European UnionPublic Institution
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 Europe Cluster 3 – Civil Security for Society
Funding Amount
€3.0M - €3.0M
Deadline
12/11/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Public Institution
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What is the National Contact Points (NCPs) in the field of security and cybersecurity fostering the links with National Community building for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies Call?
Grant Description
This Coordination and Support Action funds the establishment of a Europe-wide network of National Contact Points for Civil Security Research to professionalise and harmonise services, break geographic silos, share best practices, collect evidence-based feedback, organise matchmaking events and improve awareness of funding and innovation uptake in collaboration with the CERIS initiative. The action will deliver a sustainable cooperation model beyond the project lifetime.
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
• Improved and professionalised NCP services (knowledge, experience, skills) across Europe, simplifying access and lowering barriers for newcomers, raising proposal quality.
• Harmonised, trans-national cooperation among NCPs and support for national security R&I communities to gather practitioner and industry inputs and convey capability needs.
• Increased cooperation of NCPs with national initiatives and EU initiatives (CERIS), providing seamless, timely, evidence-based feedback to EU security research programming across all governance levels.
• Systematic assessment of stakeholder needs and enhanced visibility of capability gaps, technology solutions and research needs at national, regional and local levels.
• Raised awareness of EU funding opportunities for civil security research and innovation.
• Enhanced visibility of innovation-uptake success stories from national actors in EU-funded security projects.
• Reduced geographical fragmentation of the civil security R&I community through cooperation with national security R&I communities and broad participation of ecosystem stakeholders.
• Harmonised, trans-national cooperation among NCPs and support for national security R&I communities to gather practitioner and industry inputs and convey capability needs.
• Increased cooperation of NCPs with national initiatives and EU initiatives (CERIS), providing seamless, timely, evidence-based feedback to EU security research programming across all governance levels.
• Systematic assessment of stakeholder needs and enhanced visibility of capability gaps, technology solutions and research needs at national, regional and local levels.
• Raised awareness of EU funding opportunities for civil security research and innovation.
• Enhanced visibility of innovation-uptake success stories from national actors in EU-funded security projects.
• Reduced geographical fragmentation of the civil security R&I community through cooperation with national security R&I communities and broad participation of ecosystem stakeholders.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Applicants must be officially nominated Horizon Europe NCPs for Cluster 3 from EU Member States or Associated Countries.
• Proposals must link NCPs with existing or newly established national security R&I communities and practitioners.
• Establish strong collaboration with CERIS and national stakeholders to aggregate capability gaps, solutions and research needs at local, regional and national levels and integrate them into the EU picture.
• Facilitate trans-national cooperation between NCPs, covering the full spectrum of Civil Security for Society topics (may build on SEREN 5).
• Organise matchmaking activities per Annex IV of the NCP Minimum Standards and Guiding Principles.
• Include both experienced and less-experienced NCPs in the consortium.
• Develop a model for sustainable cooperation and enlargement of national communities beyond the project lifetime and independent of EU security research funding.
• Recommended project duration: 3 years.
• Proposals must link NCPs with existing or newly established national security R&I communities and practitioners.
• Establish strong collaboration with CERIS and national stakeholders to aggregate capability gaps, solutions and research needs at local, regional and national levels and integrate them into the EU picture.
• Facilitate trans-national cooperation between NCPs, covering the full spectrum of Civil Security for Society topics (may build on SEREN 5).
• Organise matchmaking activities per Annex IV of the NCP Minimum Standards and Guiding Principles.
• Include both experienced and less-experienced NCPs in the consortium.
• Develop a model for sustainable cooperation and enlargement of national communities beyond the project lifetime and independent of EU security research funding.
• Recommended project duration: 3 years.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Only one project will be funded under this call.
• Applicants must meet admissibility (page limits, layout – Annex A/E), eligibility (NCP status – Annex B) and exclusion (Annex C) criteria of Horizon Europe.
• Use the HE CSA standard application and evaluation templates; adhere to the annotated Model Grant Agreement rules.
• Provide financial support to third parties only as prizes/grants (max EUR 60 000 per third party – Annex G).
• Complete and justify the Annex “Information about security practitioners” in the submission tool.
• Coordinate with National Coordination Centres as per Regulation (EU) 2021/887 once applicable.
• Demonstrate operational and financial capacity; respect EU financial regulations and Horizon Europe MGA provisions.
• Align all activities with NCP Minimum Standards and Guiding Principles and ensure compliance with Funding & Tenders Portal terms.
• Applicants must meet admissibility (page limits, layout – Annex A/E), eligibility (NCP status – Annex B) and exclusion (Annex C) criteria of Horizon Europe.
• Use the HE CSA standard application and evaluation templates; adhere to the annotated Model Grant Agreement rules.
• Provide financial support to third parties only as prizes/grants (max EUR 60 000 per third party – Annex G).
• Complete and justify the Annex “Information about security practitioners” in the submission tool.
• Coordinate with National Coordination Centres as per Regulation (EU) 2021/887 once applicable.
• Demonstrate operational and financial capacity; respect EU financial regulations and Horizon Europe MGA provisions.
• Align all activities with NCP Minimum Standards and Guiding Principles and ensure compliance with Funding & Tenders Portal terms.
Important dates
Open from: 12/06/2025
Deadline:12/11/2025
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