Apply AI: Piloting AI-based image screening in medical centres

This call, under the Digital Europe Programme, funds large-scale pilot projects to deploy and validate trustworthy, European-developed AI and GenAI systems for medical image screening in real clinical settings. The objective is to accelerate adoption of AI in healthcare, particularly for cancer and cardiovascular disease screening, by generating robust clinical, organisational, and cost-efficiency evidence.

Areas

• AI systems for medical image screening in real clinical settings

• Clinical validation and evidence generation for cancer and cardiovascular disease screening at scale.

• Integration of AI into existing healthcare workflows to enable scalable, cross-border adoption.

Eligibility Criteria

• Legal entities established in EU Member States and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme

• Consortium composed by minimum 7 applicants from 5 different eligible countries

• At least one industrial partner in the consortium

Funding

• Total Budget: up to 9.000.000 EUR

• Amount per project: 4.500.000 EUR

• Number of funded project proposals: 2

Timeline

The call will open 21 April 2026, the deadline to submit applications is set to 1 October 2026, 17:00 Brussels time.