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    DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-AI4SME

    Strengthening cybersecurity capacities of European SMEs with cybersecure AI-powered solutions

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    Strengthening European Cybersecurity Technologies, Capacities and Preparedness · DIGITAL-JU-SME

    14 Jan 2027
    Deadline
    €3M to €5M
    Indicative, per project
    ~5
    Grants expected

    What this call funds

    This call funds projects that build and deploy AI powered cybersecurity tools for SMEs, such as SaaS toolkits for risk assessment, threat detection, incident response and reporting. The goal is to help small companies that lack resources for cybersecurity actually adopt and use trustworthy AI based defenses, improving their resilience against cyberattacks.

    cybersecurity · artificial intelligence · sme scaleup · software platforms

    Who wins this

    This suits a consortium developing or adapting an AI powered cybersecurity SaaS toolkit aimed at helping European SMEs assess risk, detect threats and respond to incidents.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €3M to €5M
    Funding model
    DIGITAL-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    DIGITAL JU SME Support Actions
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Also required
    Detailed eligibility, admissibility, financial capacity and evaluation conditions are only referenced by section number in the call document, not stated in the provided text.
    Sectors
    AI/ML · Cybersecurity · Deep Tech
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document

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