DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH - EdTech-specific environment for nurturing and accelerating growth

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH - EdTech-specific environment for nurturing and accelerating growth is sponsored by European Commission (Digital Europe Programme). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH | TopicTree (by Ideal-ist) DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH The graph above was generated based on the following links Call text (as on F&T portal) Three open calls for pilots (at least one call per year) launched and managed providing financial support to third parties to at least 20 EdTech start-ups/SMEs from across Member States and eligible countries.

A minimum of 60% of the total budget should be spent on Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP) and the maximum amount per third party can amount up to 150.

000 EUR to allow short pilots testing in real education or training environments; Developed and implemented a yearly 12-months incubation and acceleration programme providing a mix of mentoring, networking services, consultancy, training and/or business and access-to-market support to the selected companies; Short pilots implemented in real education and training environments to gather impact assessment data of the selected solutions.

Human-centric design methods involving users and strong linkages with learning design methodologies are recommended for the piloting phase.

European-wide communication and awareness raising activities; At least one big event per year organised to reach a large number of investors, market partners, ministries of education (or other ministries), education establishments, learning content providers, training providers, and other stakeholders in the field.

During recent years, the education and training landscape has been significantly impacted by rapid technological advancements. Innovations like generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), robotics, or extended Reality, to name a few examples, have significant power to reshape the way we teach and learn.

There is a crucial need to support the Education Technology (EdTech) sector in Europe, and in particular European start-ups and SMEs, to develop innovative solutions and technologies meeting European values in terms of ethics, inclusion, accessibility, privacy, security and strong pedagogical foundations . This is particularly crucial given the fast-developing technological landscape.

This topic is expected to contribute to the nurturing of an EdTech ecosystem in Europe that drives innovation, creates jobs, and fuels economic growth, while also ensuring pedagogically driven solutions that reach clear educational outcomes. The purpose of this topic is therefore to assist European EdTech startups and SMEs in transforming concepts for educational solutions into products ready for the market.

This topic will also help support the effective and ethical application of GenAI technologies to education and training, in alignment with the objectives of the GENAI4EU initiative. [1] This call will contribute to the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) and in particular its objective to support the private actors in the digital education ecosystem.

This action should also take into consideration previous work done by the Digital Education Hub Accelerator. 1 The ‘GenAI4EU' initiative aims to support the development of novel use cases and emerging applications in Europe's 14 industrial ecosystems, as well as the public sector. Application areas include robotics, health, biotech, manufacturing, mobility, climate and virtual worlds ( Commission launches AI innovation package ).

The scope is to encompass the establishment of an EdTech-specific environment for nurturing and accelerating growth, providing both business guidance and access to markets for chosen startups and SMEs. Additionally, the scope involves streamlining the integration of the supported solutions into the educational and/or training landscape, which includes schools, universities, training facilities, and other informal learning environments.

This integration is crucial for empowering end-users, particularly teachers/trainers and students, along with other stakeholders, in the development and application of educational solutions. Furthermore, testing of these solutions in real educational or training settings should be included for obtaining impact assessment data through short-cycle piloting. The available budget for topic DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH is 2,700,000.

00 €. The indicative number of grants is 1. The submission session is now available for: DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH, DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-NATIONAL-COALITIONS, DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-DIGITAL-HEALTH-STEP Found 7 annotations in info base Opening date: 2026-04-21 (4 months ago) Closing date: 2026-10-01 (3 weeks from now) This call topic has been appended 2 times by the EC with news.

the available budget for topic digital-2... the submission session is now available... Call topics are often grouped together in a call.

Sometimes this is for a thematic reason, but often it is also for practical reasons. There are 2 other topics in this call: DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-DIGITAL-HEALTH-STEP DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-NATIONAL-COALITIONS Showing the latest information. Found 3 versions of this call topic in the F&T portal.

Check the differences between the versions. You must be logged in to add annotations Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl Relevant project output has to be made available on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform - https://digital-skills-jobs. europa.

eu/en Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl Applicants should consider results and work done under the previous funded project EmpowerED, see https://www. empowerededtech. eu/ e.g. the European EdTech Map - https://www.

edtechmap. eu/edtech-map Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl The project should consider previous work done by the Digital Education Accelerator Hub. https://education.

ec. europa. eu/focus-topics/digital-education/digital-education-hub/accelerator-programme Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl PolicyBriefing_Digital_Education_Action_Plan_updated.

pdf (177. 83 KB) This topic will bring an important contribution to the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) by supporting the private actors in the digital education ecosystem. Added 4 months ago by Daniela Hackl This topic will help support the effective and ethical application of GenAI technologies to education and training, in alignment with the objectives of the GenAI4EU initiative.

https://digital-strategy. ec. europa.

eu/en/policies/genai4eu#1720699867912-1 Added 5 months ago by Daniela Hackl call-fiche_digital-2026-skills-10_en. pdf (581. 16 KB) This is an uploaded version of the Call Document as found on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

Use the Call Document tab to browse the extracted information. This is just a very first implementation, better visualisation coming From Vision to Action: Empowering Skills Development, Capacity Building and Inclusive Learning for Europe’s Digital Future Onsite event focusing on how European Union initiatives support skills development, capacity building, and inclusive learning as key enablers of Europe’s digital transition.

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eu Info Day and Matchmaking Event for the Digital Europe Programme 10th Call for Advanced Digital Skills On 29 April, the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, on behalf of the European Commission, will host an online Info Day & Matchmaking Event on the three calls explicitly focusing on fostering the development of advanced digital skills: EdTech Accelerator (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-EDTECH) Digital Skills and Jobs Platform: The National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-NATIONAL-COALITIONS) Advanced Digital Skills for AI Uptake in Health (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-DIGITAL-HEALTH-STEP) Data Week 2026 will be a 2-day physical event taking place in Oslo, Norway between 5-6 May.

The event will be organised by the Big Data Value Association in collaboration with the following BDVA members: IFE (Institute for Energy technology), NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), SINTEF and Western Norway Research Institute . DEP Online Matchmaking Call 10 Building strong consortia is a key success factor in securing funding under the Digital Europe Programme (DEP).

To support partner search for the 10th DEP call, National Contact Points (NCPs) from various countries are organizing a dedicated online matchmaking event, bringing together organisations from all eligible countries. Deadline to apply for pitching: 17 June 2026 Events are added by the ideal-ist NCP community and are hand-picked. If you would like to suggest an event, please contact idealist@ffg.

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The timeline is based on the information provided by the call topic. 2026-04-01 - 5 months ago The call topics are published first in the Work Programme, which is available a while before the call opens. By following up the Work Programme publications, you can get a headstart.

2026-04-01 - 5 months ago The call was first imported in TopicTree. 2026-04-21 - 4 months ago The call opened for submissions. 2026-10-01 - 3 weeks from now Deadline for submitting a project.

Time to inform applicants 2027-03-01 - 5 months from now The maximum time to inform applicants (TTI) of the outcome of the evaluation is five months from the call closure date. 2027-06-01 - 8 months from now The maximum time to sign grant agreements (TTG) is three months from the date of informing applicants.

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