Trusted, secure, quality future digital travel credentials
Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: Development, testing and integration of issuance, validation and sharing capabilities for possible future types (beyond Type 1) of Digital Travel Credentials (DTC); Integration of innovative, on-the-move, biometrics and remote biometric acquisition modalities to support the use of DTCs; Improved secure connectivity and…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €4MEU contribution per project
- €4.5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 33projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministerio Del Interior Madrid | Spain | Public body | 4 | 0 | AHEAD, BorderAI, IAMI |
| Ingenieria De Sistemas Para La Defensa De Espana Sa-Sme Mp Madrid | Spain | Company | 2 | 0 | CONNECTOR, BorderAI |
| Eticas Research And Innovation Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 1 | 0 | TENSOR |
| Agencia Estatal De Administracion Tributaria Madrid | Spain | Public body | 1 | 0 | CONNECTOR |
| Thales Dis Espana Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 1 | 0 | OnMoveID |
| Atos Spain Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 2 | 1 | ARIES, BODEGA |
| Iquadrat Informatica Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 0 | eBORDER |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 1 | 0 | LAGOON |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 16partners (median)
- 10countries (median)
- 25%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
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- SafeTravellers – SafeTravellers: Secure and Frictionless Identity for EU and Third Country National Citizens (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-02)
- AutoBorder – Innovating Secure and Efficient Border Management Through Vehicle-Integrated Technologies (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-01)
- eBORDER – Secure and Wireless Multimodal Biometric Scanning Device for Passenger Verification Targeting Land and Sea Border Control (H2020 · 2020 · MSCA-RISE-2019)
- PROTECT – Pervasive and UseR Focused BiomeTrics BordEr ProjeCT (H2020 · 2016 · BES-06-2015)
- TENSOR – Reliable biomeTric tEchNologies to asSist Police authorities in cOmbating terrorism and oRganized crime (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-05)
- EINSTEIN – Interoperable applications suite to enhance European identity and document Security and fraud detection (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-02)
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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.