Open topic on research and innovation for effective management of EU external borders that promotes fundamental rights and EU values
HORIZON-CL3-2027-01
Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome: Improved border management solutions that protect and promote fundamental rights of both EU citizens and Third Country Nationals. Scope: Under this Open topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions that are not covered by the other topics of this Destination in 2026 and 2027. In particular, this topic will fund research projects that explore, develop and test knowledge and technology solutions in the areas of border surveillance, border checks, customs and supply chain security, and civilian maritime and aviation security border management that protect and promote fundamental rights of both EU citizens and Third Country Nationals, and EU values. Adapted to the nature, scope, type and target TRL of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing and validation of developed tools and solutions. Proposals should be convincing in explaining the methods they intend to use for demonstrating, testing and validating the proposed tools and solutions ensurin
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Funding intelligence
Days left
440
Deadline 4 Nov 2027
Funding
€4M per project
€8M call budget
TRL
TRL 4–5
Target maturity
Call topics
- Border and coastguards
- Border and external security
- Customs authorities
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Scope
Under this Open topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions that are not covered by the other topics of this Destination in 2026 and 2027. In particular, this topic will fund research projects that explore, develop and test knowledge and technology solutions in the areas of border surveillance, border checks, customs and supply chain security, and civilian maritime and aviation security border management that protect and promote fundamental rights of both EU citizens and Third Country Nationals, and EU values. Adapted to the nature, scope, type and target TRL of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing and validation of developed tools and solutions. Proposals should be convincing in explaining the methods they intend to use for demonstrating, testing and validating the proposed tools and solutions ensuring that the intersectional perspectives of diverse groups, including gender, sex, age, disabilities, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation and migrant status are integrated and considered. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future follow-up research and development and/or uptake, upscaling and/or application and use at national and EU level as possible next steps after the research project. Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous research, including but is not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects. null Activities are expected to achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.
Eligibility
- See official call conditions for eligibility
Expected outcomes
- Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcome: Improved border management solutions that protect and promote fundamental rights of both EU citizens and Third Country Nationals.
Key documents
Not specified — documents are published on the official call page.