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Call key data

National Cyber Hubs

Funding Program

Digital Europe

Call number

DIGITAL-ECCC-2026-DEPLOY-CYBER-10-NCH

deadlines

Opening
09.12.2025

Deadline
28.05.2026 17:00

Funding rate

50%

Call budget

€ 2,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

EUR 1,000,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The objective is to create or strengthen National Cyber Hubs, with state-of-the-art tools for monitoring, understanding and proactively managing cyber events, in close collaboration with relevant entities such as CSIRTs, ISACs, etc. They will also, where possible, benefit from information and feeds from other Cyber Hubs in their countries and use the aggregated data and analysis to deliver early warnings to targeted critical infrastructures on a need-to-know basis. National Cyber Hubs could also consider the possibility of monitoring undersea infrastructure, such as submarine cables.

Call objectives

Where a Member State decides to participate in the European Cybersecurity Alert System, it shall designate or, where applicable, establish a National Cyber Hub, a single entity acting under the authority of the Member State.

National Cyber Hubs have the capacity to act as a reference point and gateway to other public and private organisations at national level for collecting and analysing information on cyber threats and incidents and to contribute to a Cross-Border Cyber Hub. They are capable of detecting, aggregating, and analysing data and information relevant to cyber threats and incidents, such as cyber threat intelligence, by using in particular state-of-the-art technologies, and with the aim of preventing incidents.

For the following programming cycle, the emphasis is on continuation of activities initiated during past years.

The aim is to build capacity for new or existing National Cyber Hubs, e.g. equipment, tools, data feeds, as well as costs related to data analysis, interconnection with Cross-Border Cyber Hubs, etc. This can include for example automation, analysis and correlation tools and data feeds covering Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) at various levels, ranging from field data to Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) data to higher level CTI. Automation is a key aspect in the efficient handling and processing of information. Where available, already established standards should be used, such as the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF), for security advisories or for collecting and processing cybersecurity-related messages (e.g. IntelMQ project). Applications developed by Cyber Hubs/SOCs should be compatible with European standardisation projects like the EU vulnerability database (EUVD). National Cyber Hubs should also leverage state-of-the-art technology such as artificial intelligence and dynamic learning of the threat landscape and context. This also includes the use of shared cybersecurity information, to the extent possible based on existing taxonomies and/or ontologies, and hardware to ensure the secure exchange and storage of information. The operations should be built upon live network data and other training data required in the initial phases. Where relevant, consideration should be given to SMEs as the ultimate recipients of cybersecurity operational information.

A key element is the translation of advanced AI, data analytics and other relevant cybersecurity tools from research results to operational tools, and further testing and validating them in real conditions in combination with access to supercomputing facilities (e.g. to boost the correlation and detection features of cross-border platforms). Such activities are identified and proposed for financing in section 2.3, dedicated to AI for Cybersecurity, and topic 2.3.1.

Furthermore, National Cyber Hubs could also consider deploying solutions for the surveillance and protection of critical undersea infrastructure, such as submarine cables, and the detection of malicious activities around them, to improve the resilience and security of this infrastructure, which is critical for global communications. The response to such hybrid threats could also include situational awareness performed through the collection and analysis of in situ, sea based sensor data as well as relevant satellite imagery. For such activities, operational synergies with the EU Copernicus Space Programme and in particular with its Security Service are required.

Another key role for National Cyber Hubs is to facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing, as well as support training initiatives for all needed cybersecurity roles the basis, for instance, of the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF). For example, Cyber Hubs/SOCs dealing with critical infrastructures play a key role and should benefit from the knowledge and experience acquired by or concentrated in National Cyber Hubs.

National Cyber Hubs must share information with other stakeholders in a mutually beneficial exchange of information and commit to apply to participate in a Cross-Border Cyber Hub within the next 2 years, with a view to exchanging information with other National Cyber Hubs.

To achieve this aim, a call for expression of interest will be launched to select entities in Member States that provide the necessary facilities to host and operate National Cyber Hubs. Applicants to the call for expressions of interest should describe the aims and objectives of the National Cyber Hub, describe its role and how such role relates to other cybersecurity actors, such as CSIRTs, and its potential cooperation with other public or private cybersecurity stakeholders. Applicants should also provide the detailed planning of the activities and tasks of the National Cyber Hub, the services it will offer, the way it will operate and be operationalised, and describe the duration of the activity as well as the main milestones and deliverables. They should also specify what equipment, tools and services need to be procured and integrated to build up the National Cyber Hub, its services and its infrastructure.

