SMV:Digital digitalization advisory grant

What it funds

This is the grant Denmark uses to buy SMEs hours of external advice for digitalization projects that start only after the commitment: systems integration, digital strategy, ERP and warehouse management, e-commerce, data analysis. Applications go through the pool page, the commitment comes from the Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, and the project closes with a concrete action plan. Cybersecurity, digital marketing and simple ERP projects receive the smaller voucher.

Requirements and what is left out

• It takes a small or medium Danish company with a CVR number, at least two full-time equivalents and one filed annual statement; the primary sector, agriculture included, stays out.
• It takes a consultant already approved in the consultant database, chosen in the application system before the work starts.
• It takes a cash contribution: the grant covers part of the fee, the company pays the rest.
• Anyone with a previous file still open: it must be closed and reported first, because only one project runs at a time.
• Anyone planning cybersecurity, digital marketing or a simple ERP: those projects receive the smaller voucher, not the full one.
• Anyone looking for someone to write code or install systems: the grant buys advice, analysis and an action plan, not delivery.

How to apply

1. Read the pool description, with eligible costs and conditions, and join an info webinar if anything is unclear.
2. Choose the approved consultant from the database and name them in the application system.
3. File online from the pool page, before the window closes.
4. After the commitment, close the project and report inside the assigned period, which cannot be extended. The seven-step guide remains the operating reference.

What this budget builds

A grant of this size buys the clarity that comes before a large investment: the map of systems and processes, the specification for choosing the ERP, a first model on the company's data with the metrics to judge it. I work side by side with the internal team, so the ability to carry the plan forward stays behind. The program, running since 2018, has funded thousands of similar projects: the Digitaliseringsstyrelsen page describes how it is built.

This entry is informational and is not advice: I do not handle grant applications, and before committing to a purchase it is worth reading the official source above or talking to whoever files the application.