Horizon Europe

Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions

Deadline: 5 November 20263 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 4 m EURabout 2 grants · 8 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 70% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; podmioty non-profit do 100%

What it funds

Funds innovative search-and-rescue technologies for consortia including companies, at least two first-responder organisations and two medical emergency authorities.

Search and rescue · Hazardous environments · Emergency equipment · Disaster response

Who can apply

Międzynarodowe konsorcja niezależnych podmiotów, instytucji badawczych i służb ratowniczych, z państw UE i krajów stowarzyszonych z Horyzontem Europa.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Beneficjenci muszą obejmować co najmniej 2 organizacje pierwszego reagowania i 2 organy ratownictwa medycznego, łącznie z co najmniej 3 państw UE lub krajów stowarzyszonych.
Konsorcjum musi obejmować co najmniej 3 niezależne podmioty z 3 różnych krajów, w tym co najmniej jeden z państwa UE.
Oczekiwany poziom gotowości technologicznej na koniec projektu: TRL 7–8.
Orientacyjny wkład UE wynosi około 4 mln EUR na projekt; dopuszczono wnioski o inne kwoty.

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 · 9 projects

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

UNIFIER: UNIVERSAL NETWORK FOR INTEROPERABLE INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE OF FIRST RESPONDERSTurkcell Teknoloji Arastirma Ve Gelistirme Anonim Sirketi · 4,478,313 EUR · 2026
AWARENESS: AWareness and preparation of local Authorities and citizens impacted by foRest firEs and floods Nurturing Engagement for Societal SustainabilityAerospace Valley · 3,997,908 EUR · 2026
GUARDIANS: inteGrated Users-driven risks Assessment platfoRm for DecIsion mAkers in Nuclear crisisCommissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives · 5,997,174 EUR · 2025
eNOVATION: Extended Network of CBRN Training Centres for InnovationService Public Federal Interieur · 4,498,744 EUR · 2024
STBERNARD: SysTem for SAFE Biological chEmical Radiological and Nuclear Assessment, Rescue and DecontaminationUniversity of Galway · 5,997,971 EUR · 2023

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