Dig.IT 2026: Want to make your business more efficient through digitalisation? Take advantage of funding opportunities

The Dig.IT programme is returning with another call for applications. For manufacturing companies and businesses providing production services, it is currently one of the more attractive opportunities to finance digital transformation — from process automation and system integration to solutions involving data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Applications for the Dig.IT 2/2026 call are scheduled to be accepted from 2 to 30 November 2026. Businesses can apply for grants ranging from PLN 150,000 to PLN 850,000, covering up to 50% of eligible project costs. However, there is another important limit: the grant amount requested cannot exceed 30% of the average annual net sales revenue for the last three completed financial years preceding the year in which the application is submitted. Support is provided as de minimis aid and paid as reimbursement of costs already incurred, with no advance payments or interim payments.

Source of information on the call: Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A., “Dig.IT – Call 2/2026”.

Funding is attractive, but funding itself should not be the starting point for a project

With grant programmes, it is easy to approach things in the wrong order. A company learns that funding is available and starts looking for a system, a supplier or an idea that could be included in the application. We believe the process should work the other way around.

The first step is to identify what actually needs to change within the business. Only then can the company decide which technology is appropriate and whether Dig.IT is a suitable source of funding for the project. After all, digitalisation is not simply about buying software. Implementing an ERP, MES or CRM system, an analytics platform, a cloud solution or an AI-powered tool only makes sense if it addresses a specific business problem: reducing manual work, eliminating errors, integrating data, shortening turnaround times, improving production, supporting better decisions or enabling better customer service. A sound Dig.IT project should therefore exist as a coherent business concept before it becomes a grant application.

Who can benefit from Dig.IT 2/2026?

The programme is not open to every business. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises whose main business activity is manufacturing or the provision of production services may apply for a grant. The official documentation defines manufacturing as the physical or chemical processing of raw materials, materials or semi-finished products into a new product. Production services, in turn, include activities that support the manufacturing process, such as certain repair, overhaul and maintenance services, as well as technical operations performed on items entrusted by a manufacturer.

A company must also qualify as an SME, have completed at least five full financial years, have sufficient unused de minimis aid allowance and ensure that the project does not start before the grant application is submitted.

That is precisely why completing the application form should not be the first step. It is worth checking first whether the company belongs to the group of businesses for which this funding instrument was designed.

What can be funded?

A digital technology must be at the core of the project. There are two main options. A company can purchase and implement an existing digital technology or commission software development work to create and implement a technology within its operations. In practice, this opens the door to projects involving process automation, system integration, production management, data flows, analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and cloud solutions. The official programme description explicitly identifies production process automation and the use of big data, AI and cybersecurity as examples of digital transformation activities.

A project may also include supplementary elements. Up to 40% of eligible costs may cover, among other things, employee training related to the use of new technologies, necessary fixed assets, and materials and other products required for implementation. The key word here is “implementation”. Dig.IT should not be treated as a way to fund the mere purchase of a solution. The technology must become part of how the business actually operates.

Reimbursement changes how a project needs to be planned

Funding of up to PLN 850,000 may seem highly attractive. However, it is important to remember that Dig.IT operates on a reimbursement basis. This means that a business must be able to finance the project before receiving the grant. The programme does not provide advance or interim payments. Costs are reimbursed after they have been incurred in accordance with the programme rules. From a management perspective, this is therefore not just a technology project but also a cash-flow decision. A company may have an excellent idea and meet the formal requirements but still lack the financial capacity to make the investment within the planned timeframe. This issue should be assessed before starting work on a full application.

We do not start by asking, “Which system should we buy?”

At Grupa WW, we start transformation projects by examining processes, not technologies.
If a business says it needs an MES system, we first ask what problem the system is intended to solve. If it wants to implement AI, we examine what data it has, the quality of that data and which process could gain measurable value from using AI. If a new ERP system is being considered, we analyse which areas of the business need to be integrated and what information should flow between them. Technology is considered only in response to an identified need.

This approach reduces the risk of developing a project that looks attractive on paper but proves difficult to implement once funding has been secured.

Why we developed the Dig.IT Readiness Assessment

The Dig.IT Readiness Assessment comes before the preparation of the actual grant project. At this stage, we are not yet writing the application. We first examine the company, its project circumstances and its digital transformation idea. We assess eligibility, existing processes, digital maturity, available data, the scope of the planned technology, the budget, potential risks and the organisation’s capacity to carry out the implementation

Depending on the situation, the assessment may result in one of three recommendations:

YES – the project has a sufficiently strong basis to proceed to the development of a full concept and documentation.

YES, BUT – the idea is justified, but it needs to be revised before an application is submitted, for example by narrowing or expanding its scope, changing the technology, adjusting the budget or dividing the implementation into different stages.

NO – at this stage, we do not recommend starting the full application process.

The final recommendation is valuable too. Sometimes the best decision is not to spend money preparing a project that lacks a sufficient formal, financial or implementation basis.

From assessment to implementation

If the assessment result is positive, the next step may be to develop a complete transformation project, including its technological scope, budget, schedule, performance measures, risks, business case and the documentation required for the funding process. The adviser’s role does not necessarily end there. A digital project only starts to generate value when it has been implemented properly. That is why the post-funding stage is equally important: selecting suppliers, controlling the project scope, managing change, carrying out acceptance procedures, training employees, measuring results and verifying whether the technology has actually improved how the organisation operates.

This is the model Grupa WW follows:

Within Grupa WW, we are developing Pagepress, an internal technology brand specialising in the design and development of custom software, web and mobile applications, and digital solutions for businesses. We can draw on our software development team’s expertise to create tools that improve information flows, reduce manual handling of digital processes and support data management, among other applications.

By combining advisory and technological expertise, we can guide a business from identifying its needs, through developing a concept and preparing a project for funding, to delivering selected solutions.

Funding should support a sound investment, not be used to justify one.

This is the most important principle to adopt before starting work on Dig.IT. Not every company should apply. Not every process requires advanced technology. Not every AI implementation will be a sound business investment. Funding can make digital transformation considerably easier, but it should not be the reason a company decides to adopt technology it did not previously need. There should first be a real problem, a business objective and a measurable outcome. Only then is it worth checking whether Dig.IT can help finance the transition from the current situation to the desired change.

Source

The information on the rules of the Dig.IT 2/2026 call, application dates, grant amounts, funding rate, eligible applicants, scope of activities and reimbursement arrangements is based on official information published by Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A.:

Dig.IT – Call 2/2026, Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A.

Grupa WW Sp. z o.o. is an independent consulting and implementation company and is neither the organiser nor the operator of the Dig.IT programme.