Horizon Europe

Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness

Deadline: 5 November 20263 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 6 m EURabout 2 grants · 12 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 70% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; podmioty non-profit do 100%

What it funds

Funds advanced border surveillance and situational-awareness innovations through consortia involving at least two border or coast guard authorities.

Border surveillance · Situational awareness · Border security · Coast guard technologies

Who can apply

Osoby prawne w międzynarodowym konsorcjum co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym co najmniej jednego z UE.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Co najmniej dwa organy straży granicznej lub przybrzeżnej jako beneficjenci z dwóch różnych państw UE lub stowarzyszonych.
Oczekiwany poziom TRL 6–7 na koniec projektu.
Przy wykorzystaniu danych i usług satelitarnych obowiązkowe użycie Copernicus lub Galileo/EGNOS.
Wykluczone podmioty z Chin oraz podmioty bezpośrednio lub pośrednio kontrolowane przez Chiny lub podmiot z Chin.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: ec.europa.eu

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Who won before

Projects from the same area of the programme, from earlier calls.

With Polish institutions taking part · 4 projects

Each project names its coordinator, which can be an institution outside Poland.

OnMoveID: On-the-move Schengen border control using extended EUDI wallet, smartphone and external sensor technologiesUniverza V Ljubljani · 5,706,641 EUR · 2025
AutoBorder: Innovating Secure and Efficient Border Management Through Vehicle-Integrated TechnologiesEthniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis · 2,999,905 EUR · 2025
PACK: Persistent Awareness system facilitating Customs ChecKsGeneral Mechatronics Kft · 2,998,440 EUR · 2025
MMinE-SwEEPER: Marine Munition in Europe - Solutions with Economic and Ecological Profits for Efficient RemediationHelmholtz-zentrum fur Ozeanforschung Kiel (geomar) · 5,916,096 EUR · 2024

Sources: RAD-on (OPI-PIB), CORDIS, Baza of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. For the university's projects we give its part of the sum and the award year.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

The PWr dates have passed. Ring the Projects Office (+48 71 320 45 71) and ask what you can still do.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 22 October 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 27 October 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
5 November 2026The last moment to file the application with the funder.Check the hour on the call's page.

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl