Strengthening EU cybersecurity capacities & capabilities in line with legislative requirements
One or more of the following should be covered: Implementation of guidelines, standardised processes, or manuals – in the EU or multiple EU MS – concerning the most challenging issues, supporting specific stakeholders and sectors addressed by cybersecurity legislation. Develop and implement tools, raise awareness and encourage and facilitate industry uptake, with a focus on SMEs, of conformity assessments of…
Funding and competition
- 5grants expected (official)
- €3M–€5MEU contribution per project
- €4.6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atos It Solutions And Services Iberia Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 13 | 0 | CyberSec4Europe, PHOENIX, IRIS |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 3 | CERTIFAI, SHiELD, ELECTRON |
| Atos Spain Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 11 | 3 | CyberSec4Europe, PHOENIX, NeCS |
| Universidad De Murcia Murcia | Spain | University | 5 | 1 | CyberSec4Europe, ELECTRON, CERTIFY |
| Etra Investigacion Y Desarrollo Sa Valencia | Spain | Company | 2 | 1 | ATHENA, PREVENT |
| Telefonica Innovacion Digital Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 3 | 0 | CUSTODES, SCIFER, CONCORDIA |
| Schneider Electric Espana Sa Barcelona | Spain | Company | 2 | 0 | CERTIFAI, ELECTRON |
| Fundacion De La Comunidad Valenciana Para La Investigacion, Promocion Y Estudios Comerciales De Valenciaport Valencia | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 2 | 0 | ATHENA, CYRENE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 14partners (median)
- 8countries (median)
- 32%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
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- CERTIFAI – Agile conformance assessment for cybersecurity CERTIFication enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-04)
- CUSTODES – A Certification approach for dynamic, agile and reUSable assessmenT fOr composite systems of ICT proDucts, servicEs, and processeS (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-04)
- CCAT – Cybersecurity Certification and Assessment Tools (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01)
- ATHENA – Advanced validation and testing environment for enhancing the eu hw and sw vulnerabilities assessment and security based on innovative ai services (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01)
- CyberSec4Europe – Cyber Security Network of Competence Centres for Europe (H2020 · 2019 · SU-ICT-03-2018)
- PREVENT – Protecting road electric vehicles ecosystem through enhanced cyber resilience and networked threat mitigation (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-04-D5-02)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.