Budget
The TRUNSPORT Open Call 1 provides lump-sum grants of up to EUR 60,000 per project to support 21 transport sector entities, including NIS2 essential and important entities, to engage with the TRUNSPORT ecosystem. The grant covers up to 50% of the total project costs.
Key dates and deadline
30th Jul 26 Call Opens Official announcement Jul-Oct 26 Questions Deadline Submit to open call email address - FAQs published online 30th Oct 26 Application Deadline Online portal submission only - late submissions auto-rejected Nov-Dec 26 Evaluation Period Independent expert panel reviews eligible applications Nov-Dec 26 Results Notification & Contracting All applicants informed of outcome. Successful applicants sign agreement with TRUNSPORT Lead Beneficiary Jan-Sep 27 Implementation & Monitoring
Details
Objectives - Support transport-sector organisations in improving their cyber preparedness and resilience against evolving cyber threats affecting both IT and OT environments through innovative cybersecurity tools, methodologies, and operational practices. - Enhance cybersecurity awareness, skills, and operational readiness among transport operators, infrastructure managers, and personnel through human-centric approaches and training-oriented activities. - Support real-life experimentation, pilot deployments, and validation activities within operational transport environments to assess the effectiveness and scalability of proposed solutions. - Stimulate collaboration between transport operators, technology providers, SMEs, research organisations, public authorities, and cybersecurity experts to address shared cybersecurity challenges. - Engage external transport-sector entities in the TRUNSPORT ecosystem and contribute to the refinement, validation, and broader uptake of the Cyber Support Hub (CSH) services and tools
Eligibility
Who Can Apply? Transport systems operators Technology and digital providers Transport infrastructure managers Transport service providers SMEs & Startups in the ITS Transportation and cybersecurity domains Related public sector organizations Universities & Research Organizations NGOs Geographic Eligibility EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) and EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) Individual or Consortium Mono-beneficiary as well as multi-beneficiary applicants and consortia are eligible
Additional information
All funded activities must demonstrate clear contribution to cybersecurity and digital innovation in the transport sector (Road · Rail · Air · Water). Cybersecurity resilience & threat intelligence. Secure-by-design digital systems & architectures. AI-driven security & anomaly detection. Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure (Road, Rail, Water, Air). Digital identity, authentication & access. Incident response, recovery & crisis management. Cybersecurity awareness, skills & capacity building.
How to apply?
https://trunsport.eu/open-calls/