Innovative tools and business models
Innovative tools and business models · CREA-PJG
What this call funds
This call funds innovative digital tools and business models for the European audiovisual industry, including videogames. It supports projects like subtitling, accessibility and recommendation tools, automated rights management systems, and new business models using AI, big data, blockchain or virtual worlds. The goal is to make European audiovisual works more visible and available, boost industry competitiveness, help the sector adapt to AI, and support greener practices. It does not cover hardware development such as cameras or headsets.
media journalism · artificial intelligence · blockchain web3 · creative cultural · sustainable materials
Who wins this
This suits audiovisual industry organisations developing digital tools or business models that improve distribution, rights management or sustainability of European audiovisual works.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- CREA-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- CREA Project Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Funding rate
- below 80%
- Also required
- Applications must include strategies for sustainability, gender balance, diversity and transparency, and hardware development is excluded from funding.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in the call document. 3. Other eligibility 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: September, 30 2026. Deadline for submitting applications: January, 14 2027 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: January-May 2027. Information to applicants: July 2027. Signature of grant agreement: October 2027. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document