Insider Brief
- The European Union has opened seven Digital Europe Programme funding calls worth a combined €63.2 million, targeting AI in health, digital skills, online safety, and the broader adoption of digital technologies across Europe.
- Key allocations include €9 million for AI-powered medical image screening to improve cancer and cardiovascular disease detection, €24 million for digital health services under the European Health Data Space, and €12.5 million for advanced digital skills training across the EU.
- Additional funding covers innovative compliance tools to ease regulatory burdens on companies, research into online information integrity, and child safety initiatives through the Network of Safer Internet Centres, with all calls closing on 1 October.
PRESS RELEASE — Seven Digital Europe Programme calls worth €63.2 million have opened to support artificial intelligence (AI) in health, digital health, digital skills, and online safety.
Part of the funding will also bolster the adoption and deployment of transformative digital technologies across Europe.
Of the total amount, €9 million will be made available for AI-powered image screening in medical centres, a field with enormous potential to improve prevention, early detection and diagnosis of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Another call worth €24 million will support digital health services and systems under the European Health Data Space, unlocking healthcare benefits for citizens. To further promote the digital wellbeing and protection of children across the EU, the call will support the comprehensive geographical coverage of the Network of Safer Internet Centres.
A call worth €12.5 million will fund trainings for advanced digital skills across the Union, supporting the development of the skills Europe’s modern economy needs.
To support the Commission’s goal of easing regulatory burdens on companies, an €8.5 million call will fund innovative digital solutions to facilitate compliance with EU rules. Moreover, a €6 million call will boost research on online information integrity across the EU, another call worth €1 million will establish an EDIC Support Hub, and a €1.8 million call will support dissemination and exploitation activities for the Digital Europe Programme.
These calls contribute to achieving the ambitions of the Commission’s AI Continent Action Planand Apply AI Strategy.
The calls close on 1 October and more information on the calls and the application process is available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. Three info days are also organised: one for Advanced Digital Skills, one for Accelerating Best Use of Technologies and another for the Common Research Framework.
