Call: Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches

Programme	Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges "	A challenge-based approach will bring together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement and market uptake. Funding focuses on the following challenges: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.
Link	Link to Programme
Description of programme "Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens"	The primary aims of the Secure Societies Challenge are: to enhance the resilience of our society against natural and man-made disasters, ranging from the development of new crisis management tools to communication interoperability, and to develop novel solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure; to fight crime and terrorism ranging from new forensic tools to protection against explosives; to improve border security, ranging from improved maritime border protection to supply chain security and to support the Union's external security policies including through conflict prevention and peace building; and to provide enhanced cyber-security, ranging from secure information sharing to new assurance models
Call	Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches
Description of call "Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches"	The Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES) is of key importance to the economy, as all other domains rely on the availability of electricity. With the transition to a decentralised energy system, digital technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the EPES. At the same time, the EPES is increasingly exposed to external threats, such as worms, viruses, hackers and data privacy breaches. Hence, there is a need for new security approaches detecting and preventing threats with severe impacts and to shield the electric system against cyber-attacks. The proposals should demonstrate how the actual EPES can be made resilient to growing and more sophisticated cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Research & Innovation, Technology Transfer & Exchange, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Digitisation, ICT, Telecommunication, Justice, Safety & Security
Funding area	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Eligible applicants	Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, International Organization, National Government, Research Institution, Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Other, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), University, Association, Start Up Company
Applicant details	All legal entities located in the EU or in Third Countries can participate in Horizon 2020.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	As a principle all projects (except coordination and support activities) must comprise at least 3 partners from at least 3 EU Member States or other eligible countries.
Recurring Call	unknown
Further info	Open access must be granted to all scientific publications.
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	budget amount: around 6-8 Mio € per proposal Co- funding: max. 100%
Submission	Participant Portal
Contact Details	Link to the National Contact Point Finder.