Loading…
Strategic Analysis
To build a winning proposal for HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02, the consortium must bridge cutting-edge multi-hazard predictive analytics (AI, remote sensing, digital twins) with operational disaster risk governance. Crucially, the proposal must demonstrate direct compliance with the mandatory eligibility requirements by embedding at least 2 national disaster risk/crisis communication authorities and 2 local/regional response authorities across 3 EU/Associated Countries. By integrating existing EU digital assets like Copernicus, Galileo, Destination Earth, and the Risk Data Hub, the project will deliver actionable multi-dimensional metrics for early warning and critical infrastructure stress-testing in full alignment with the EU Preparedness Union Strategy.
TRL 4 → 6
Integrate single-hazard models into next-generation predictive systems capable of analysing cascading and cumulative effects, focusing on early and anticipatory action and interactions between meteorological, geophysical, and technological hazards.
Develop and validate integrated forecasting models that enhance the prediction and management of multi-hazard scenarios, support flexibility and extensibility, and coordinate responses using real-time data, AI-driven analytics, and remote sensing technologies.
Explore interoperability of regional and national hazard warning systems to enhance global forecasting capabilities for hazards such as landslides triggered by extreme weather events or cumulative damage modelling for earthquakes and aftershocks.
Address gaps in loss estimation models by considering cascading and long-term impacts of disasters on infrastructure, the built environment, supply chains, and diverse needs of communities.
Develop advanced tools and methodologies (including scenario-based stress testing, digital twins, and AI-powered decision-support systems) to assess combined effects of multiple hazards on critical infrastructure and lifeline services such as energy, water, transport, and telecommunications.
Apply a holistic, systemic, and cross-cutting approach to disaster risk management, considering climate change trends, environmental degradation, and social vulnerabilities.
Create comprehensive Risk and Resilience Metrics integrating physical, economic, and social dimensions to support decision-makers.
Consider building on and leveraging existing systems such as the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), Destination Earth Platform, or Risk Data Hub.
Conduct stakeholder or market analysis and create a roadmap or plan for uptake of developed methodologies, findings, and technologies.
Strengthen risk governance at multiple levels by fostering collaboration between scientific communities, policymakers, emergency responders, and infrastructure operators, and leveraging citizen-generated content for early warning and situational awareness.
Ensure alignment with EU policies, international risk reduction frameworks, and best practices in resilience planning.
Leverage data and services available through European Research Infrastructures federated under the European Open Science Cloud and relevant Data Spaces, ensuring data produced is FAIR.
Integrated single-hazard systems into multi-hazard next generation predictive models to assess cascading effects (e.g., heatwave, floods, droughts, landslides, heavy rain) and interactions across meteorological, geophysical, and technological hazards;
Enhanced hazard forecasting and response through research on model integration and platform interoperability;
Development of holistic risk and resilience metrics to support multi-hazard prevention strategies, encompassing main physical, economic and social effects;
Improvement of analysis models considering evolving vulnerability state, due to cascading and cumulative effects, through numerical simulations and experimental tests, possibly also supported by AI applications;
Collected reliable data (same granularity and format) and ways to share and analyse it. The interoperability of all kinds of systems and information sharing is crucial, based on the need-to-know principle;
Improved knowledge/experience-sharing from past emergencies to cope with future emergencies, also strengthening trans-national knowledge and data exchange among EU countries as well as from early warning to early action;
Improved disaster risk and resilience management due to single/multiple threats through a holistic, systemic and cross-cutting approach, also considering relevant changes such as changing climate, digital transformation, environmental and socio-economic conditions;
Development of holistic Risk and Resilience Metrics to support multi-hazard prevention strategies, encompassing main physical, economic and social effects;
No expected impacts identified for this destination.
Preparedness Union Strategy
highThe Preparedness Union Strategy aims to strengthen the European Union's collective capacity to prevent, prepare for, and respond to major cross-border health threats, natural disasters, and complex multi-hazard crises. It emphasizes cross-sectoral resilience, early warning systems, integrated risk assessment, and coordinated crisis response across Member States.
Evaluators expect proposals to show clear alignment with EU crisis-response mechanisms by delivering actionable frameworks, multi-hazard risk assessment tools, and decision-support systems. Applicants should demonstrate how their research contributes to cross-sectoral preparedness and strengthens systemic capacity to handle cascading and cumulative impacts.
">
described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
Due to the scope of this topic, relevant international organisations with headquarters in a Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country are exceptionally eligible for funding.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:
This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2 authorities in charge of disaster risk or crisis communication[[Authorities in charge of disaster risk or crisis communication entail public bodies operating at the national level that hold legally defined responsibilities in the area of disaster risk management. This includes national civil protection authorities as well as other institutions that can demonstrate, through appropriate legal or administrative acts, a formal mandate to design, coordinate, or implement national disaster risk prevention, preparedness, response, or crisis communication measures.]] and 2 representatives of local or regional authorities in charge of disaster response from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5.
