Open topic on increasing security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces
Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: Enhanced ability of Police Authorities in Europe and other relevant security practitioners to identify and prevent emergent challenges in the terrorism-related issue under consideration; Harmonised and modern tools as well as procedures are available for Police Authorities in Europe and other relevant security practitioners…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €4.5MEU contribution per project
- €4Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 49projects 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.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentro Meleton Asfaleias Athina | Greece | Research organisation · SME | 23 | 0 | PRESERVE, CREST, COPKIT |
| Ministerio Del Interior Madrid | Spain | Public body | 19 | 0 | ENACT, AHEAD, PRESERVE |
| Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis Thermi Thessaloniki | Greece | Research organisation | 15 | 3 | ENACT, CREST, APPRAISE |
| Ministere De L'Interieur Paris | France | Public body | 13 | 1 | ENACT, AHEAD, SALUS |
| Hellenic Police Athens | Greece | Public body | 14 | 0 | PRESERVE, CREST, EMERITUS |
| Ministerio da Justica Lisboa | Portugal | Public body | 12 | 1 | ENACT, AHEAD, CREST |
| Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield | United Kingdom | University | 13 | 0 | ENACT, CREST, APPRAISE |
| Hochschule Fur Den Offentlichen Dienst In Bayern Munchen | Germany | University | 14 | 2 | CREST, COPKIT, PERIVALLON |
| Inspectoratul General Al Politiei Chisinau | MD | Public body | 10 | 0 | PRESERVE, EMERITUS, PERIVALLON |
| Netherlands Police The Hague | Netherlands | Public body | 10 | 1 | ENACT, AHEAD, PARSEC |
| Polismyndigheten Swedish Police Authority Stockholm | Sweden | Public body | 10 | 0 | AHEAD, PERIVALLON, CYCLOPES |
| Sisaministerio (Sm) Helsinki | Finland | Public body | 6 | 0 | ENACT, AHEAD, SALUS |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 8 | 0 | ENACT, APPRAISE, STARLIGHT |
| Ianus Technologies Ltd Larnaca | Cyprus | Company · SME | 8 | 0 | SAFE-CITIES, TENSOR, CYCLOPES |
| Engineering - Ingegneria Informatica Spa Roma | Italy | Company | 7 | 1 | ENACT, APPRAISE, STARLIGHT |
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 | 19 | 0 | ENACT, AHEAD, PRESERVE |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 8 | 0 | ENACT, APPRAISE, STARLIGHT |
| Gobierno Vasco - Departamento Seguridad Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | Public body | 7 | 0 | APPRAISE, LETS-CROWD, STARLIGHT |
| Ayuntamiento De Madrid Madrid | Spain | Public body | 5 | 0 | BTL-COP, SALUS, GEMS |
| Etra Investigacion Y Desarrollo Sa Valencia | Spain | Company | 4 | 3 | PRESERVE, PERIVALLON, LETS-CROWD |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 4 | 0 | STARLIGHT, EITHOS, POLIIICE |
| Ayuntamiento De Valencia Valencia | Spain | Public body | 3 | 0 | BTL-COP, MEDIA4SEC, EU-HYBNET |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | PRESERVE, PREVISION, MAGNETO |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 19partners (median)
- 10countries (median)
- 26%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.
- ENACT – European Network Against Crime and Terrorism (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-02)
- AHEAD – TowArd sustainable foresigHt capabilitiEs for increAseD Civil Security (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-01)
- BTL-COP – Building Trust and Leadership to challenge glocal aporophobic crime in a police Community Of Practice (BTL-COP) (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-06)
- PRESERVE – Protecting euRopean public spaces against Emergent hoStile drone thrEats thRough an adVanced multidimensional shield and cross-border intelligEnce (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-04)
- CREST – Fighting Crime and TerroRism with an IoT-enabled Autonomous Platform based on an Ecosystem of Advanced IntelligEnce, Operations, and InveStigation Technologies (H2020 · 2019 · SU-FCT02-2018-2019-2020)
- SALUS – Strengthening law enforcement with advanced IoT forensic tools and enriched investigation schemes, realised by a Software Defined Network Security-as-a-Service architecture (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01)
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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.