GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The projects selected for funding under this topic are expected to:

• address one of the key areas in which the Digital Europe Programme supports critical EU capacity building through large scale deployments;
• represent a high level of engagement from various Member States and a long-term sustainability for the project implemented;
• pool EU, national and/or private resources to achieve progress that no Member State could do on its own;
• reduce digital divides within and between Member States;
• prove a clear EU added value through their impact that no single entity nor Member State could achieve on its own;
• contribute to bridge the gap between large scale piloting and full deployment;
• support the consolidation of an interconnected, interoperable, and secure Single Market, considering to the extent possible the interests of public and private sectors.
• to the extent possible, support interoperability of data and digital infrastructure amongst the MCPs. Digital infrastructure might include data, high-performance computing, quantum computing, AI and connectivity;
• where relevant, support common operating models that promote fair data economy, cross-border services, digital public services, new business models, trust-based ecosystems, digital identity and a high level of personal data protection.

The funding can cover the following categories of activities:

• Deployment and use of common EU digital infrastructures, including the underlying technologies, blueprint architecture, standards, tools and applications;
• Deployment and use of advanced EU wide services targeting their large-scale adoption including through industry and/or SMEs, and/or public administrations;
• Use of computing and processing capacities;
• Data generation, collection, aggregation and sharing;
• Creation, optimization of large data models;
• Normalisation and certification of services, digital infrastructures and/or data models;
• Deployment of trustworthy AI capacities and resources;
• Dissemination and exploitation of project results;
• Stakeholder engagement;
• Capacity building, including on legal and competitiveness matters;
• Any other activities that are necessary to the achievement of the objectives of the relevant Multi-Country Project.

Priority will be given to projects that present a broader Member States support, and a higher level of maturity.