A call for project proposals on security research across 20 different topics is open until 27 August 2020 in order to boost the effectiveness of the Security Union. It makes available €275 million in total for projects working on protecting the infrastructure of Europe, increasing the disaster resilience of societies, fighting crime and terrorism, securing external borders, improving digital security and data protection, as well as artificial intelligence in support of law enforcement and citizen protection. The proposals that have passed the evaluation will be known by mid-January 2021, and the grant agreements with the project teams should be signed by end of April 2021. The topics open for application as of today are: Protecting the infrastructure of Europe and the people in the European smart cities Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-INFRA01-2018-2019-2020 Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe €20.7 million Disaster-resilient societies Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-DRS01-2018-2019-2020 Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects for disaster-resilient societies €5 million SU-DRS02-2018-2019-2020 Technologies for first responders €21 million SU-DRS03-2018-2019-2020 Pre-normative research and demonstration for disaster-resilient societies €6 million SU-DRS04-2019-2020 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) cluster €10.5 million Border and external security Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-BES01-2018-2019-2020 Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects of border and external security €5 million SU-BES02-2018-2019-2020 Technologies to enhance border and external security €21 million SU-BES03-2018-2019-2020 Demonstration of novel concepts for the management of pandemic crises €10 million Fight against crime and terrorism Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-FCT01-2018-2019-2020 Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects to solve issues in fighting against crime and terrorism €10 million SU-FCT02-2018-2019-2020 Technologies to enhance the fight against crime and terrorism €28 million SU-FCT03-2018-2019-2020 Information and data stream management to fight against (cyber)crime and terrorism €8 million SU-FCT-04-2020 Chemicals: intelligence, detection, forensics €10 million General matters Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-GM01-2018-2019-2020 Pan-European networks of practitioners and other actors in the field of security €7 million SU-GM02-2018-2020 Strategic pre-commercial procurements of innovative, advanced systems to support security €24 million Artificial Intelligence and security Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-AI01-2020 Developing a research roadmap regarding Artificial Intelligence in support of Law Enforcement €1.5 million SU-AI02-2020 Secure and resilient Artificial Intelligence technologies, tools and solutions in support of Law Enforcement and citizen protection, cybersecurity operations and prevention and protection against adversarial Artificial Intelligence €17 million SU-AI03-2020 Human factors, and ethical, societal, legal and organisational aspects of using Artificial Intelligence in support of Law Enforcement €1.5 million Digital Security Call identifier Topic Indicative budget SU-DS02-2020 Intelligent security and privacy management €38 million SU-DS03-2019-2020 Digital Security and privacy for citizens and Small and Medium Enterprises and Micro Enterprises €10.8 million SU-DS04-2018-2020 Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches €20 million What are the requirements for participation? The requirements for submitting a research proposal are detailed in the call documents published on each topic page. You will also find there rules on funding, such as the list of eligible countries, submission rules, types of projects and their funding rates, as well as other useful information for preparing the project proposal. How to apply? Applicants have to submit their proposal electronically, following the link from the topic page. Please follow the guidelines on proposal submission and evaluation. For all questions related to Horizon 2020, please contact the Research Enquiry Service. Download H2020 security calls leaflet Details Publication date12 March 2020AuthorEuropean Research Executive AgencyLocationBrussels
