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Demand-led innovation in security

Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: A community of EU civil security practitioners with common user/functional needs for innovative technology solutions is identified, supported by an industrial base, in particular SMEs and Startups, to access the public procurement market and scale up their business; Procurers facilitate the commercialisation of the…

Deadline 4 Nov 2027Opens 5 May 2027Budget €5.8MIndicative grants 1EU contribution per project €5.8MSingle stageHORIZON Pre-commercial Procurement

Funding and competition

  • 1grant expected (official)
  • €5.8MEU contribution per project
  • €3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 24projects 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.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Corvers Procurement Services Bv
Den Dungen
NetherlandsCompany · SME92PREVENT PCP, PROTECT, ACTIVE PCP
Kentro Meleton Asfaleias
Athina
GreeceResearch organisation · SME100PREVENT PCP, ACTIVE PCP, NETZERO-MOVE
Corvers Greece Monoprosopi Ike
Athens
GreeceCompany · SME80PREVENT PCP, PROTECT, ACTIVE PCP
Ministere De L'Interieur
Paris
FrancePublic body83SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet, BroadGNSS
Ministerio Del Interior
Madrid
SpainPublic body80PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet
Empirica Gesellschaft Fur Kommunikations Und Technologieforschung Mbh
Bonn
GermanyCompany · SME82iProcureSecurity PCP, scan2twin, procuRE
Agencia De Qualitat I Avaluacio Sanitaries De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation91PRO4VIP, MAGIC, EURIPHI
Iclei European Secretariat Gmbh (Iclei Europasekretariat Gmbh)
Freiburg Im Breisgau
GermanyOther · SME81AMBIENT, InnProBio, LEA
Stowarzyszenie Polska Platforma Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego
Poznan
PolandResearch organisation · SME60PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, INTERCEPT
Science & Innovation Link Office Sl
Madrid
SpainCompany51AMBIENT, InnoFacilitator, Orbit2ZERO
Civipol
Paris
FranceCompany70SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet, INTERCEPT
Isem-Institut Pre Medzinarodnu Bezpecnost A Krizove Riadenie, No
Zilina
SlovakiaOther · SME50PROTECT, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet
Societe Nationale Sncf
Saint-Denis
FranceCompany41PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, SHIELD4CROWD
Ministerstvo Vnutra Slovenskej Republiky
Bratislava
SlovakiaPublic body50SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet, INTERCEPT
Diginnov - Digital Innovation Consulting S.R.L.
Lecee
ItalyCompany · SME40NETZERO-MOVE, SHIELD PCP, INTERCEPT

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Ministerio Del Interior
Madrid
SpainPublic body80PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet
Agencia De Qualitat I Avaluacio Sanitaries De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation91PRO4VIP, MAGIC, EURIPHI
Science & Innovation Link Office Sl
Madrid
SpainCompany51AMBIENT, InnoFacilitator, Orbit2ZERO
Corvers Iberia Sl
Zaragoza
SpainCompany30ACTIVE PCP, SHIELD PCP, PCP WISE
Ticbiomed Tecnologias De La Informacion Para La Salud En La Region De Murcia Asociacion
Murcia
SpainOther40InnoBuyer, HSMonitor, INCAREHEART
Servicio Andaluz De Salud
Sevilla
SpainPublic body31iProcureSecurity PCP, EPP - eHealth, Procure4Health
Ingenieria De Sistemas Para La Defensa De Espana Sa-Sme Mp
Madrid
SpainCompany20SHIELD PCP, INTERCEPT
Departament D'Interior I Seguretat Publica - Generalitat De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainPublic body20PREVENT PCP, PREVENT

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 10partners (median)
  • 7countries (median)
  • 20%of partners are SMEs
Public body 32%Company 28%Research organisation 18%Other 16%University 7%

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.

  • PREVENT PCP – PRocurEments of innoVativE, advaNced systems to support security in public Transport – Pre-Commercial Procurment (H2020 · 2021 · SU-GM02-2018-2020)
  • PROTECT – Preparing a Pre-Commercial Procurement for end-user services based on environmental observation in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation - PROTECT (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-15)
  • PRO4VIP – Innovative PROcurement for Visual Impaired People (H2020 · 2015 · ICT-35-2014)
  • BUILD – Building capacities in innovation procurement for cities (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01-02)
  • ACTIVE PCP – Pre-CommerciAl ProCuremenT of Innovative Personal ProtectiVe Equipment for First REsponders (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01)
  • NETZERO-MOVE – EU-sovereign procurement of next generation NET-ZERO, climate-neutral urban MObility innovatiVE solutions (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-PCP-CIT-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.