The European Commission has published a series of new calls for proposals of the Digital Europe Programme. A dedicated budget of EUR 84 million is made available for deployment activities supporting novel application of AI and other enabling technologies for Security Operation Centres, the implementation of cybersecurity EU legislation such as the Cyber Resilience Act, and the European transition to post-quantum cryptography.
The projects funded by this call will be managed by the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC). The calls are open to businesses, SMEs, public administrations, and other entities from EU Member States, EFTA/EEA countries, and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. Proposals can be submitted from 16th January 2024 until 26th March 2024 at 17:00 Brussels time on the Funding and Tenders portal.
This call for proposals ‘DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06’ under the Digital Europe Programme is also published on the NCC-MT website for easy reference: ncc-mita.gov.mt/funding-calls.