Interoperability of systems and equipment at tactical level; between equipment and databases; and/or between databases of threats and materials

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Code: 29875 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

The solution(s) proposed under this topic should define the requirements and way forward to enable and enhance the interoperability of customs control equipment and of data used in different Member States and/or by different authorities at national level, as well as Commission systems.

Capabilities for border surveillance and situational awareness

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Code: 29872 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the capabilities for border surveillance and situational awareness.

External borders of the European Union and of the Schengen area, ranging from those closer to the Mediterranean to the Nordic Countries external land borders, present different border surveillance challenges. These differences may lead to difficulties in efficiently monitoring them, deterring illegal activities across the external borders, as well as trafficking of human beings and exploitation of irregular migration that avoid border crossing points. Solutions should hence allow re-orienting capacity and resources accordingly (through physical portability and/or other approaches). Cooperation for surveillance along borders requires compatibility and interoperability among legacy and planned systems.

Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

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Code: 29870 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies.

End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals for a preparatory action that should build the grounds for a future Pre-Commercial Procurement action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to proposals oriented to the acquisition of R&D services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, and/or to make societies more resilient against natural or human-made disasters.

Accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation

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Code: 29868 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-02 Grant | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

The topic focuses on accelerating uptake through open proposals for advanced SME innovation.
This topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.

Privacy-preserving and identity management technologies

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Code: 29866 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on privacy and identity management technologies.

Security of robust AI systems

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Code: 29864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the security of AI systems.

Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Dataspaces)

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Code: 29862 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on the secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud, Dataspaces).

Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Tools to support cybersecurity resilience, preparedness, awareness, and detection within critical infrastructures and across supply chains;
• Cloud infrastructures vulnerabilities mitigation;
• Secure integration of untrusted IoT in trusted environments;
• Use of Zero-Trust architectures;
• Trust & Security for massive connected IoT ecosystems & lifecycle management;
• AI-based automation tools for cyber threat intelligence.

Facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure the provision of essential services

Closed

Code: 29854 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-01 Grant | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure the provision of essential services.

Proposals under this topic should support the competent authorities of Member States to identify and develop the most suitable tools, solutions and strategies to ensure the resilience of key sectors and thus facilitate the implementation of [related/ future] EU legislation.

Applicants should focus on delivering solutions that can be used by the competent authorities of EU Member States, to support their task in overseeing the resilience of key sectors in line with relevant EU rules.

Supporting operators against cyber and non-cyber threats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures

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Code: 29852 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Civil security for society (Cluster 3) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 23/11/2023

This topic focuses on supporting operators against cyber and non-cyber threats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures.

Operators should be equipped with the best possible means to be able to prevent, resist, absorb and recover from disruptive incidents, no matter if they are caused by natural hazards, accidents, terrorism, insider threats, or public health emergencies.

A possible project focusing on the protection of critical infrastructures against such threat should consider gaps and vulnerabilities that need to be identified and overcome (e.g. protection of drinking water supply systems from high chemical levels, nuclear facilities, etc.).

The successful proposal, following a sector-based approach and identifying a specific priority sector, should work on how to increase the combined cyber and non-cyber resilience operators. It should do so by orienting itself on sectors that have not been covered in previous research, out of the list of sectors described in the respective Annexes of the of the directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS-2) and thus contribute to enhancing the overall resilience on EU-level, in line with the EU Security Union Strategy.

#BeInclusive EU Sport Awards

Closed

Code: 29848 | Identifier Code: ERASMUS-SPORT-2023-BE-INCLUSIVE-SPORT-AWARDS | Programme name: 2918 | Start submission calls: 29/06/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

The #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards 2023 (the ‘Awards’) aim to reward and give visibility to the best projects that have successfully supported inclusion through sport.

ECO-READY – Open Call for Living Labs

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Code: 29842 | Identifier Code: Open Call | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 31/05/2023 | End submission calls: 31/08/2023

The ECO-READY project aspires to recognise, categorise, and dissect the drivers that affect food security across the European web. The project will develop a real-time surveillance system, an Observatory offered as an e-platform and as a mobile application. This will function as the necessary singular source of information, provide real-time assessments for the food system, and update forecasts frequently and consistently.

