High Level Priority Area

1. Research supporting societal wellbeing and sustainability through Digital Innovation.
2. Research supporting the implementation of the EU Digital Decade targets for 2030(1)
3. Research on solutions/ systems which implement the AI OECD principles(2), Malta’s AI Strategy and Vision(3) and UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence(4)
4. Research that supports compliance of the EU AI Act, EU Cyber Security Act, EU Cyber Resilience Act, EU Data Governance Act, EU Data Act, and The European Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS 2)
5. Research on toolsets to enable digital processing and analysis of Maltese artefacts, in written and, or spoken form, including spellchecking and transcription support or Research and development in the creation and use of language models with a focus on the Maltese language

1. European Commission. Europe’s Digital Decade: digital targets for 2030.
2. OECD.AI. OECD AI Principles overview.
3. MDIA (2025). Realignment of the Maltese 2019 National AI Vision and Strategy Draft.
4. UNESCO (2022). Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

In addition to the overarching high-level priority areas, the programme aims to support capacity-building efforts related to the following technology domains: 

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