# Open topic for role of the human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures
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**topic id:** HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-02
**call id:** HORIZON-CL3-2025-01
**title:** Open topic for role of the human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** CL3
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2025-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-06-12T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-02
**description:** Expected Outcome:Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:
• Critical infrastructure is more resilient to natural hazards, intentional and accidental harmful human actions, including cyber attacks;
• Infrastructure operators and authorities have better understanding of human factor for the critical entities resilience;
• Infrastructure operators and authorities have access to improved risk and threat assessment, and forecast;
• Infrastructure operators and authorities have access to increased post-incident investigation capabilities contributing to better crisis prevention;
• Insider threats are effectively tackled, including through innovative, cost-efficient systems for background checks that are in full compliance with privacy;
• Training curricula for infrastructure operators, authorities and/or first responders are developed. 
 Scope:Under this open topic, proposals are invited to address new challenges, and/or develop innovative solutions or strengthen capabilities to tackle existing challenges taking into account the human factor, for the benefit of resilience of critical infrastructures. The emphasis of the proposals should be on the human dependant abilities of critical infrastructure to cope with an adverse event, including their capacity to prepare for the crisis, absorb the impact, reduce the recovery time, and adapt by reducing future exposure and vulnerabilities. 
To ensure the active involvement of, and timely feedback from relevant security practitioners, proposals should plan a mid-term deliverable consisting in the assessment, performed by the practitioners involved in the project, of the project’s mid-term outcomes.
Activities proposed within this topic should address both technological and societal dimensions of the tackled challenge in a balanced way. 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.
Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic should be envisaged in order to avoid duplication, exploit complementarities, and use opportunities for increased impact. Similarly, coordination with projects funded under HORIZON-CL3-2025-INFRA-01-01: Open topic for improved preparedness for, response to and recovery from large-scale disruptions of European infrastructure.
**conditions:** General conditions
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 involvement as beneficiaries of at least 3 relevant practitioners from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Depending on the specific proposal submitted, these practitioners should represent one or several of the following portfolios:
• critical infrastructure operator,
• national or regional authority responsible for critical infrastructure resilience,
• civil protection authority,
• law enforcement or private companies delivering security for critical infrastructure.
 For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in the application form with all requested information.

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
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
Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions
 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)
HE MGA 
Call-specific instructions 
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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**keywords:** HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-02, HORIZON-CL3-2025-01, Crisis management operations, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Cyber Defence systems, First responders, Operator training, Operators of critical infrastructure, Policy and Support, Protection of areas and infrastructures, Resilience aspects, Security, Training
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