SYNAPSE is a project co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Programme (HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01) under Grant Agreement No. 101120853.
SYNAPSE aims to design, develop and deliver an Integrated Cyber Security Risk and Resilience Management Platform, with holistic Situational Awareness, Incident Response and Preparedness capabilities.
Who are we looking for?
The main objective of the SYNAPSE Open Call is to showcase the clear integration paths of SYNAPSE across the EU Digital Infrastructures, validating the relevance and transferability of the SYNAPSE Platform in additional organisations. In that context, around €700,000 are planned to be used for new beneficiaries including:
- An organisation operating a digital infrastructure, which will serve as end-user and provide a new pilot for the SYNAPSE project (Open Call Beneficiary Type A);
- Two SME partners covering the cybersecurity supply-side, which will provide innovative technological solutions and services to the SYNAPSE project (Open Call Beneficiary Type B).
To do what?
The selected end-user is expected to:
- Identify precise use case, along with validation scenarios, relevant requirements and KPIs.
- Provide operational pilot environment for SYNAPSE integration.
- Deliver SYNAPSE-integrated pilot environment for demonstration.
- Contribute to SYNAPSE’s demonstration and validation.
The two selected cybersecurity supply-side SMEs are expected to:
- Identify the precise technologies to be delivered, their specifications and the associated KPIs.
- Integrate their components into the SYNAPSE architecture.
- Develop, deliver and integrate components into the SYNAPSE platform and the Pilot testbed.
- Contribute to SYNAPSE’s domain demonstration, including:
- Integration of the technologies into all Pilot storylines;
- Integration of the chosen components into the Pilot deployments of the SYNAPSE platform;
- Demonstration of the integration of selected components on at least two of the SYNAPSE pilots, which will be jointly agreed between SYNAPSE and the selected candidates;
- Validation of relevant SYNAPSE and OC-specific KPIs.
What is the budget?
The SYNAPSE budget for the Open Call will be distributed as follows:
The selected end-user (Open Call Beneficiary Type A) will be funded with up to €300,000.
The two selected SMEs (Open Call Beneficiaries Type B) will be funded with up to €200,000 each.
Important dates for the Open Call
- Open Call announcement: June 2025
- Open Call submission deadline: 12th of December 2025, 17:00 CET
- Results announcement: 19th of December 2025
- Project implementation duration: 01/2026 – 10/2026 (9 months)
How to apply?
We strongly recommend you to carefully read the SYNAPSE Guidelines for Applicants before starting to fill in the Proposal Submission Template.