Call for proposals 2025 - Civil Security for Society (HORIZON-CL3-2025-01)
Ανοιχτή Πρόσκληση
Objectives
The Civil Security for Society call mobilises EUR 156 million to strengthen the EU’s capacity to anticipate, prevent and respond to evolving security threats. It supports five destinations: protecting citizens against crime and terrorism, managing external borders, safeguarding critical infrastructure, building disaster-resilient societies and reinforcing the security-research innovation ecosystem. Projects are expected to deliver modern information-analysis and forensic tools for police; develop technologies that enhance border surveillance, customs control and travel facilitation; improve preparedness, response and rapid recovery of critical infrastructures; and provide citizen-centred solutions that raise disaster-risk awareness, governance and self-sufficiency.
Cross-cutting priorities include embedding legal-ethical standards, empowering vulnerable groups, accelerating market uptake—through innovation procurement and cascade funding—and exploiting space/Earth-observation data. The work programme aligns with forthcoming EU strategies on Internal Security, the Preparedness Union, counter-terrorism, organised-crime, cybersecurity and disaster-risk reduction, and it encourages international cooperation where beneficial. By funding research and innovation that is practitioner-driven and socially inclusive, the call will equip authorities, first responders and industry with interoperable, trustworthy capabilities, thereby enhancing the safety and resilience of people, infrastructure and democratic institutions across Europe.
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-01: Open topic on modern information and forensic evidence analysis and on frontline policing
-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-FCT-03: Open topic on improved intelligence picture and enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of organised crime
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04: Humanitarian demining / Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) of civil areas and unexploded ordnance risk education
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01: Open topic on efficient border surveillance and maritime security
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02: Open topic on secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-03: Open topic on better customs and supply chain security
-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-INFRA-02: Open topic for role of the human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures
-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-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-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 CBR emergencies
-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 links with National Community building for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-02: Uptake Acceleration Services
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03: Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04: Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-05: Data repository for security research and innovation
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-06: Demand-led innovation for civil security through Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)
Ανοιχτή Πρόσκληση
Objectives
The Civil Security for Society call mobilises EUR 156 million to strengthen the EU’s capacity to anticipate, prevent and respond to evolving security threats. It supports five destinations: protecting citizens against crime and terrorism, managing external borders, safeguarding critical infrastructure, building disaster-resilient societies and reinforcing the security-research innovation ecosystem. Projects are expected to deliver modern information-analysis and forensic tools for police; develop technologies that enhance border surveillance, customs control and travel facilitation; improve preparedness, response and rapid recovery of critical infrastructures; and provide citizen-centred solutions that raise disaster-risk awareness, governance and self-sufficiency.
Cross-cutting priorities include embedding legal-ethical standards, empowering vulnerable groups, accelerating market uptake—through innovation procurement and cascade funding—and exploiting space/Earth-observation data. The work programme aligns with forthcoming EU strategies on Internal Security, the Preparedness Union, counter-terrorism, organised-crime, cybersecurity and disaster-risk reduction, and it encourages international cooperation where beneficial. By funding research and innovation that is practitioner-driven and socially inclusive, the call will equip authorities, first responders and industry with interoperable, trustworthy capabilities, thereby enhancing the safety and resilience of people, infrastructure and democratic institutions across Europe.
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-01: Open topic on modern information and forensic evidence analysis and on frontline policing
-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-FCT-03: Open topic on improved intelligence picture and enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of organised crime
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04: Humanitarian demining / Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) of civil areas and unexploded ordnance risk education
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01: Open topic on efficient border surveillance and maritime security
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02: Open topic on secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-03: Open topic on better customs and supply chain security
-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-INFRA-02: Open topic for role of the human factor for the resilience of critical infrastructures
-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-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-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 CBR emergencies
-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 links with National Community building for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-02: Uptake Acceleration Services
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-03: Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-04: Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-05: Data repository for security research and innovation
-HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-SSRI-06: Demand-led innovation for civil security through Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP)