Digital Education: Public-private Partnerships For Ethical Design, Development And Use Of Artificial Intelligence Tools In Education And Training
ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T02-DIGITAL-ETHICSAI
- Programme
- European policy experimentations
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- January 6, 2026
- Deadline
- April 8, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €5,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP-T02-DIGITAL-ETHICSAIERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP
Description
European policy experimentations are transnational cooperation projects that involve developing, implementing and testing the relevance, effectiveness, potential impact and scalability of activities to address policy priorities in different countries. By combining strategic leadership, methodological soundness, and a strong European dimension, they enable mutual learning and support evidence-based policy at European level.
Themes and priorities (scope)
This topic invites proposals that successfully establish public-private partnerships for the pedagogically driven design, development, deployment and use of ethical, trustworthy AI-based resources to improve teaching and learning. Proposal should demonstrate that their outcomes can be transferable and scalable across the EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme and should focus on formal education and training.
More information about this topic is available in the Call for proposals European policy experimentations (ERASMUS-EDU-2026-POL-EXP).
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout:
Page limit for the Part B of the Application Form (Technical Description) is 40 pages. Within these 40 pages limit, the list of relevant previous projects is included.
Layout is described in the Important Notice of the Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 22 December 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 8 April 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: April - July 2026.
Information to applicants: October 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: by January 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
n/a
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII)
Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII)
Guidance
Erasmus+ Programme Guide, specifically Part C - Information for Applicants
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Frequently Asked Questions About Digital Education: Public-private Partnerships For Ethical Design, Development And Use Of Artificial Intelligence Tools In Education And Training
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact [email protected].
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.