Calls
Digital Futures provides funding for strategic research projects that drive innovation and create impact. Below, you’ll find information on upcoming calls, including objectives, available funding, schedules, application procedures, eligibility criteria, expected outcomes, and the essential selection criteria—everything you need to successfully submit a proposal.
Each call is tailored to the specific nature of the projects being funded. Proposals can only be submitted after a call is officially published.
Digital Futures Call Plan 2025*

*During the 2nd semester of 2025 the following calls will be launched: 2nd Postdoc call, 2nd ISPP call and the Summer Early Career Programme call.
Closed call: C3.ai DTI Announces 3rd Call for Proposals – AI to Transform Cybersecurity & Secure Critical Infrastructure
The submission deadline extended to February 14! Open call to researchers at KTH Royal Institute…
Closed call: Up to six postdoc fellows in technologies for digital transformation
Digital Futures postdoc fellowships aim to support talented early-career researchers in pursuing their research ideas…
Closed call: Digital Futures Summer Research Internships Programme
As part of the Digital Futures initiative’s goal of offering training in the new Science…
Closed call: 1-2 Partner Postdoc Fellows in Environmental impacts of digitalization based on LCA
Digital Futures Partner postdoc fellowships aim to support talented early-career researchers in pursuing their research…
Closed call: Topic proposal for the Digital Futures Focus Period 2023
Digital Futures is now enthusiastically inviting proposals by potential organizers of the Digital Futures Focus…
Closed call: Societal Innovation Projects
This is the second call for Societal Innovation Projects within Digital Futures. Background Digital Futures…
Closed call: Industrial Innovation Projects
This is the second call for Industrial Innovation Projects (IIP) within Digital Futures. Background Digital…
Closed call: ISPP Demo Projects
This is the first call for Industrial and Societal Partnership Program (ISPP) Demo Projects within…
Closed call: Research Pairs Consolidator Projects
Note: Only researchers with an ongoing Digital Futures Research Pairs Project from the first call…
Closed call: Research Pairs Projects
This is the third call for Research Pairs projects with collaboration between two junior researchers…
Closed call: Demonstrator projects
This is a call for Demonstrator projects – projects that can demonstrate and disseminate technologies…
Closed call: Participation in Future Digileaders 2022
Future Digileaders is an event for selected early career researchers interested in the broad area…