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Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime

Funding agency: Horizon Europe

Call: HORIZON-CL3-2026-01

Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions  |  Deadline model: single-stage  |  Planned opening: 06/05/2026  |  Model Grant Agreement: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to

some or all

of the following expected outcomes:

Improved understanding of links between addictions and crime, including drivers of criminality;

Innovative and effective solutions, including training curricula, for Police Authorities in Europe and relevant Civil Society Organisations (or Non-Governmental Organisations) to prevent addictions and related crimes, with a special attention to young people at risk;

Evidence-based support to modernising European criminal justice system’s approach when dealing with addiction-related offenses;

Novel approaches of collaboration between different stakeholders, primarily Police Authorities in Europe and Civil Society Organisations (or Non-Governmental Organisations), to increase communities’ addiction resilience, security and safety.

Scope:

A close and complex relationship exists between addictions, such as gambling, drug or alcohol use, and crime (e.g., criminals are often under the influence of drugs while committing crimes, gamblers or drug users commit crimes to pay for their debts or drugs). In this topic, successful proposals are expected to analyse the specific nexus between addictions and crime, with the aim of developing related modern methodologies and tools for prevention of not only addictions but also crimes related to them, both offline and online, while respecting the fundamental rights of the communities concerned and using of non-stigmatising language. Novel approaches of collaboration between different community stakeholders, from Police Authorities, civil society, national and local entities, private actors, trained psychologists, are expected to be developed as well, with the aim of increasing communities’ addiction resilience, security and safety. An emphasis of the work should be on young people at risk, the criminal justice system, drivers of criminality and pathways from committing a petty crime because of addiction to progressively getting i …

Budget total: 3000000.0 EUR  |  Budget per project: 1500000.0 EUR

Deadline: 05/11/2026 (101 days left)  |  Duration: — months  |  Funding intensity: —%  |  Type: research

Eligibility: entity types: Police Authorities, Civil Society Organisations (or Non-Governmental Organisations), Private actors; countries: EU Member States, Associated Countries

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