Projects selected under this call for proposals should aim to achieve one or more of the following outcomes in the field of standardisation supporting digital investigations

Expected Impact:

Projects selected under this call for proposals should aim to achieve one or more of the following outcomes in the field of standardisation supporting digital investigations:

• structure and enhance security practitioners contribution in standardisation processes,
• increase awareness and build synergies amongst relevant stakeholders
• nurture a sustainable EU approach for standardisation in the field of digital investigations.

Objective

(1) developing capacity and expertise of law enforcement and judicial authorities; (2) contributing to the implementation of EU law; (3) fostering cross-border cooperation between law enforcement/judicial authorities and private entities.

Scope:

Proposals should focus on:

• Providing an analysis of the areas where standardisation for security is needed
• Relevant standardisation activities to enhance the operational capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the challenges posed in identified areas, notably 6G and Internet based communication, digital forensics, vehicles forensics and Artificial Intelligence.
• Raising awareness and supporting participation of security practitioners in relevant standardisation processes
• Pooling resources in Member States to ensure effective participation in relevant standardisation processes
• Designing and developing (in cooperation with the European Cybercrime Training and Education Group, when relevant), delivering and providing access to training to enhance the effectiveness of security practitioners participating in relevant standardisation processes.
• Providing expertise to support the participation of security practitioners in relevant standardisation processes through studies and advice.
• Reflecting on sustainable mechanisms to support an EU approach on standardisation for digital investigation.

Areas where EU legislative initiatives would benefit from further standardisation activities.

Part of call ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER

Type of action: ISF Project Grants

Programme period: 2021 - 2027

Priorities: AI, DigitalAgenda

"> Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document .

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document .

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document .

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document .

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual .

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document .

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document .

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document .

Call document and annexes:

Call document Application form templates Standard application form (AMIF, ISF and BMVI) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) AMIF, ISF and BMVI MGA

Additional documents:

ISF Work Programme ISF Regulation 2021/1149 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Onli