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EU classified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Call-specific instructions
Information on financial support to third parties (HE)
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 6. Civil Security for Society
HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Evaluators will prioritize three critical aspects: 1) Mandatory Practitioner Mandate: Rigorous verification of the required security practitioner composition (2 national authorities + 2 local/regional authorities with documented legal mandates) and completion of the required 'Information about security practitioners' table. 2) Breakthrough in Cascading & Cumulative Risk Analytics: Practical scientific advances that move past single-hazard silos to accurately model complex interdependencies (e.g., extreme weather triggering landslides and secondary technological/infrastructure grid failure) using AI and Copernicus/Galileo satellite data. 3) Operational Interoperability & Systemic Uptake: Seamless integration into operational platforms (CEMS, KAPP, Risk Data Hub) and robust risk-resilience metrics that directly empower emergency responders and infrastructure operators.
Everything the call asks for, seen from the call's point of view. Each line shows what answers it, and which partner carries it.
This matrix lists everything the call asks for: outcomes, impacts, scope, the requirements buried in the call text, and policy alignment. Sign up free and GrantForge tracks each line against the concept you build.
| Requirement | Covered by | Carried | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope activities | |||
| SC1Integrate single-hazard models into next-generation predictive systems capable of analysing cascading and cumulative effects, focusing on early and anticipatory action and interactions between meteorological, geophysical, and technological hazards. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC2Develop and validate integrated forecasting models that enhance the prediction and management of multi-hazard scenarios, support flexibility and extensibility, and coordinate responses using real-time data, AI-driven analytics, and remote sensing technologies. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC3Explore interoperability of regional and national hazard warning systems to enhance global forecasting capabilities for hazards such as landslides triggered by extreme weather events or cumulative damage modelling for earthquakes and aftershocks. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC4Address gaps in loss estimation models by considering cascading and long-term impacts of disasters on infrastructure, the built environment, supply chains, and diverse needs of communities. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC5Develop advanced tools and methodologies (including scenario-based stress testing, digital twins, and AI-powered decision-support systems) to assess combined effects of multiple hazards on critical infrastructure and lifeline services such as energy, water, transport, and telecommunications. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC6Apply a holistic, systemic, and cross-cutting approach to disaster risk management, considering climate change trends, environmental degradation, and social vulnerabilities. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC7Create comprehensive Risk and Resilience Metrics integrating physical, economic, and social dimensions to support decision-makers. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC8Consider building on and leveraging existing systems such as the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), Destination Earth Platform, or Risk Data Hub. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC9Conduct stakeholder or market analysis and create a roadmap or plan for uptake of developed methodologies, findings, and technologies. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC10Strengthen risk governance at multiple levels by fostering collaboration between scientific communities, policymakers, emergency responders, and infrastructure operators, and leveraging citizen-generated content for early warning and situational awareness. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC11Ensure alignment with EU policies, international risk reduction frameworks, and best practices in resilience planning. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| SC12Leverage data and services available through European Research Infrastructures federated under the European Open Science Cloud and relevant Data Spaces, ensuring data produced is FAIR. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Expected outcomes | |||
| EO1Integrated single-hazard systems into multi-hazard next generation predictive models to assess cascading effects (e.g., heatwave, floods, droughts, landslides, heavy rain) and interactions across meteorological, geophysical, and technological hazards; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO2Enhanced hazard forecasting and response through research on model integration and platform interoperability; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO3Development of holistic risk and resilience metrics to support multi-hazard prevention strategies, encompassing main physical, economic and social effects; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO4Improvement of analysis models considering evolving vulnerability state, due to cascading and cumulative effects, through numerical simulations and experimental tests, possibly also supported by AI applications; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO5Collected reliable data (same granularity and format) and ways to share and analyse it. The interoperability of all kinds of systems and information sharing is crucial, based on the need-to-know principle; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO6Improved knowledge/experience-sharing from past emergencies to cope with future emergencies, also strengthening trans-national knowledge and data exchange among EU countries as well as from early warning to early action; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO7Improved disaster risk and resilience management due to single/multiple threats through a holistic, systemic and cross-cutting approach, also considering relevant changes such as changing climate, digital transformation, environmental and socio-economic conditions; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| EO8Development of holistic Risk and Resilience Metrics to support multi-hazard prevention strategies, encompassing main physical, economic and social effects; | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Other requirements | |||
| REQ1FAIR data principles implementationParticular efforts must be made to ensure that all data produced in the context of this topic is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable (FAIR). | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ2Synergies with EOSC and Data SpacesWhere applicable, proposals should leverage data and services available through European Research Infrastructures federated under the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as well as data from relevant Data Spaces. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ3Integration of EU digital assets and space dataProposals should leverage existing EU systems including Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), Destination Earth Platform, and Risk Data Hub, and must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS if using satellite data. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ4Synergies with KAPP operational grant projectsFinding synergies with projects funded under operational grants, such as Knowledge for Action in Prevention & Preparedness (KAPP), is explicitly recommended. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ5Security provisions and practitioner mandate reportingActivities involving classified background or security-sensitive results (EUCI and SEN) must comply with EU security rules, and applicants must fill in the required Information about Security Practitioners table. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ6Gender and social vulnerability perspectiveDisaster risk management strategies must apply a holistic and systemic approach considering climate trends, environmental degradation, and social vulnerabilities such as gender, age, and disabilities. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ7Multi-stakeholder collaboration for risk governanceProjects should contribute to strengthening multi-level risk governance by fostering collaboration between scientific communities, policymakers, emergency responders, and infrastructure operators. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ8Outermost regions participationProjects may take into account the assets and specific challenges faced by European outermost regions and include entities from these regions in the consortium. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ9Citizen-generated data and early warning engagementEfforts should be made to leverage citizen-generated content from social media and decentralized digital platforms for citizen-driven early warning and situational awareness. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| REQ10Stakeholder uptake roadmap and market analysisProjects should conduct a stakeholder or market analysis and create a detailed roadmap or plan for the uptake of developed methodologies, findings, and technologies by industry, research, and relevant authorities. | · | · | Sign up to track |
| Expected impacts | |||
| No expected impacts in this call. | |||
| Underlying policies | |||
| POL1preparedness union strategyThe Preparedness Union Strategy aims to strengthen the European Union's collective capacity to prevent, prepare for, and respond to major cross-border health threats, natural disasters, and complex multi-hazard crises. It emphasizes cross-sectoral resilience, early warning systems, integrated risk assessment, and coordinated crisis response across Member States. | · | · | Sign up to track |
The binding rules of this call. Items marked auto are verified by GrantForge from the call and the template. The others are yours to confirm.
