Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity applications
Proposals are expected to contribute to one or more of the following: AI-driven solutions for real-time cyber threat detection; Advanced adaptive AI systems that evolve with dynamic cybersecurity challenges; Contribute to drastically reduce reaction time for the recovery of systems. Scope: Artificial Intelligence is increasingly utilised in cybersecurity for threat detection, incident response, and adaptive defence…
Funding and competition
- 5grants expected (official)
- €4M–€5MEU contribution per project
- €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 58projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telefonica Innovacion Digital Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 8 | 0 | SCIFER, cPAID, CoEvolution |
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 6 | 4 | AI4CYBER, CERTIFAI, DYNABIC |
| Universidad De Murcia Murcia | Spain | University | 6 | 1 | ResilMesh, SHIELD-6G, LICORICE |
| Atos It Solutions And Services Iberia Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 5 | 0 | PHOENI2X, LICORICE, IRIS |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | cPAID, AIAS, ABIGAIL4D |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 3 | 0 | KINAITICS, PERUN, PREVENT |
| Fundacion De La Comunidad Valenciana Para La Investigacion, Promocion Y Estudios Comerciales De Valenciaport Valencia | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 0 | MEDIATE, ATHENA, CustomAI |
| Universidad De Malaga Malaga | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | SYNAPSE, AIAS |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 15partners (median)
- 8countries (median)
- 36%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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- AI4CYBER – Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Reinforcement and System Resilience (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-03)
- SCIFER – SIEM Solutions for Critical Infrastructures sEcurity & Resilience (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL3-2025-02-CS-ECCC-02)
- SYNAPSE – An Integrated Cyber Security Risk & Resilience Management Platform, With Holistic Situational Awareness, Incident Response & Preparedness Capabilities (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-01)
- SOCCRATES – SOC & Csirt Response to Attacks & Threats based on attack defence graphs Evaluation Systems (H2020 · 2019 · SU-ICT-01-2018)
- CERTIFAI – Agile conformance assessment for cybersecurity CERTIFication enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01-04)
- LATTICE – Lateral adaptive threat triaging and intelligence collaborative ecosystems (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL3-2025-02-CS-ECCC-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.