Most large EU companies pay 100% of their software R&D from their own P&L — while a parallel universe of Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, CEF, RRF, Eurostars, and sovereign co-investment would cover 40%–70% of the same scope. We open that second budget, deliver at AI-native velocity, and stay with you from preparation through audits.
The cheapest software a large company can build is the one Europe, a research partner or a sovereign fund co-finances.
Digital One · Operating thesis
Every engagement we jointly shape starts from the same commercial observation. Large EU companies pay 100% of their software R&D and new-service development out of their own P&L — while Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, CEF, RRF, Eurostars, Turkic-States, and complementary routes like Innovation Fund or InvestEU would cover 40%–70% of the same scope, if the right consortium were built around them.
We bring two value streams, stacked on top of each other. The pursuit stream opens a second budget through corporate procurement, grant consortia, or hybrid routes. The technology stream layers AI-native software engineering and testing on top — with our own delivery team, under Digital One's methodological supervision.
We stay beside you through the full lifecycle — from preparation, through bid elaboration and go-live, into live operations, and all the way to post-award audits. A strategic software capability arrives ahead of budget and ships at AI-native velocity.
Move the slider, pick the project shape, and the calculator maps which EU and sovereign sources fit — with realistic funding rates and minimum ticket sizes. Sources that don't fit get locked out, so you see the real shortlist, not an aspirational one.
The eligible costs you'd commit to the project (staff, engineering, data, pilot). Grant sources top this up.
Program sizes and indicative rates for the active 2026–2027 window. We choose the route before writing the bid — not after.
Work Programme 2026–27. Collaborative R&D and pilot-intensive digital / industrial calls. IA funds large companies at 70%, RIA at 100%. Adopted December 2025.
2025–27 window. AI, cybersecurity, cloud/data, advanced digital skills, deployment actions. Typically 50% for large companies, higher for specific cyber calls.
Connecting Europe Facility, 2nd Work Programme. Connectivity, edge, transport corridors, smart-community software. Infrastructure-scale tickets.
Recovery & Resilience Facility. National recovery plans with a minimum 20% digital pillar. Country-specific routes, active through 2026 disbursement.
Market-oriented R&D. SME-led consortium with large-company partners at country-specific rates — up to 65% industrial research, up to 40% experimental development. Next deadline March 2026.
1:1 matching co-investment across 6 member states (Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye, Uzbekistan). For every €1 you commit, the fund matches €1. Small tickets via partner-bank channels in member states; larger direct deals. Operations launched April 2026. Digital infrastructure and ICT in scope.
Complementary routes — Innovation Fund, InvestEU, EIC (SME-only), national matching — sit on top of this map and are chosen case by case.
By the time the gates start, the funding route is chosen and the AI-native delivery kit is ready. The Principal Tender Supervisor owns readiness; the Client-selected Tender Coordination Company owns formal submission.
Bids drift when ownership drifts. Every role is named to a person on day one — and the client-facing lead is deliberately never the same person as the Principal Tender Supervisor.
We arrive prepared: funding routes mapped, consortium shape tested, Principal Tender Supervisor named, and the AI-native engineering kit built. The first thirty days tailor all of this to your R&D agenda.