Horizon Europe: Approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessment

Conditions

The results of this call should lead to:

A. Secure and reliable chip architectures for computer and network systems.

• Developing new architectures for fraud-proof chips and processors.
• Improving the transparency of the supply chain for chip production and integration.
• Establishing security-by-design methodologies for hardware security assessment.
• Developing methods and tools for effective and efficient non-destructive authentication and physical analysis of integrated circuits and multi-chip modules (chiplets).
• Develop technical means to ensure the security of the hardware supply chain and secure PQC implementations.
• Develop self-healing firmware that can recover from cyber attacks.

B: Improved security frameworks for both hardware and software supply chains.

• Developing innovative tools for real-time detection of software vulnerabilities and automatic patching.
• Improving secure software frameworks, including protection against quantum threats.
• Improving resilience to cyber threats in the supply chain and researching new mitigation strategies.

Submission criteria

• A: Synergies with existing EU initiatives in the field of trusted hardware (e.g. CHIPS JU, EuroHPC) are encouraged.
• B: Proposals should integrate formal verification methods or AI-assisted security testing, leveraging future European and international standards for supply chain security.
• Only entities from the EU and countries associated with Horizon Europe CL 3 are eligible for this grant.

More information and application 

For more information and sending in your application, visit the EU Funding & Tender Portal.