Horizon Europe: Cluster 3 - Call: Civil Security for Society

The annual calls for proposals with specified topics are bundled as part of strategic planning and according to their expected impact in the 5 areas (“destinations”) of Cluster 3 “Civil Security for Society”.

Destination - Better protect the EU and its citizens against Crime and Terrorism

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-01: Improving capabilities of law enforcement to counter climate-related challenges

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-02: Open topic on preventing and countering the misuse of emerging technologies for criminal purposes, including issues related to lawful access to data

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-03: Missing persons: prevention and investigation

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-04: Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-05: Enhancing the security of citizens against terrorism and lone-actor violence in confined spaces such as schools

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-06: Prevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes

Destination - Effective management of EU external borders

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-01: Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-02: Accessible and available travel facilitation

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-03: Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management

Destination - Resilient Infrastructure

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-01: Tools and processes to support stress tests of critical infrastructure

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-02: Security challenges of the green transition in urban and peri urban areas

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-03: Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios

Destination - Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-01: Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparedness

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02: Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impacts

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03: Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04: Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05: Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe

Destination - Strengthened Security Research and Innovation

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-01: Open topic on supporting disruptive technological innovations for civil security

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-02: Demand-led innovation in security

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-03: Public procurement of innovation for security

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-04: Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical Communication System in civil security

All details about the current tenders can be found on the “ EU Funding & Tenders Portal “ of the European Commission.

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At least three independent legal entities from different EU member states or states associated with HE are eligible for funding, one of which must be based in an EU member state. In some tenders, the involvement of “practitioners” (e. g. Blue light organizations, authorities, city or municipal administrations, infrastructure operators, NGOs or CSOs) is mandatory.

The individual project funding depends on the topic. A budget of 131 million euros is available for this tender.

Some call topics use “ Lump Sum " Financial support.

The submission criteria are described in the European Commission's tender documents.

The submission is made electronically via the “ EU Funding & Tenders Portal “ of the European Commission.

The results of the evaluation are expected in April 2027.