Call updates

Nov 23, 2021 6:40:37 PM
HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01

A total of 28 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The number of proposals for each topic is shown below including the indicative budget of the topics for 2021: 

HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-05: 3 proposals (indicative budget: 20M€ shared between BM-01; BM-03 and BM-05)

Jun 30, 2021 12:00:09 AM
The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-04(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-02(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-03(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-05(HORIZON-IA)

Improved detection of concealed objects on, and within the body of, persons
TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-05

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Border Management 2021 (HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 30 June 2021
Deadline date: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes:

• Improved capability of customs and border authorities, at land, sea and/or air border crossing points, to detect drugs, illicit goods, weapons, explosive and other threats concealed on individuals or within their bodies, in the operational environment of border crossing points;
• Safer, more efficient and more easily deployable solutions for detection compared to the state of the art are used by customs and border authorities, in particular avoiding ionizing radiation and minimizing any safety risk to users and operators and ensuring respect of fundamental rights.

Scope:

Research under this topic will increase the capabilities to detect objects concealed on persons, or hidden inside the body of persons. The proposed technology should be able to detect concealments on moving persons and should be based on non-ionising approaches that provide necessary safety and privacy. Proposed solutions should be harmless for users and operators (avoiding ionizing radiation, and include the assessment of the risk of any kind of toxic substances and/or potentially harmful techniques), provide fast detection and include easily deployable devices.

They should be able to detect weapons (including non-metallic weapons); explosives (combined or not with electronics), including homemade explosives (HMEs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs); other threats and illicit goods such as drugs, tobacco or currency, concealed under or in the clothes or bags of individuals as well as within the individuals’ bodies. The need for such detection capabilities could be increasingly useful especially in contexts such as airports or ferry terminals where people board on foot or in vehicles, where a sufficient and efficient detection capacity will have to cope with substantial growth of passenger volume.

Proposed solutions must maximise respect of fundamental rights, including for dignity and privacy. In this sense, solutions should avoid explicit formation of images, physical contact or intrusive techniques. Solutions should also prove their potential to enable the quick scan of large flows of people, employing a minimum number of operators. Solutions should be systematically tested and validated in operational or real environments.

Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous research, including but not limiting to research by other Framework Programmes projects such as on basic capabilities to detect concealed objects on individuals and in cargo or containers.

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content should be addressed only if the consortium deems it relevant in relation to the objectives of the research effort.

Specific Topic Conditions:
Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.