DIGITAL EUROPE – Accelerating the Best Use of Technologies – 2026

Objectives

• To finance the work of independent national or regional hubs in order to ensure the coverage of geographical areas covered by the EDMO hubs for which the funding is ending in 2026

Priorities

• Priority 1: strengthen the monitoring and analysis of the online information environment, detect and expose disinformation campaigns, with the aim of contributing to situational awareness across the EU
• Priority 2: support election integrity by monitoring and analysing election-related disinformation campaigns and manipulation
• Priority 3: focus on building societal resilience and expanding outreach and communication efforts to engage a broad audience and design effective responses relevant for national audiences

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • non-EU countries:
    • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal
• A consortium composed of at least 2 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities)  must be constituted and the coordinator of the consortium must be established in an EU Member State to be covered by the hub.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 18 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment

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Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 6 million euros
• Amount of the grant: maximum 750,000 euros per project

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate:  between 50% and 75% of the total eligible cost