Digital Europe Programme is the first EU programme that aims to accelerate the recovery and drive the digital transformation of Europe.
Worth €7.6 billion (in current prices), the Programme is a part of the next long-term EU budget, (the Multiannual Financial Framework), and it covers 2021 to 2027. It will provide funding for projects in five crucial areas: supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring the wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society.
The Programme is fine-tuned to fill the gap between the research of digital technologies and their deployment, and to bring the results of research to the market – for the benefit of Europe’s citizens and businesses, and in particular SMEs. Investments under the Digital Europe programme supports the Union’s twin objectives of a green transition and digital transformation and strengthens the Union’s resilience and strategic autonomy.
The objective will be to create, support and/or strengthen, and interconnect, cyber threat detection capacities, allowing for reinforced capacities to monitor and detect cyber threats, the creation of collective knowledge and sharing of best practices. In addition, data and capacities related to cybersecurity threat intelligence will be brought together from multiple sources (such as CSIRTs and other relevant cybersecurity actors) where appropriate.
The aim is to improve cybersecurity resilience with faster detection and response to cybersecurity incidents and threats through the establishment of cyber threat detection and analysis capabilities, leveraging disruptive technologies, and sharing of information leading to increased situational awareness and stronger cyber resilience.
Proposals should focus on one of the following:
50%
Maximum grant amount per project: €1 000 000 – €10 000 000
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies), established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories) or EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein).
Targeted stakeholders are public and private actors, as well as consortia of either kind or combining them, which can support cyber threat detection and CTI sharing.
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Eleana Gabriel
Telephone: +357 22 691918
Email: egabriel@dmrid.gov.cy