The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) in collaboration with the Digital Security Authority (DSA) as the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre (NCC-CY), announces the Call for Proposals for the Programme 'Enhancing Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Republic of Cyprus 2025' (NCC-CY-ENTERPRISES/0925).
According to a relevant announcement, the Call budget is €1,500,000, and the maximum funding per project is €65,000 or €75,000 in cases where the ENISA AR-in-a-Box tool is adopted. Α minimum funding exists, of €20,000.
Proposals have to be submitted through the IRIS portal and the deadline for proposal submissions is until 18 November 2025, at 1pm.
"The Programme aims to ensure that SMEs reach a basic level of cybersecurity in order to protect their infrastructures, systems and information. This will be achieved through the purchase of solutions and services to maintain and strengthen the level of security and resilience of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)," the announceemnt noted.
Entities eligible to participate in this Programme as Host Organisations are Small and Medium Enterprises.
For information regarding the RIF’s open calls, as well as useful documents and guides, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal.
For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF’s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at support@research.org.cy.
The Call has also been posted via LinkedIn:
