Regional Cable Hubs
Strengthening European Cybersecurity Technologies, Capacities and Preparedness · DIGITAL-JU-SIMPLE · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds the creation or expansion of Regional Cable Hubs, cross border centres that help EU countries detect threats to undersea cables and share information about incidents in near real time. Money can cover setting up the hub, running it, and buying the sensors, tools and services needed for surveillance and detection. Two hubs are expected to be funded with a total budget of five million euros.
defence security · environmental monitoring · maritime shipping · cybersecurity
Who wins this
This suits a consortium of public authorities from at least two EU member states bordering the same sea basin, such as ministries or agencies responsible for maritime security and critical infrastructure protection, potentially joined by private cable operators or defence bodies.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €2.5M
- Funding model
- DIGITAL-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- DIGITAL JU Simple Grants
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: at least 2 partners, from 2 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- public body
- Also required
- Participation is subject to the restrictions of Article 12(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/694 as specified in Appendix 3 of the Work Programme.
- 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