Horizon Europe

Prevention and mitigation of misuse of synthetic biology for bioterrorism purposes

Deadline: 5 November 20263 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 3 m EURabout 1 grant · 3 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 100% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; ryczałt

What it funds

Funds international research consortia, including companies, developing approaches to prevent and mitigate synthetic biology misuse for bioterrorism.

Synthetic biology · Bioterrorism prevention · Biosecurity

Who can apply

Podmioty prawne, w tym firmy i jednostki naukowe, w konsorcjum co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym jednego z UE.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Oczekiwany wkład UE około 3 mln EUR na projekt; dopuszczono inne kwoty, bez wskazania maksimum.
Oczekiwany poziom TRL 4–5 na koniec projektu.
Projekt musi dotyczyć wyłącznie zastosowań cywilnych.
Należy przedstawić pomysły współpracy z Europol Innovation Lab podczas projektu.

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 · 18 projects

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

REMEDIS: Risk Education and Mines/Explosives Detection (or Disposal) Improvment StrategiesUniversidad de Oviedo · 5,961,748 EUR · 2026
PRISM: Preventing drug market and traffic-Related violence through Innovative Solutions at the Municipal levelForum Europeen Pour la Securite Urbaine · 2,999,405 EUR · 2026
BEHOLDER: Build and Extend CBRN-E related Hazard-Assessment and Anomaly Detection Capabilities on Urban Environment.Stichting Dutch Institute for Safe & Secure Spaces · 5,877,874 EUR · 2025
ForMAT: FORENSIC METHYLATION ANALYSIS TOOLSETS (FORMAT)Universidad de Santiago de Compostela · 4,673,455 EUR · 2025
DETECTOR: Deepfake Evidence and Technology for Forensic Content Oversight and ResearchEthniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis · 4,489,406 EUR · 2025

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