Horizon Europe 2025 calls on Civil Security for Society (CL3)

Objectif

Cluster 3 provides a research and innovation response to a context of rapidly changing threats and challenges to internal security, the security of citizens, critical infrastructure and the security of society as a whole. These threats are driven by geopolitical, technological and societal changes, including:
• Instability, hybrid threats and the resurgence of war on the European continent, in particular the Russian war against Ukraine, making the need for civilian protection, preparedness, and resilience a matter of urgency.
• Continued threat from terrorism and increased threat from organised crime.
• The potential for large-scale movements of people, whether due to war, the instrumentalisation of migration, or other drivers, requires effective border management capabilities and further efforts to combat migrant smuggling, trafficking in Human Beings (THB), and possible terrorist infiltration.
• More frequent and serious climate-related extreme events and other disasters, whether accidental or intentional, of human or natural origin, requiring disaster risk management and response.
• Continued technological development and digitalisation create new and unforeseen vulnerabilities and new opportunities for criminals and violent extremists, as well as new challenges, needs and opportunities for security practitioners.
• Cyber threats that put infrastructures, businesses and individuals at risk.
• Negative socio-economic trends and climate adaptation that create potential for greater social polarisation and mistrust, which may escalate into conflict and/or create opportunities for extremists and malicious actors to spread hate speech and disinformation.

Critères d'éligibilité

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
– the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions
– the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States
– countries associated to Horizon Europe listed here : https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf
– low- and middle-income countries listed here : https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf

Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call conditions, only legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes, as
beneficiaries, three legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:
- at least one independent legal entity established in a Member State; and
- at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Country

Technologies clés

• Better protect the EU and its citizens against Crime and Terrorism (FCT) : modern information and forensics, prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of crime and terrorism, improved intelligence picture regarding organised crime, humanitarian demining (UXO) and related societal education

• Effective management of EU external borders (BM): efficient border surveillance and maritime security, secured and facilitated crossing of external borders, better customs and supply chain security

• Resilient infrastructure (INFRA): improved preparedness, response and recovery from large-scale disruptions in critical infrastructure, human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures

• Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe (DRS): enhanced disaster risk awareness education and preparedness, technologies and data used in cross-border prevention, preparedness and responses to climate extreme and geological events and CBRN threats, autonomous systems and robotics for high-risk disaster response in conflict-afflicted crisis zones

• Strengthened Security Research and Innovation (SSRI): NCPs, acceleration of the uptake of security solutions, SMEs support, Data repository for security research and innovation

• Increased Cybersecurity (CS): Generative AI for Cybersecurity, New advanced tools and processes for Operational Cybersecurity, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

Typologie de consortium

Projects funded under Horizon Europe usually last from 12 to 48 months. The expected EU contribution per project ranges from EUR 1M to 14M.