Horizon Europe

Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical Communication System in civil security

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 70% kosztów kwalifikowalnych; podmioty non-profit do 100%

What it funds

Funds next-generation secure critical-communication capabilities and ecosystem development for international consortia including companies and at least three first-responder organisations.

Critical communications · Secure communication systems · Civil security · First-responder capabilities

Who can apply

Międzynarodowe konsorcja co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym minimum jednego z UE, z udziałem co najmniej trzech organizacji służb pierwszego reagowania jako beneficjentów.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Co najmniej trzy organizacje służb pierwszego reagowania muszą aktywnie uczestniczyć jako beneficjenci.
Oczekiwany poziom gotowości technologicznej na koniec projektu: TRL 6–8.
Wykluczone są podmioty bezpośrednio lub pośrednio kontrolowane przez Chiny lub podmioty z siedzibą w Chinach.
Rozwiązania muszą być w pełni kompatybilne z EUCCS, wykorzystując standardy 3GPP MCX i otwarte API.

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.

SEREN6: SEcurity REsearch NCPs network 6Agenzia Per la Promozione Della Ricerca Europea · 3,004,616 EUR · 2026
SHIELD PCP: SECURITY HARMONIZED INNOVATION FOR ENHANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES IN DYNAMIC CROWD PROTECTION THROUGH PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENTCorvers Procurement Services Bv · 5,249,811 EUR · 2025
ACTIVE PCP: Pre-CommerciAl ProCuremenT of Innovative Personal ProtectiVe Equipment for First REspondersSynyo Gmbh · 5,249,250 EUR · 2025
INTERCEPT: INNOVATION PROCUREMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SAFE REMOTE VEHICLE STOPPING BY LAW ENFORCEMENTCorvers Procurement Services Bv · 957,144 EUR · 2024
CO-SECUR: Knowledge building and social innovation for a successful, more effective and CO-produce urban SECURity solutionsSenior Europa Sociedad Limitada · 1,999,958 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