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Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is the main Research and Innovation Funding Programme of the European Commission.

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the previous Funding Programme. There are no longer calls, but projects can run until 2024.

Digital Europe

Digital Europe is a Funding Programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and administrations.

Other EU Funding

There are many other relevant EU funding programmes, managed by several agencies and directorates.

Infosheets

A deep dive into specific issues and answers to commonly asked questions. This section is regularly updated

Ownership Control Declaration

Certain calls for proposals require the submission of Ownership Control Declarations as mandatory annex to the application.

European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs) under Digital Europe

European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs) are a new instrument to implement Multi-Country Projects to achieve the objectives of Europe's Digital Decade.

Ethics appraisal process and the role of Ethics Advisors, Boards and Mentors

The Commission takes ethics seriously and expect every consortium to self-reflect, but they equally invest in screenings and follow-up. Next to the medical field, ethical issues typically emerge in environmental, social science or security research.

Lump sum actions

Lump sum funding is gradually introduced in several EU funding programmes with the aim to reduce administration and financial errors. Lump sums grants have a budget defined at proposal stage and fixed in the grant agreement.

How to get started with EDF

All basic information you need to find out whether EDF is something for you and how to get started in EDF

Results of previous calls

An overview of projects that have been selected for funding

EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS)

The EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) is a set of instruments enabled by the European Defence Fund (EDF) to strengthen defence innovation in the European Union.

International cooperation in Digital Europe

Participation in the Digital Europe programme is open to eligible third countries, taking into account certain restrictions in specific cases.

The coordinator's role in Horizon Europe or Digital Europe projects

The coordinator mostly starts playing his role during project proposal stage and continues beyond its end date. He acts as the central hub of the project, providing leadership, coordination and management to ensure the successful implementation.

Unit costs for personnel costs and internally invoiced goods and services in Digital Europe

To simplify the declaration of costs, unit costs can be used for staff costs and internally invoiced goods and services under Digital Europe

Testimonial

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AI4Culture - Empowering Cultural Heritage through Artificial Intelligence

The AI4Culture project, funded under Digital Europe call Data space for cultural heritage (deployment) aims to develop an online capacity building hub for AI technologies in the cultural heritage sector. This hub contributes to the creation of the European common cultural heritage data space, which provides support to the digital transformation of Europe’s cultural sector and fosters the creation and reuse of content in cultural and creative sectors. The Flemish company CrossLang is one of the 12 partners in the project and brings in its year-long expertise in the development of multilingual technology to the transcription and translation of scanned printed and handwritten documents.