Lantern Grants

Trusted, secure, quality future digital travel credentials

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €4,000,000
Deadline
November 4, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-BM-02 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL3-2027-01: Civil Security for Society 2027. Opens 2027-05-05; next deadline 2027-11-04. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-BM-02

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: - Development, testing and integration of issuance, validation and sharing capabilities for possible future types (beyond Type 1) of Digital Travel Credentials (DTC); - Integration of innovative, on-the-move, biometrics and remote biometric acquisition modalities to support the use of DTCs; - Improved secure connectivity and interoperability for future DTCs; - Improved capability of issuance of emergency travel documents and/or emergency DTCs.

Scope: Issuance, verification and management of digital travel credentials (DTCs) is relevant for border management, immigration and visa management. Furthermore, it could also be relevant to combat illicit activities such as terrorism, crime or frauds. This topic aims at supporting research and innovation that explore, develop and test enhanced capabilities for securely issuing, verify and manage (including sharing) possible future types of digital travel credentials (DTCs) for travel across the external borders of the EU. The proposed solutions must be compatible with current, planned or foreseeable EU DTCs formats, and with applicable International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) schemes, but they should also push forward to possible further types of DTCs (“Type 2” and “Type 3”). Additionally, the funded actions should also work on the integration of current and new biometrics, and/or new biometric acquisition modality, in support of DTCs. This includes but does not limit to biometrics such as fingermark, palmprint, palmmark, rolled fingerprint, contactless fingerphotos,…

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