Digital Europe Introduction

Digital Europe funds projects in five key capacity areas (strategic objectives):

• Supercomputing (€2.0 bn): deployment of world-class exascale and post-exascale supercomputing capacities;
• AI Continent (€ 1.7 bn): setting up EU-wide sectoral data spaces based on a cloud-to-edge federated infrastructure, promotion of testing and adoption of AI-based solutions, supporting the implementation of EU legislation;
• Cybersecurity (€ 1.4 bn): building up advanced cybersecurity capabilities, promoting the sharing of best practices, ensuring wide deployment of cybersecurity solutions, supporting the implementation of EU legislation;
• Advanced digital skills (€ 0.5 bn): increasing the education offer and training in key digital technologies and digital skills for non-ICT sectors, and support collaboration between higher education institutions and the private sector;
• Accelerating best use of technologies (€ 1.0 bn): establishment of a network of European Digital Innovation Hubs supporting the digital transformation of European public and private organisations and deployment of high-impact projects such as blockchain capacities or the digital transformation of public administration and services.
• Semiconductors (€ 1.6 bn): partial implementation of the Chips for Europe initiative under the EU Chips Act

With its variety of topics the programme addresses a wide range of stakeholders: SMEs, higher education institutions, research centres, public authorities, large companies etc.

The Digital Europe Programme complements other EU programmes, such as the Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation, and the Connecting Europe Facility for digital infrastructure, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Structural funds.

The overall objectives, scope, outcomes and deliverables as well as budget allocations, for each topic are described in different work programmes:

• Main Work Programme 2025-2027 - comprising Special Objectives 'AI Continent', 'Advanced Digital Skills', and 'Deployment - Accelerating best use of digital technologies'
• Cybersecurity Work Programme 2025-2027
• High-Performance Computing Work Programme 2025
• Chips Joint Undertaking Work Programme 2023-2027

All work programmes, except the Chips Work Programme, are available at this link. 

Detailed descriptions of the different call topics can be found in the call documents once the calls are published on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

The legal and financial rules for Digital Europe resemble in many aspects those of other funding programmes such as Horizon Europe. However, there are some important difference that need to be taken into account, such as regards e.g. international collaboration and security restrictions. Information on the legal and financial rules can be found on our L&F overview page and in our infosheets.