LMIC entities auto-eligible
Low/middle-income country entities are automatically eligible for funding.
EU space data infrastructures
If the project uses satellite-based Earth observation, positioning, navigation or timing data/services, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS. Other sources may be added but not substitute EU infrastructures.
Civil applications only
Horizon Europe funds exclusively civil applications. Research with exclusive military or dual-use application is excluded.
Gender Equality Plan
Having a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) is an eligibility criterion for public bodies, research organisations, and higher education institutions from Member States and Associated Countries.
Open Science
Mandatory open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications and responsible management of research data (FAIR principles, DMP required).
4 key insights you must internalise before writing. Each is grounded in the call text and tells you what evaluators will actually look for. Share these with your consortium before drafting.
Proposals will be rejected at the admissibility stage if they fail to include the exact required practitioner profile: at least two national disaster risk/crisis communication authorities and two local/regional disaster response authorities across three eligible countries. These entities must be full beneficiaries with documented legal mandates, and the consortium must complete the specific Information about security practitioners annex.
Source: Eligibility rules
If the proposal relies on satellite-based earth observation or positioning data to model cascading risks, the use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS is legally mandatory. Evaluators will check for explicit integration of these specific EU assets, alongside recommended platforms like the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and the Risk Data Hub, rather than relying solely on commercial satellite providers.
Source: Eligibility rules
Because this is a Lump Sum grant, the financial architecture must be strictly tied to work package completion rather than incurred costs. The consortium must strategically define the payment milestones—particularly the delivery of the integrated forecasting models and the uptake roadmap—ensuring that the largest lump sum installments align with the most resource-intensive validation phases.
Source: Eligibility rules
The proposal must explicitly anchor its multi-hazard risk assessment tools to the Preparedness Union Strategy. Evaluators expect the project to directly contribute to the strategy's key action of developing an EU comprehensive risks and threats assessment, meaning the resulting Risk and Resilience Metrics must be formatted for immediate cross-border operational uptake rather than purely academic use.
Source: Underlying policies
Talk to the Grant Coach to build your concept. The steps below fill in as it takes shape, and your coverage tracks the progress. You can refine everything once your project workspace is created.
Step 1 of 2 · Build your concept
The problems this call frames, and who they affect. Your concept and plan address them.
Current predictive models operate in silos, failing to account for how initial hazards (e.g., heatwaves or heavy rainfall) trigger secondary and tertiary impacts (e.g., wildfires, landslides, or industrial accidents), leading to inadequate early warning.
Infrastructure operators lack holistic tools and digital twins to stress-test physical assets against multi-hazard scenarios and model complex cross-sectoral failure chains in energy, water, and transport networks.
Transnational early warning systems suffer from incompatible data standards, limited cross-border communication protocols, and insufficient integration of citizen-generated content during active emergencies.
Public bodies operating at the national level with formal legal mandates to coordinate disaster risk prevention, preparedness, and national crisis communication.
Regional civil protection agencies, emergency responders, and municipality crisis management units responsible for operational ground response.
Public and private entities managing essential energy networks, water supply systems, transportation corridors, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Scientific institutes, university researchers, and policy advisors specializing in multi-hazard modeling, AI-driven disaster risk analytics, and climate adaptation metrics.
Step 2 of 2 · Build your concept
The long-term impacts your project should drive — this shapes the objectives next.
Empower national and local disaster management authorities with interoperable predictive tools and standardized metrics to transition from reactive disaster management to proactive early action.
Minimize socio-economic disruptions and economic losses in vital services by identifying asset vulnerabilities through digital twin scenario-based stress testing.
Strengthen community resilience and preserve operational continuity of essential water, power, and transport networks during complex multi-hazard events.