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    HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-FCT-05

    Effective and evidence-based responses to the increased availability and use of synthetic drugs and stimulants in Europe

    Opens 5 May 2027Live official EU data

    Civil Security for Society 2027 · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6 to 8 · Needs partners

    4 Nov 2027
    Deadline
    5 May 2027
    Opens for applications
    €4M
    Indicative, per project
    ~2
    Grants expected
    51
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds projects that build better evidence and practical tools to fight the rising use of synthetic drugs and stimulants like cocaine in Europe. It wants projects to improve prevention, treatment and harm reduction, help police and civil society tackle drug related violence and trafficking, and study what global and social factors drive drug markets. Projects must work closely with practitioners and agencies like Europol and the EU Drugs Agency.

    public health · civil society democracy · defence security · social innovation

    Who wins this

    A consortium combining research organisations, police authorities and civil society or non governmental organisations across several EU countries that wants to jointly tackle synthetic drug trafficking and its social harms.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €4M
    Funding model
    Lump sum. Paid per completed work package, with no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 5 partners, from 3 countries.
    Eligible applicants
    research organisation, public body, non-profit, police authority, civil society organisation
    Also required
    Requires at least 3 Police Authorities and at least 2 Civil Society Organisations or NGOs from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries, and if satellite earth observation data is used, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and or Galileo EGNOS.
    Sectors
    Cybersecurity · Defence
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions The following additional eligibility criteria apply: This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3 Police Authorities[[In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated by national law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention, detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding police academies, forensic institutes, training facilities as well as border and customs authorities.]] and at least 2 Civil Society Organisations (or Non-Governmental Organisations) from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EU classified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 51 past winners

    KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS · EL · SME
    22 wins
    led 1
    INSPECTORATUL GENERAL AL POLITIEI · MD
    18 wins
    HELLENIC POLICE · EL
    17 wins
    led 1
    SISAMINISTERIO (SM) · FI
    16 wins
    SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY · UK
    15 wins
    led 1
    ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS · EL
    14 wins
    led 5

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