Over €230 million available for security research projects - Main contents
A call for project proposals on security research across 16 different topics is open for until 22 August 2019. It makes available €233.36 million in total for projects working on protecting the infrastructure of Europe, increasing the disaster resilience of societies, fighting crime and terrorism, securing external borders, as well as improving digital security and data protection.
The proposals that have passed the evaluation will be known by mid-January 2020, and the grant agreements with the project teams should be signed by end of April 2020.
The topics open for application as of today are:
Protecting the infrastructure of Europe and the people in the European smart cities
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe |
€22 million |
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Security for smart and safe cities, including for public spaces |
€16 million |
Disaster-resilient societies
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects for disaster-resilient societies |
€5 million |
|
Technologies for first responders |
€28.2 million |
|
Pre-normative research and demonstration for disaster-resilient societies |
€6 million |
|
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) cluster |
€10.5 million |
|
Demonstration of novel concepts for the management of pandemic crises |
€10 million |
Border and external security
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects of border and external security |
€10 million |
|
Technologies to enhance border and external security |
€21 million |
|
Demonstration of novel concepts for the management of pandemic crises |
€10 million |
Fight against crime and terrorism
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects to solve issues in fighting against crime and terrorism |
€10 million |
|
Technologies to enhance the fight against crime and terrorism |
€35.16 million |
|
Information and data stream management to fight against (cyber)crime and terrorism |
€8 million |
General matters
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Pan-European networks of practitioners and other actors in the field of security |
€3.5 million |
Two topics on digital security opened for submission on 14 March, with a deadline on 22 August:
Call identifier |
Topic |
Indicative budget |
|---|---|---|
Digital Security and privacy for citizens and Small and Medium Enterprises and Micro Enterprises |
€18 million |
|
Digital security, privacy, data protection and accountability in critical sectors |
€20 million |
What are the requirements for participation?
The requirements for submitting a research proposal are detailed in the call documents published on each topic page. You will also find there rules on funding, such as the list of eligible countries, submission rules, types of projects and their funding rates, as well as other useful information for preparing the project proposal.
How to apply?
Applicants have to submit their proposal electronically, following the link from the topic page. Please follow the guidelines on proposal submission and evaluation. For all questions related to Horizon 2020, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.