EU funding for sustainable digital innovation
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EU FUNDING

Even the greatest ideas risk to remain unrealised without a strategic orientation and financial means. As part of the Digital for Planet community, you will receive support to define winning strategies and access funding opportunities to realise your green digital plans. 

The Digital for Planet team gathers experts on EU funding mechanisms with an established collaboration history with researchers, policy makers and engaged experts. Discover more about the European funding opportunities to make digital sustainable.

EU Funding for Sustainable Digital Innovation

Several public and private financial ventures and European funding programmes are allocated at national and international level to grant innovative projects underpinning the European Green Deal Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Horizon Europe, the EU’s key research and innovation programme (2021-2027) dedicates over 35% of its budget to addressing climate change. Itfunds projects that develop new technologies and foster sustainability in key digital domains. The focus topics addressed within Horizon Europe are all-round, from a reliable assessment and reduction of the environmental footprint of the European Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum to the evolution of 6G and the future telecommunication networks. 

Have a look at the activities of the Digital for Planet Working Groups, where our members advance sustainability in four strategic ICT domains:

Depending on the field of application, digital sustainability projects can receive funding from a wide range of European funding programmes, such as Digital Europe, LIFE, EIC, as well as ERDF, EAGF, EAFRD, and Cohesion Fund.

How to Secure an EU Funding Grant

Funding call

IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT FUNDING CALL:
Navigating through the wide range of European programmes and selecting the right call for your research initiative can be challenging. Digital for Planet experts help you maximise your chances of a successful response by
analysing your green initiative and helping you select the most relevant call.

Connecting experts

CONNECTING YOU TO A WIDE NETWORK OF EXPERTS:
After more than two decades in the innovation market space, we have developed strong relationships with an extensive network of partners across academia, research centres, businesses, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across Europe and beyond. We identify and directly connect you with the most suitable partners for your project’s consortium.

Competitive

FRAMING YOUR GREEN DIGITAL PLANS FOR A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL:
To obtain funding, you need more than just an interesting idea and a well-written proposal. With so many organisations competing for limited resources, you need to ensure that your bid offers more – in addition to fulfilling all the criteria, your proposal must be unique and highly competitive. Our green tech experts share their experience and provide you with specialist advice to help you develop a winning proposal.

Winning proposal

ADHERING TO EXCELLENCE, IMPACT, AND IMPLEMENTATION, I.E. WRITING A WINNING PROPOSAL:
With a long history of writing successful proposals, Digital for Planet experts will help you maximise your odds for a win by preparing a strong and clear concept for your proposal and tailoring it to strategic goals and expectations. Specialised in EU funding and innovation mechanisms and policies, our experts understand the processes that can make your sustainable digital innovation excel and your bid successful.

communication

BUILDING A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT EARNS THE ATTENTION AND DRIVES IMPACT:
In today’s highly competitive world, effective and credible presentation is key to any project’s success. Even the most brilliant and innovative ideas will not make it if they are not effectively communicated. To maximise your project’s outreach, we supply it with a
unique brand identity and successfully promote and disseminate its outcomes. We capture the core and essence of your innovation and ensure that all relevant information is timely relayed to your target audience.

Launch your green digital project idea with Digital for Planet!

Take a look at our R&I projects page to know more about Digital for Planet’s sustainable research and innovation projects.