Malta Grant Briefing
Digitalise your SME co-funds up to 80% of qualifying AI investments. This check runs the eligibility math in 3 minutes and tells you your cap, your AI top-up, and what to do next.
3 minutes · 9 questions · not a grant approval
Built from the same eligibility logic we presented to 500 Malta decision-makers at the Hilton, 21 May 2026.
The €107,000 AI co-funding component only exists under Call 2. Same project, same cost, same work - minus €107,000 if you miss the window.
Grant check
Use your best current estimate. If connected companies may count into the total, choose "Not sure".
The grant in 60 seconds
An EU-co-funded grant scheme (ERDF 2021-2027), administered in Malta by the Measures and Support Division. It reimburses companies for digital and AI investments. Not a loan. Not equity. A direct reimbursement of up to 80% of eligible project costs. The base SME cap sits at €128,400. Call 2 added an AI top-up of up to €107,000 for projects that include artificial intelligence, so the €107,000 is part of the €235,400 combined ceiling, not added on top of it.
Up to 80%
Reimbursement rate
€235,400
Combined ceiling
Call 2
Current window (AI top-up active)
After the check, we take it from here
We scope the project
We turn your idea into a grant-ready project scope: what gets built, what gets funded, and what the Measures and Support Division needs to see. Written by an engineer, not a grant consultant.
We build the system
Architecture and implementation of the AI system - one team, from scope through to a working product in your business.
We run it with you
Ongoing operation plus the post-project reporting the AI top-up requires, so the system keeps delivering after go-live.
Is this check for you
Take it if
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What the check measures
Five inputs - headcount, company age, dividend history, location, prior public aid - determine whether you sit in the micro, small, or medium bracket, and how much of the €128,400 base cap applies to you. If the company size or route is misclassified in the application - for example the wrong headcount because linked or partner companies were not counted - the file can be sent back for correction, which costs time against the cut-off.
The €107,000 AI component is not automatic. It requires the project to include artificial intelligence - not just digitisation, not just software. The check tells you whether your scope qualifies for both the base and the top-up, or just the base.
Grant eligibility without an implementation plan is a number on a screen. The last four questions measure where you are on timeline, budget, use case, and who builds it - so the result includes a realistic next step, not just a funding estimate.
Why an engineer writes grant scopes
Christoph Sauerborn studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen and shipped Industry 4.0 systems at Bosch before founding Brixon. On a production line, you spec the inputs, define the tolerances, and test against them. A grant application works the same way: the scope is a spec, the reviewer is quality control, and vague language is a defect. That is why our grant scopes read like engineering documents - because the people who approve them think like engineers, not like marketers.
Where this came from
On 21 May 2026, around 500 Malta business leaders attended the Brixon AI event at the Hilton. After the presentation, the most common question was some version of "do I qualify, and for how much?" This tool exists because that question deserves a concrete answer, not a "it depends" from a consultant.
Straight answers
Up to 80%, depending on company size, age, dividend history, prior aid, and project scope. Theoretical maximum: €235,400 (€128,400 SME cap + €107,000 AI top-up). The check estimates your specific share - not the brochure number.
Call 2 is the current window with the AI top-up active. Once it closes, the same AI project costs the same money - just without €107,000 of co-funding. If your scope can land inside the window, the check flags it and we move fast. If you are aiming later, we plan for the next call.
No. This is an eligibility estimate based on 9 inputs. A formal application requires SME status verification, de minimis headroom checks, a detailed project scope, and supporting evidence. The check tells you whether that effort is worth starting.
An EU-co-funded grant scheme (ERDF 2021-2027) that co-funds digital and AI investments by Malta-based SMEs. It is administered in Malta by the Measures and Support Division. The AI top-up was added under Call 2 and carries MDIA-backed reporting requirements. The check uses the official eligibility logic, not a vendor interpretation.
Malta-based micro, small and medium-sized companies (under 250 employees) with a digital or AI project in roughly the €20k-€235k range. If you have 250+ staff, no Malta operations, or no digital component, this scheme probably is not your route.
No. Brixon AI is a private firm. We build the AI systems that get funded. The grant decision sits with the administering authority - Malta's Measures and Support Division.
The check is free. The follow-up email is free. An optional 30-minute scoping call is also free. We only get paid if you decide to work with us on the project.
Three things, in order: (1) your estimate appears on this page immediately, (2) it lands in your inbox so you have it on file, (3) within two working days someone from our team writes you one short email tied to your specific case - no templated sequence.
Your details sit in our CRM and are used for this conversation only. No newsletter, no third parties, no automated outreach. Deletable on request. Full details in our privacy policy.
80% co-funding does not wait. Your estimate takes three minutes.