To support the above activities of a National Cyber Hub, the following two workstreams of activities are foreseen:

  • [Procurement] A Joint Procurement Action with the Member State where the National Cyber Hub is located: this will cover the procurement of the main infrastructure, tools and services needed to build up the National Cyber Hub.
  • [Building up and running the National Cyber Hub] A grant will also be available to cover, among others, the preparatory activities for setting up the National Cyber Hub, its interaction and cooperation with other stakeholders, as well as the running/operating costs involved, enabling the effective operation of the National Cyber Hub, e.g. using the infrastructure, tools and services purchased through the joint procurement. These will also indicate milestones and deliverables to monitor progress

Applications shall be made to both workstreams. The applications will be subject to an evaluation procedure. Grants will only be awarded to applicants that have succeeded in the evaluation of the joint procurement action.

These actions aim at creating or strengthening National Cyber Hubs, which occupy a central role in ensuring the cybersecurity of national authorities, providers of critical infrastructures and essential services. Cyber Hubs, in cooperation with other relevant national/regional entities, are tasked with monitoring, understanding and proactively managing cybersecurity threats. Cyber Hubs will have a crucial operative role in ensuring cybersecurity in the Union and will handle sensitive information.

Pursuant to Article 12(5a) of the Cyber Solidarity Act amending Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2021/694, Article 12(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/694 shall not apply if the conditions stipulated in Article 12(5a) are cumulatively met. The assessment of these conditions should take into account the results of the mapping of the availability of tools, infrastructure and services for the National Cyber Hubs to be carried out by the ECCC pursuant to Article 9(4) of the Cyber Solidarity Act.

The first mapping exercise is ongoing. Until the mapping is completed and in line with the relevant provisions of the Cyber Solidarity Act, participation to the calls funded under this topic will be therefore subject to the restrictions of Article 12(5), as specified in Appendix 3 of this Work Programme. These security conditions may be later amended taking into account the results of the final mapping of services carried out by the ECCC pursuant to Article 9(4) of the Cyber Solidarity Act.

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Expected effects and impacts

Applicants should provide KPI’s and metrics relevant for the action to measure progress and performance. Proposals may include the indicators listed below or those of their choice.

When applicable, baseline and target values must be provided.

  • Maturity analysis pre and post implementation to measure the change in capacity of the beneficiary(ies).
  • Number of entities benefitting from the CyberHUB operations.
  • Intensity of exchange of information between funded entities.
  • Cyberthreat intelligence and situational awareness services developed.

Expected results

World-class National Cyber Hubs across the Union, supported by state-of-the-art technology, acting as clearing houses for detecting, gathering and storing data on cybersecurity threats, analysing this data, and sharing and reporting CTI, reviews and analyses, taking into account well-established standards for sharing and automation processes.

Threat intelligence and situational awareness capabilities and capacity building supporting strengthened collaboration between cybersecurity actors, including private and public actors.

  • Targeted training courses on the basis of the ECSF to improve the capacity of cyber security roles.
  • Applications for automated notification of private and public actors about compromised or insecure systems

Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
Iceland (Ísland), Liechtenstein, Norway (Norge)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

No

Project Partnership

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    • EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)

Only entities designated at Member State level as National SOCs are allowed to apply for funding and the project should be mono-beneficiary.

other eligibility criteria

Specific cases

Natural persons — Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).

International organisations — International organisations are NOT eligible, unless they are International organisations of European Interest within the meaning of Article 2 of the Digital Europe Regulation (i.e. international organisations the majority of whose members are Member States or whose headquarters are in a Member State).

Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.

EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.

Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible).

Countries currently negotia agreementting associations — Beneficiaries from countries with ongoing negotiations for participating in the programme (see list of participating countries above) may participate in the call and can sign grants if the negotiations are concluded before grant signature and if the association covers the call (i.e. is retroactive and covers both the part of the programme and the year when the call was launched).

EU restrictive measures — Special rules apply for entities subject to EU restrictive measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). Such entities are not eligible to participate in any capacity, including as beneficiaries, affiliated entities, associated partners, subcontractors or recipients of financial support to third parties (if any).

EU conditionality measures — Special rules apply for entities subject to measures adopted on the basis of EU Regulation 2020/2092. Such entities are not eligible to participate in any funded role (beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, recipients of financial support to third parties, etc). Currently such measures are in place for Hungarian public interest trusts established under the Hungarian Act IX of 2021 or any entity they maintain (see Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506, as of 16 December 2022).

Additional information

Topics

Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT, 
Justice, Safety & Security

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

36 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Calls for proposals section.) Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System (NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (template to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded)
  • mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
    • ownership control declarations (including for associated partners and subcontractors)
    • the appointment decision from the Member State designating the entity to act as National CyberHUB

Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B).

Call documents

Call Document DIGITAL-ECCC-2026-DEPLOY-CYBER-10Call Document DIGITAL-ECCC-2026-DEPLOY-CYBER-10(711kB)

Contact

European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and Network (ECCC) - National Coordination Centres
applicants@eccc.europa.eu
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