Digital Investigations and Standardisation

Home Funding Calls for proposals Standardisation Standardisation ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-STANDARD Topic Calls for proposals Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Internal Security Fund (ISF) Call Digital Investigations and Standardisation (ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER) Type of action ISF-PJG ISF Project Grants Type of MGA ISF Action Grant Budget-Based [ISF-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model Single-stage Opening date 15 September 2026 Deadline date 15 December 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description 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. Show more Topic updates 17 September 2026 The submission session is now available for: ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-STANDARD, ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-DIGITAL Show more Topic conditions and documents 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 Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-STANDARD - ISF-PJG ISF Project Grants ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-DIGITAL - ISF-PJG ISF Project Grants 6 200 000,00 € Single-stage 15 September 2026 15 December 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Partner search announcements 12 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Please select the type of your submission: ISF Project Grants [ISF-PJG], ISF Action Grant Budget-Based [ISF-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As6 item(s) found General FAQ (Clone) Other costs, such as costs for financial support to third parties, are not allowed in this call. Nevertheless, in the Budget sheet (Part A), the budget category "Financial support to third parties/EUR" appears. How come? Financial support to third parties is indeed not allowed, but unfortunately this category could not be removed from the budget sheet. (Clone) Can I choose between the unit costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence, and the actual costs? In my case I am subject to national public procurement rules, so in any case I need to use actual costs for my accounting purposes. For the period 2021-2027 the HOME Funds (AMIF, BMVI and ISF) apply the unit costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence (as specified by the Model Grant Agreement and Annotated G... (Clone) In my application: Where should I list the previous projects, at the end of part B or in a separate file? The list of the previous projects as a separate mandatory annex is mentioned in point 5 of the call text. As mentioned in point 11 of the Call for proposals document, applicants shal... The link to https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and-activities/digital-finance-research/ciphermonitoring-crypto-markets_en in the footnote 11 on page 8 in the call document seems to be wrong Thanks for flagging this. Indeed in some browsers the link does not go to the correct page since a hyphen was added in the formatting of the text. The correct link is: https://joint-... Is there an inconsistency between the detailed eligibility provisions and the “Overview table of Eligibility conditions” on p.16 of the Call Document on Standardisation? It reads that profit making entities cannot apply but the table states they can. Thanks for spotting this. Indeed, the table is incorrect as regards the topic Standardisation. For this topic profit making entities, international organisations and entities establi... We would like to include an eligible third country in the proposal but when trying to add them in the submission system we get a warning that we included an ineligible country. What should we do? This seems to be the default setting in the submission system. You indeed receive a warning when you include any non-EU country, but you can still submit the proposal. Your proposal ... Items per page: 5 10 25 50 100 Showing 1–6 of 6 Get support Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application. For help related to this call, please contact HOME-ISF@ec.europa.eu Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals. IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.