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HORIZON EUROPE – Civil Security for Society – 2025

Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme aims to boost innovation, competitiveness, and employment in Europe through collaborative projects, international partnerships, and funding opportunities accessible to companies of all sizes and sectors.

2025-11-12
156.00 million euros
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Call reference HORIZON-CL3-2025-01
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Aeronautics & Space Business & Industry Civil Protection & Risks Energy Justice, Security, Defence Nuclear Research & Innovation Services to organisations Social Economy Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries EU & International Organisation Financial Institution Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

Forthcoming

  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03 : Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-04: Advancing autonomous systems and robotics for high-risk disaster response, strengthening disaster resilience in conflict-afflicted crisis zones
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-01: National Contact Points (NCPs) in the field of security and cybersecurity fostering the links with National Community building for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04: Humanitarian demining / Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) of civil areas and unexploded ordnance risk education
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-01: Open topic on modern information and forensic evidence analysis and on frontline policing
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02: Open topic on secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-02: Open topic for role of the human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04: Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-02: Uptake Acceleration Services
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-02: Open topic on Improving disaster risk management and governance to ensure self-sufficiency and sustainability of operations in support of enhanced resilience
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-03: Open topic on better customs and supply chain security
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-05: Data repository for security research and innovation
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-02: Open topic on prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of crime and terrorism through an enhanced understanding of the related societal issues
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-01: Open topic for improved preparedness for, response to and recovery from large-scale disruptions of critical infrastructures
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01: Open topic on efficient border surveillance and maritime security
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-01: Open topic on citizen and regional and/or local authorities’ engagement in enhanced disaster risk awareness, including education, and preparedness
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-03: Open topic on improved intelligence picture and enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of organised crime
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-03: Open topic on testing / validating tools, technologies and data used in cross-border prevention, preparedness and responses to climate extreme and geological events and chemical, biological or radiological emergency threats
  • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-06: Demand-led innovation for civil security through Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 156.00 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03 : 2 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-04: 5 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-01: 3 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04: 6 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-01: 18 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02: 9 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-02: 7 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04: 3 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-02: 5 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-02: 10.50 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-03: 9 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-05: 3 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-02: 12.00 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-01: 15.00 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01: 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-01: 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-03: 7.50 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-03: 13.50 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-06: 5.50 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 1 million and 6 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs
  • Funding rate: up to 70% of the total eligible costs for the topics below:
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-03
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-03
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-INFRA-01
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-03
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-04
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04
    • HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-05