Deadline: 05-Nov-2025
The ResilMesh project has opened its second open call, inviting innovators, researchers, and technology developers to collaborate in strengthening cybersecurity and resilience across Europe’s critical infrastructures.
This opportunity is designed for organizations aiming to contribute innovative solutions, tools, or methodologies that enhance the ResilMesh Security Orchestration and Analytics Platform Architecture (SOAPA). The initiative focuses on developing and validating technologies that improve the detection, analysis, and response to cyber threats in complex digital ecosystems, such as energy networks, industrial systems, transportation, and manufacturing environments.
The programme will select five applications—two focusing on extensions to new domains and systems, and three centered on the development of new analytic algorithms and architectures. Each selected proposal will receive funding of up to €72,000, distributed in lump sums of 25%, 45%, and 30% at the completion of each stage. This milestone-based funding structure ensures that participants are supported throughout the project lifecycle, from concept to implementation and validation.
Participants will benefit not only from financial support but also from technical mentorship, collaboration opportunities with the ResilMesh consortium, and real-world validation of their innovations within critical infrastructure contexts. The selected projects will directly contribute to improving situational awareness, predictive analytics, AI-driven security orchestration, and proactive defense mechanisms—core goals of the ResilMesh platform.
Eligibility for this open call is extended to legal entities or consortia of legal entities, including mid-cap companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and research organizations such as RTOs and academic institutions. In consortium applications, the lead partner must be responsible for the technical development, while the other member will serve as an end user responsible for validating the developed technologies. All applicants must be established and based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country. However, as ResilMesh was funded before 1 January 2024, entities based in the United Kingdom are not eligible for funding under this call.
By engaging in this initiative, participants will become part of a forward-thinking European collaboration aimed at redefining cybersecurity practices through innovation, awareness, and cross-sectoral partnerships. The open call offers a valuable opportunity for organizations to contribute meaningfully to Europe’s digital resilience strategy while advancing their own technologies and expanding their networks within the cybersecurity and research ecosystem.
For more information, visit ResilMesh.