Advancing point-of-care diagnostics to the market

Closed

Code: 29829 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2023-02-02-two-stage | Programme name: 29117 | Start submission calls: 27/06/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Proposal under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed towards, and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Health care providers and professionals have access to novel or improved point-of-care diagnostic (POC) devices that are suited to rapidly detect infectious diseases of relevance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 Scientific Research and Innovation Agenda.
• A diverse and robust pipeline of in vitro diagnostics is available, increasing options for clinical deployment, also in case of an infectious diseases outbreak with epidemic or pandemic potential, that can reach the most vulnerable populations.
• Health authorities and health care systems have access to health data and evidence to better develop and implement informed health policies and improved clinical surveillance of infectious diseases in SSA.

Improving modes of delivery, deployment, and uptake of vaccines through phase IV/implementation research

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Code: 29827 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2023-02-01-two-stage | Programme name: 29117 | Start submission calls: 27/06/2023 | End submission calls: 28/09/2023

Proposals submitted under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed to all the following expected outcomes:

• Public health authorities and health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have access to novel logistical and clinical solutions for vaccine delivery and have a better understanding of the behavioural barriers driving vaccine hesitancy, resulting in improved rates of vaccine deployment and uptake, particularly in poor and vulnerable communities.
• People in SSA have improved access, coverage, and trust in vaccines against all preventable infectious diseases within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP. Better tools as well as data on immunisation levels and the individual and public health benefit of immunization will drive vaccination even in hard-to-reach regions, thus helping to contribute towards the WHO Immunization Agenda.
• Health professionals and especially clinicians as well as policy makers have access to comprehensive phase IV/implementation research results, making use of them to ensure widespread translation and adoption of research findings into national and international policy guidelines for better delivery, deployment, and uptake of vaccines in clinical practice in SSA.

Electromagnetic signal propagation

Closed

Code: 29815 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-RA-SENS-EMSP | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

The main objective is to develop and test an efficient model of electromagnetic wave propagation capable of assessing and predicting EM signal propagation conditions to contribute to the creation of a tactical decision-making aid (TDA).

Strategic air transportation of outsized cargo

Closed

Code: 29813 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-RA-PROTMOB-SATOC | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

The objective of this topic is to explore the creation of a new European Strategic Air Transport for Outsized Cargo (SATOC) capability to meet the requirements of Member States and EDF associated countries (Norway).

Demonstrators and technologies to defeat threats posed by Unexploded Explosives Ordnances (UXO) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)

Closed

Code: 29811 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-RA-PROTMOB-DEXPLO | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

The main objective of this topic is to prepare a next generation of explosive hazards countermeasures (equipment, materials, etc.) using innovative technologies.
This research topic aims at developing technologies to defeat the threats posed by explosive ordnance (UXO and/or IED), in complex and diverse environments within the military domain.

Laser-based directed energy weapons

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Code: 29809 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-RA-DIS-LDEW | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

HEL weapons need to highly concentrate light energy on designated targets to defeat incoming threats. The laser beam must dwell and remain focused on target during several seconds, after having propagated through a turbulent atmosphere. Moreover, it should be possible to repeat this action as many times as needed to achieve the desired effect and address all incoming threats.

Dedicated hardware architectures for energy-efficient AI

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Code: 29806 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-RA-DIGIT-HAAI | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

The goal of the topic is to create new types of processors for AI that offer very significant performance gains for defence applications, and to develop European supply chains offering a technological autonomy for these technologies.

Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations

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Code: 29788 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-LS-RA-SMERO-NT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

This call topic encourages the driving role of innovative SMEs and Research Organisations (RO) in bringing forward innovation defence research, possibly by adapting technologies from civil applications or addressing hybrid warfare.

NOTE: Successful SME beneficiaries will be offered Business Coaching, to reduce the time of bringing the results to the next phase, e.g., development.

Non-thematic research actions targeting disruptive technologies for defence

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Code: 29786 | Identifier Code: EDF-2023-LS-RA-DIS-NT | Programme name: 3564 | Start submission calls: 22/06/2023 | End submission calls: 22/11/2023

The specific challenge is to lay the foundations for radically new future technologies of any kind with unexpected impact that aims to bring radical technological superiority over potential adversaries. This topic also encourages the driving role of new actors in defence research and innovation, including excellent researchers, ambitious high-tech SMEs and visionary research centres of big companies, universities or research and technology organisations.

NOTE: Successful SME beneficiaries will be offered Business Coaching, to reduce the time of bringing the results to the next phase, e.g., development.