European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Preparing the Advancement of the state of the art of submarine cable infrastructures (CSA)
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-12
Funding Amount
€1.9M - €2.1M
Deadline
02/10/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Preparing the Advancement of the state of the art of submarine cable infrastructures (CSA) Call?
Grant Description
This coordination and support action will develop an EU research and innovation roadmap and strategic research and innovation agenda for submarine cable infrastructures. It addresses the need to reinforce European leadership, sustainability and resilience in submarine cable technology by analysing critical hardware and software components, defining research priorities and investment needs, and establishing a timetable of priority research and innovation actions. The output will include thematic ...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
By the end of the project, consortia will deliver:
• A comprehensive EU-level R&I roadmap on submarine cable infrastructures, establishing Europe’s leadership and cooperation framework.
• A detailed analysis of future submarine cable hardware and software components, highlighting strategic opportunities for EU industry.
• An assessment of priority R&I workstreams and associated investment requirements across identified technology domains.
• A co-created SRIA outlining priority research & innovation actions, their scope, milestones, targets and timeline.
• Reports from thematic workshops reflecting broad stakeholder input.
• Recommendations for secondary uses (e.g. hazard pre-warning), digital green transition (circular economy, low carbon footprint), resilience strategies (high QoS demands, risk evaluation, prevention of natural/man-made threats).
• Documentation formatted for uptake by the European Submarine Cable Expert Group, the NIS 2 Coordination Group and the CER Group, feeding into policy and standardization efforts.
• A comprehensive EU-level R&I roadmap on submarine cable infrastructures, establishing Europe’s leadership and cooperation framework.
• A detailed analysis of future submarine cable hardware and software components, highlighting strategic opportunities for EU industry.
• An assessment of priority R&I workstreams and associated investment requirements across identified technology domains.
• A co-created SRIA outlining priority research & innovation actions, their scope, milestones, targets and timeline.
• Reports from thematic workshops reflecting broad stakeholder input.
• Recommendations for secondary uses (e.g. hazard pre-warning), digital green transition (circular economy, low carbon footprint), resilience strategies (high QoS demands, risk evaluation, prevention of natural/man-made threats).
• Documentation formatted for uptake by the European Submarine Cable Expert Group, the NIS 2 Coordination Group and the CER Group, feeding into policy and standardization efforts.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Projects must:
• Address enabling technologies across the full submarine cable ecosystem (cable design, repeaters, landing stations, operational control centres, UAC sensor networks, cybersecurity).
• Investigate secondary applications of cable assets (e.g. natural hazard pre-warning).
• Remain at the technological edge by pinpointing specific R&I gaps beyond generic technology efforts (optical communications, network software).
• Cover at least a subset of the non-exhaustive domains listed: multi-core fibre, DSP, repeater systems, intelligent sensing, advanced DAS, strain/temperature sensing, real-time oceanographic sensors, logical layer and network management, underwater robotics, WSN threat detection.
• Ensure synergies and complementarities with CEF-Digital, the Digital Europe Programme and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking.
• Select and reference the relevant Destination 3 description in the Horizon Europe Work Programme for context and expected impacts.
• Address enabling technologies across the full submarine cable ecosystem (cable design, repeaters, landing stations, operational control centres, UAC sensor networks, cybersecurity).
• Investigate secondary applications of cable assets (e.g. natural hazard pre-warning).
• Remain at the technological edge by pinpointing specific R&I gaps beyond generic technology efforts (optical communications, network software).
• Cover at least a subset of the non-exhaustive domains listed: multi-core fibre, DSP, repeater systems, intelligent sensing, advanced DAS, strain/temperature sensing, real-time oceanographic sensors, logical layer and network management, underwater robotics, WSN threat detection.
• Ensure synergies and complementarities with CEF-Digital, the Digital Europe Programme and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking.
• Select and reference the relevant Destination 3 description in the Horizon Europe Work Programme for context and expected impacts.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
Participation and eligibility:
• Legal entities must be established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, associated countries, OECD countries or MERCOSUR countries.
• Entities controlled by non-eligible countries/entities are excluded.
• Integration of gender dimension in R&I content is not mandatory.
Administrative and procedural:
• Single-stage submission; max page limits/layout per Annex A/E and Part B of the Application Form.
• Deadline: 2 October 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Follow general conditions on admissibility, eligibility, financial/operational capacity (General Annexes B, C); evaluation and award criteria (Annex D); legal and financial MGAs (Annex G).
• Use the HE CSA application and evaluation form templates in the Submission System.
• Refer to the Horizon Europe Programme Guide, FP 2021-695, Financial Regulation 2024/2509 and other listed documents for full rules.
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• Legal entities must be established in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, associated countries, OECD countries or MERCOSUR countries.
• Entities controlled by non-eligible countries/entities are excluded.
• Integration of gender dimension in R&I content is not mandatory.
Administrative and procedural:
• Single-stage submission; max page limits/layout per Annex A/E and Part B of the Application Form.
• Deadline: 2 October 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Follow general conditions on admissibility, eligibility, financial/operational capacity (General Annexes B, C); evaluation and award criteria (Annex D); legal and financial MGAs (Annex G).
• Use the HE CSA application and evaluation form templates in the Submission System.
• Refer to the Horizon Europe Programme Guide, FP 2021-695, Financial Regulation 2024/2509 and other listed documents for full rules.
Technical note: initial display issues on the call page are resolved.
Important dates
Open from: 10/06/2025
Deadline:02/10/2025
Application period has ended
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