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Call: Technologies for first responders

Programme

Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

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

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Call

Technologies for first responders

Description of call
"Technologies for first responders"

Innovation should help increase the resilience in response to disasters. Proposals contribute to improve the protection of first responders against multiple and unexpected danger, enhance their capacities addressing R&I issues which are divided in sub-topics:

Victim-detection technologies
Innovation for rapid and accurate pathogens detection
Methods and guidelines for pre-hospital life support and triage

Other technologies may also be proposed if they involve a large number of first responders’ organisations on themes such as communicating and smart wearables; awareness and risk mitigation systems for responders using robots or drones; systems based on the IoT.

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Thematic Focus

Research, Innovation, Disaster Prevention, Security, Technologies

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

Eligible applicants

Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, International Organization, NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Association

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

Predefined sub-topics require the active involvement of at least 3 (5 for open topics) agencies or first responders' organisations from at least 3 (5 for open topics) different EU or Associated countries.

Call opens

14.03.2019

Call closes

22.08.2019

Recurring Call

Yes

Further info

Open access must be granted to all scientific publications.

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial details

Total call budget: 21 million €
Grant size: around 7 million € per proposal
Co- funding: max. 100%