processing capacity

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    Code: 38428 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-DS-HEALTH-STORAGE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/11/2025 | End submission calls: 03/03/2026

    This action supports the acquisition and set-up of a secure federated data storage and processing capacity for the 1+MG data infrastructure, which is expected to be operated by the relevant EDIC.

    It should include “hot storage” working in synergy with secure processing environments aligned with the EHDS requirements, such as compliance checks for secure processing environments and detached long-term storage for curated data made available to the 1+MG by the data providers, including the Genome of Europe dataset.

    The data storage capacity should be designed based on an agreed data storage optimisation strategy, and balancing between storage costs and data depth/breadth/versioning while considering the most appropriate data storage architecture, technology and legal aspects, and ensuring scalability.

  • Information measures for the EU Cohesion policy for 2025

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    Code: 38425 | Identifier Code: IMREG-2025-INFOME | Programme name: 17855 | Start submission calls: 15/10/2025 | End submission calls: 15/01/2026

    The main aim of the call is to provide support for the production and dissemination of information and content linked to EU Cohesion policy, including inter alia the Just Transition Fund, or relevant support from the Technical Support Instrument.

    The proposals should provide coherent, objective and comprehensive information, in order to give an accurate overall picture of the EU Cohesion policy. The proposals should illustrate and assess the role of Cohesion policy in delivering the EU’s political priorities , such us the transition to a greener more digital economy, development of strategic technologies, housing or the demographic transition and the right to stay, and in addressing current and future challenges for the EU, its Member States, its regions and the local level.

  • Regional Cable Hubs

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    Code: 38422 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-09-CABLEHUBS | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 28/10/2025 | End submission calls: 31/03/2026

    As part of the EU Action Plan on Cable Security, it was announced that the Commission, together with voluntary Member States, will work on Cable Integrated Surveillance Mechanisms per sea basin (‘Regional Cable Hubs’) to enhance the detection capacity against threats to undersea cables as they are critical infrastructure.

    Taking into account the fact that these cables are covered by the scope of NIS2 Directive that follows an all-hazards approach, it is crucial to protect their physical environment from events such as malicious acts, including cuts as integral part of the cable cybersecurity measures.

    The objective is to support the progressive establishment of Regional Cable hubs, one per sea basins of the EU, whose role will be to concretely enhance threats detection and operational security around these strategic infrastructures.

  • Coordinated preparedness testing and other preparedness actions

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    Code: 38419 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-09-COORDPREP | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 28/10/2025 | End submission calls: 31/03/2026

    As part of the ECCC Work Programme 2025-2027, this topic covers two actions from the Cyber Solidarity Act, dedicated to the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism, namely

    1. coordinated preparedness testing of entities operating in sectors of high criticality across the Union and
    2. other preparedness actions for entities operating in sectors of high criticality and other critical sectors.

  • Uptake of innovative cybersecurity solutions for SMEs

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    Code: 38416 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-09-UPTAKE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 28/10/2025 | End submission calls: 31/03/2026

    The action aims at improving industrial and market readiness for the cybersecurity requirements for SMEs as specified in relevant EU cybersecurity legislation, for instance, as set in the Cyber Resilience Act ensuring more secure hardware and software products.

  • Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI

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    Code: 38412 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-09-CYBERAI | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 28/10/2025 | End submission calls: 31/03/2026

    Actions in this topic should develop and deploy systems and tools for cybersecurity, based on AI technologies, addressing aspects such as threat detection, vulnerability detection, threat mitigation, incident recovery through self-healing, data analysis and data sharing.

    These activities must also comply with intellectual property rights (IPR) and the GDPR, depending on the type of information handled. The AI solutions proposed should also be cybersecure.

  • European VOD networks and operators

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    Code: 38410 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2026-VODNET | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 30/09/2025 | End submission calls: 08/04/2026

    The objective is to support European Video on Demand (VOD) networks and operators, screening a significant proportion of non-national European works, with the aim to improve their competitiveness and attractiveness.

  • Innovative tools and business models

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    Code: 38407 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2026-INNOVBUSMOD | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 30/09/2025 | End submission calls: 15/01/2026

    The Innovative tools and business models action is aimed at encouraging the development and/or the spread of innovative tools and business models to improve the visibility, availability, audience and diversity of European works in the digital age and/or the competitiveness and/or the greening process of the European audiovisual industry.

  • Films on the Move

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    Code: 38404 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMOVE | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 30/09/2025 | End submission calls: 19/03/2026

    The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films.

  • European co-development

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    Code: 38401 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2026-CODEV | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 30/09/2025 | End submission calls: 25/02/2026

    The objective of the support to European co-development is to support the cooperation among European production companies that are developing works with a strong international audience potential.

  • Joint programming for risk assessments in vector-borne diseases

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    Code: 38397 | Identifier Code: EUBA-EFSA-2025-BIOHAW-04 | Programme name: 29844 | Start submission calls: 01/10/2025 | End submission calls: 15/01/2026

    EFSA aims to enhance the capacity for risk assessment at the European Union level by further developing partnerships among the European institutions that hold this competency. By  establishing long term collaborations and harmonisation of the approaches to carry out risk assessments, EFSA aims to reinforce the development of science that can support decision making  in the area of vector-borne diseases.

    The call will be divided  into the following 4 lots:

    Lot 1 – Risk Assessments in northern EU
    Lot 2 – Risk Assessments in southern EU
    Lot 3 – Risk Assessments in western EU
    Lot 4 – Risk Assessments in eastern EU

  • Markets and Networking

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    Code: 38394 | Identifier Code: CREA-MEDIA-2026-MARKETNET | Programme name: 3948 | Sub-program: MEDIA | Start submission calls: 30/09/2025 | End submission calls: 20/01/2026

    The objective of the Markets & networking support is to enhance the promotion of European content in the global market and to foster cooperation among all parts of the audiovisual value chain for the co-creation and promotion of European audiovisual works.

    Cooperation of audiovisual professionals and promotion of European works are pursued by supporting two types of projects and activities:

    • Markets focusing on a specific type of films and innovative content, or networking of markets that present similar genre/topics or are located in the same region;
    • Networking activities and cooperation among networks across the whole value chain for the promotion of European talents and works.