UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH

Their core work

The University of Greenwich is a London-based university with two distinct strengths in EU research: cybersecurity and digital trust systems, and SME innovation management support. Their cybersecurity work spans health data protection (CUREX), e-commerce security (ENSURESEC), IoT industrial security (C4IIoT), and security economics (SECONDO). In parallel, they have run repeated rounds of the ENIW programme, directly helping SMEs across England, Northern Ireland and Wales with commercialisation, internationalisation, and growth. They also contribute to food security and agricultural research, particularly in plant virology and EU-Africa food partnerships.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015-2018), Greenwich focused on crisis management training with mixed-reality tools (AUGGMED, TRILLION), EU-Africa food partnerships, and launched their recurring SME innovation support programme (ENIW). From 2018 onward, they shifted heavily toward cybersecurity — building a cluster of projects covering health data protection, IoT security, e-commerce security, and security economics. Their most recent projects (2021+) show a branching into sustainable procurement policy and advanced plant virology, suggesting diversification beyond their security core.

Greenwich is consolidating as a cybersecurity research hub while maintaining steady SME innovation support — expect future proposals combining security with industrial or public-sector applications.

How they like to work

Greenwich operates predominantly as a consortium partner (18 of 21 projects), joining mid-to-large consortia rather than leading them. They coordinated only three projects, two of which were smaller in scale (MESO-JBIR-102, GEO-SAFE). With 274 unique partners across 40 countries, they are a well-connected hub — not locked into repeat partnerships but constantly expanding their network, which makes them an accessible and experienced consortium member for new collaborations.

With 274 unique consortium partners across 40 countries, Greenwich has one of the broader collaboration networks for a UK university of its size. Their reach extends well beyond Europe into Africa (EU-AU food partnerships) and globally through crisis management and security projects.

What sets them apart

Greenwich combines deep cybersecurity research with hands-on SME innovation support — a rare pairing that means they understand both the technical and business sides of technology transfer. Their four rounds of the ENIW programme give them direct, practical experience helping companies grow, internationalise, and commercialise — unlike purely academic partners. For consortium builders, this dual capability means Greenwich can contribute both technical security work packages and real-world dissemination and exploitation activities.

Highlights from their portfolio

• AUGGMED
  Their largest single grant (EUR 643K) — automated serious game scenarios for mixed-reality training, showcasing their simulation and training expertise.
• EUNOMIA
  One of their coordinated projects (EUR 512K) — building decentralised, trustworthy social media, demonstrating their ability to lead digital trust research.
• VIRTIGATION
  Recent and substantial (EUR 489K) — tackling emerging viral diseases in crops, showing their agricultural research breadth beyond their security core.