Time’s up! The SecurIT first Open Call has just closed on 17:00 this afternoon of 26 April 2022.

We thank the numerous applicants for their interest and efforts provided, and we look forward to discovering the selected innovative projects towards the secured, safe, and resilient smart city of tomorrow!

Are you a latercomer? Stay tuned! A second call will be launched at the begining of 2023. In the meanwhile, let’s look at the next steps for OC#1 applicants!

What are the next steps?

1-   ✅ Pre-selection

The applicants will receive via personal e-mails a first feedback within the next 2 weeks, after the eligibility check and pre-scoring by the Consortium. The 60 best proposals will then undergo the preliminary evaluation by external experts.

2-   🎙 JURY DAY – 22 & 23 June 2022

The 31 pre-selected consortia will then be invited to pitch their project in person to our Jury Day in Paris, on 22 and 23 June 2022 (the running order and information on the agenda and conditions will be sent by e-mail to the participants before the Jury Day).
The jury, composed of the SecurIT consortium partners and supported by ethical expert, will select 21 projects as the outcome of this event.

3-    ▶ Project start

After this Summer and the completion of the administrative procedure, the awarded SMEs will be able to start their projects from September 2022.

In the meanwhile…

Stay updated! We are now entering the application evaluation process, and we look forward to give you more information soon on the Open Call statistics, the applicants, and the coming project activities!

We also warmly thank all persons and organisations, of which our Ambassador Cluster network, who actively contributed to the dissemination of this funding opportunity for SMEs.