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This round is closed. The next round and similar open calls are listed below. Synced from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal on 9 November 2026.
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Projects the EU funded under this call, with the organisation that led each one.
CARESCitizen Awareness and Resilience for Emergency Systems
Led by Rina Consulting SpA · Italy · 2026 · Official record ↗
AMPLIFYAmplifying whole-of-society disaster preparedness through artistic, creative and cultural engagement
Led by University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork · Ireland · 2026 · Official record ↗
AWARENESSAWareness and preparation of local Authorities and citizens impacted by foRest firEs and floods Nurturing Engagement for Societal Sustainability
Led by Aerospace Valley · France · 2026 · Official record ↗
Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.
CO-SECURKnowledge building and social innovation for a successful, more effective and CO-produce urban SECURity solutions
HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-04 · 2023 · Official record ↗
SECASSUREDSecurity Assurance-driven AI-based Security Services for Trustworthy Security Engineering from Left-to-Right
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 · 2025 · Official record ↗
SecOPERASecure OPen source softwarE and hardwaRe Adaptable framework
HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-02 · 2023 · Official record ↗
SHASAISecure Hardware and Software for AI systems
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 · 2025 · Official record ↗
SecQdevOpsSecQdevOps- Trustworthy Quantum DevOps for Secure Software and Hardware Quantum Engineering
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 · 2025 · Official record ↗
DOSSSECURE-BY-DESIGN IOT OPERATION WITH SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL
HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-02 · 2023 · Official record ↗
ATHENAADVANCED VALIDATION AND TESTING ENVIRONMENT FOR ENHANCING THE EU HW AND SW VULNERABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND SECURITY BASED ON INNOVATIVE AI SERVICES
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 · 2025 · Official record ↗
CERTIFYaCtive sEcurity foR connecTed devIces liFecYcles
HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-02 · 2022 · Official record ↗
Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.
Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to one or both of the following expected outcomes:
Scope:Societal resilience and preparedness to disasters are shaped by the way authorities and citizens exchange, access, understand, and react to information about hazards. As a result, anyone may become more vulnerable if barriers to these processes occur. Strengthening societal resilience to disasters, therefore, requires investment by authorities at operational, strategic, and policy levels to improve engagement with citizens and integrate inclusive communication processes. In order to achieve this, it is important to take into account the diversity of citizens, be it relating to age, gender, educational levels, disability, and other social characteristics.
The European Commission is developing and implementing an EU Preparedness Union Strategy following whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches. The EU’s disaster resilience goal No. 2 is “Prepare – Increasing risk awareness and preparedness of the population[1]. The proposals’ outcomes should especially work towards supporting these two policies and follow the recommendations of the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) to ensure a successful uptake to the end users. Proposals are invited to utilise the Special Eurobarometer on “Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population[2]" as evidence of needs.
Under the open topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions and technology, including the use of AI, for improving disaster preparedness, risk awareness by citizens and regional and/or local authorities, and for reinforcing the cooperation among scientific / technical communities and policy-makers / regional and/or local authorities for an enhanced sharing of knowledge and uptake of research outputs. If they relate to some of the topics covered by Horizon Europe Calls Disaster-Resilient Society 2021-2022 or 2023-2024, the proposals should convincingly explain how they will build on and not duplicate them.
Proposals are expected to address one of the following options:
Option a: Tools and solutions to improve disaster preparedness and risk awareness by citizens and regional and/or local authorities;
Option b: Mechanism to enhance dialogue among research/academic communities, practitioners and regional and/or local authorities for sharing knowledge and effectively uptake research results.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed tools and solutions. Furthermore, proposals should outline the plans to develop possible future uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps once the project is finalised. Proposals should also consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects. Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic should be envisaged in order to avoid duplication and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities for increased impact.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with citizen organisations, regional and/or local authorities and practitioners (first and second responders/civil protection agencies/disaster management authorities), private sector operators during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim of facilitating future uptake of innovations for the Disaster Risk Reduction community.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of related research and innovation activities.
[1] (2023/C 56/01); COM (2023) 61 final.
[2] https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3228
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:
This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2 Regional and/or Local Authorities, at least 2 organisations representing citizens or regional and/or local communities[[A Citizen Organisation can be a Non-Governmental Organisation representing citizens interests in the area of civil protection and/or associations of volunteers.]] and 2 First responders or disaster management authorities[[As an example, contacts of national UCPM authorities are available here: https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-protection/national-disaster-management-system_en]] from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
Described in the Work Programme 2025 – 6. Civil Security for Society.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
To ensure a balanced portfolio, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to one project that is the highest ranked within each of the two options given in the scope (Option a and Option b), provided that the applications attain all thresholds.
Described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].
Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA) 
Guidance
HE Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA 
Call-specific instructions 
Detailed budget table (HE LS) 
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
Information on Security Practitioners Template
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 6. Civil Security for Society
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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