This grant funds projects that develop mature technological solutions aligned with EU security policy priorities such as fighting crime and terrorism, disaster resilience, border management, and resilient infrastructure. It promotes collaboration among SMEs, research organizations, and end-users to enhance innovation uptake, knowledge transfer, and access to finance and markets for European SMEs in civil security. Projects must involve multi-country SME consortia and end-user validation to tailor innovations to civil security needs.
Eligible consortia must include 3 to 7 partners with at least 2 SMEs from different Member States and 1 end-user organization in specified security areas. Non-SME industries and RTOs can participate but are limited to 15% of the budget, with at least 50% allocated to SMEs. Entities controlled by Chi
