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Horizon Europe Cluster 3 — Civil Security & Disaster Resilience

Horizon Civil Security: Public Procurement of Innovation

Funds a cross-border consortium of public procurers and practitioners to jointly buy near-market civil security technology — not to build it.

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This grant pays for buying, not building. It's a Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) topic: the money goes to a group of public bodies who run a real tender together and buy civil security technology that already works, not a research project chasing a prototype.

The technology has to be past the lab. It needs to be proven at small scale already, and available in small quantities, bu

Funding for a consortium of public procurers, and the practitioner organisations working with them, to run an open market consultation, publish an EU-wide call for tenders, and jointly buy near-market civil security solutions — technology already proven at small scale but not yet produced or adopted widely. The grant covers the procurement process itself, not a research project.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.5 Nov 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.22 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€2M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-03Source: ec.europa.eu