Cyber Security Boost: Support for the development, pilot testing and wider adoption of solutions for cyber resilience.
Digital Europe · Cascade funding
Summary
A Polish company can use this call for R&D.
SMEs and competent nonprofits develop and pilot scalable cybersecurity solutions addressing Czech needs; academic and research institutions require an SME consortium partner.
- Who can apply
- Companies can lead: SME, NGO, university, research org.
- Amount
- €60K – €100K per projectTotal budget €1,200,000
- Deadline
- 30 Nov 2026 20:00 CETin 37 days
- Status
- Openopened 24 Sept 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
The aim of the call is to support the creation, development and practical validation of scalable solutions that address the documented needs of the Czech cybersecurity ecosystem. Supported projects must combine design or development, at least one pilot deployment or practical validation, evaluation of results and preparation for further use. The call is focused on three thematic areas:
The call is focused on three main thematic pillars:
• Scalable solutions for the resilience of small and medium-sized enterprises: new or significantly expanded services and tools to protect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), self-assessment, prioritisation of measures and sector- specific implementation packages.
• Implementation tools and services for compliance readiness, management and risk management: practical solutions for NIS2, CRA, DORA, supply chain security, cybersecurity management, record-keeping, reporting, secure development, SBOM and vulnerability management.
• Services and technical solutions for incident preparedness, response and recovery: standardised services, sector-specific scenarios, exercise packages and tools for recovery testing, record-keeping, escalation and reporting.
Support will be given primarily to projects that aim to deliver solutions with a measurable impact on a wider target group. Analyses alone, general training or documentation without implementation and validation activities are not a priority. Implementation by individual organisations is eligible primarily as a means of piloting the transferability and wider applicability of the results.
In accordance with the programme’s terms and conditions, the maximum amount of financial support is €100,000 and the minimum amount is €60,000 (in the form of a grant),depending on the current exchange rate of the Czech koruna. Projects will be funded at a rate of 50% of eligible costs, which means that the beneficiary will receive funding amounting to one half of the eligible costs incurred during the implementation of the project and substantiated in accordance with the established rules. The funding awarded to a project may be lower than the amount that was requested in the application. The decision on the final amount of support granted will depend on the quality of the project application, the consistency of the expected results with the proposed budget, and the structure of the individual planned costs.
Beneficiaries will be required to regularly provide evidence of actual expenditure incurred in connection with the implementation of the project. Details regarding the frequency and format of reporting will be specified in the grant agreement. Applicants must ensure that the project proposal meets the conditions designed to prevent the project funding from resulting in unauthorised indirect state aid within the meaning of relevant European legislation, or from leading to double funding.
The following types of organisations are eligible to participate in this call and meet the criteria set out in the EU Digital Europe programme:
• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that demonstrate professional competence and the ability to produce and practically validate an output in line with the objectives of the call.
• Academic and research institutions are eligible only as members of a consortium that includes at least one small or medium-sized enterprise. They may not submit an application on their own.
Consortia may combine the above-mentioned entities. The application must specify the actual roles, responsibilities and budgets of the members; a formal partnership without evidence of added value is not sufficient.
Further information available on: Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost - Výzvy
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- SME, NGO, University, Research org
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 3 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- —
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Optional
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Per project
- €60K – €100K
- Topics
- Cyber resilience
- SME cybersecurity
- Regulatory compliance
- Supply-chain security
- Vulnerability management
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Conditions
Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Applicant type
- Eligible applicants include SMEs and competent non-governmental non-profit organizations. Academic and research institutions may participate only in a consortium containing at least one SME and cannot apply alone.
- Eligible geography
- Applicants must satisfy the call’s eligible-applicant rules; project results should support cybersecurity needs in Czechia and broader EU use. Foreign partners/coordinators are allowed, subject to the call conditions.
- Employment contract type
- Wages/salaries and remuneration under Czech DPČ/DPP agreements must follow the beneficiary’s approved wage, salary or other internal rules. Justified extraordinary employee bonuses are capped at two monthly salaries for project work, proportionally adjusted for project FTE and months worked in that calendar year.
- Other condition
- Applications are accepted 24 September 2026 from 14:00 CET through 30 November 2026 at 19:00 CET.
- Other condition
- 80% of the grant is paid as pre-financing after execution of the grant agreement; 20% follows submission of the final project report.
- Other condition
- The latest permitted project end date is 30 April 2029.
- Project duration, maximum
- 24
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €1,200,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
- Call allocation
- CZK 30,000,000
Indicative aggregate call allocation; not pre-divided among the three thematic areas and may be reallocated by the provider.
- Eligible cost
- Direct personnel costs include wages/salaries and mandatory employer contributions/costs for participating project employees under an employment relationship; the person must demonstrably work on the project for part of their workload. Self-employed persons’ costs are not personnel costs.
- Eligible cost limit
- 7
Flat rate on recipient’s reported direct personnel plus other direct costs for the relevant year; investment costs excluded from this indirect-cost calculation; not a share of total project costs.
- Eligible cost limit
- 20
Subcontracting cost share ceiling on total recognized costs of all project participants over the full project period; project-team members and persons related to the recipient cannot be subcontractors (same paragraph).
- Funding intensity
- 50
Grant share of eligible project costs; applicant must cover the remainder.
- Project funding, maximum
- €100,000
Maximum financial support per project as stated in the call, converted from CZK at the then-current exchange rate; actual award may be lower based on proposal quality and budget.
- Project funding, minimum
- €60,000
Minimum financial support per project as stated in the call, converted from CZK at the then-current exchange rate.
Personnel and services
Other role
Staff cost the grant can fund
Must participate in project and demonstrably work part of their workload; no specific job titles, minimum headcount, qualifications, salary rates or FTE minimum are stated in reviewed call documents.
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 24 Sept 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Digital Europe · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- Cyber Security Boost: Support for the development, pilot testing and wider adoption of solutions for cyber resilience.
- Types of action
- —
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 24 Sept 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Reviewed
- 23 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.