Digital solutions for regulatory compliance through data
European Commission · Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Posted 21 Apr 2026 · Closes tomorrow
In plain terms
The European Commission funds three to four projects that use artificial intelligence and advanced digital technologies to streamline regulatory reporting and reduce administrative burden on businesses through automated compliance data sharing. Grants totalling 8.5 million euros are available for consortia from EU and associated countries, with applications in English due by 1 October 2026.
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Summary
Expected Impact:
The objective is to deliver three to four projects that demonstrate the streamlining of regulatory reporting through automated and trusted sharing of compliance data. Each project will address the governance, technical, legal, and processing aspects of the solution.
Objective:
Specific Objective 2 of the Digital Europe Programme aims to reinforce the EU’s core Artificial Intelligence (AI) capacities as a crucial driver for the digital transformation of the public and private sectors.
The vision is to make Europe an AI continent, thriving on the development, integration and adoption of AI. As one of the financial instruments of the upcoming Apply AI Strategy, SO2 will support the development of world class AI models in the EU and foster the integration of AI technologies into EU’s most strategic sectors, including healthcare, energy and research. It will stimulate new industrial uses of AI and improve the delivery of various public services.
In addition, it will support the deployment of new digital solutions for regulatory compliance through data. The objective is to reduce the administrative burden of enterprises by applying advanced digital technologies to…
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Eligible regions
- eu_only
Who can apply
- ngo_cso
- academia_research
- private_company
- government
- un_agency
Eligibility and conditions
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">Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (DEP) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (DEP LSII)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA
Additional documents:
DEP Work Programmes
DEP Regulation 2021/964
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement