diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
index a9efae57..1b265409 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@
 from .rules import (
     award_acronym_in_description,
     award_acronym_in_title,
+    contains_high_conf_keywords,
+    contains_low_conf_keywords,
+    published_before_award_start,
     test_phrases_in_record,
+    user_verified,
 )
 
 CURATION_EU_RULES = {
     "award_acronym_in_title": award_acronym_in_title,
     "award_acronym_in_description": award_acronym_in_description,
     "test_phrases_in_record": test_phrases_in_record,
+    "published_before_award_start": published_before_award_start,
+    "user_verified": user_verified,
+    "contains_low_conf_keywords": contains_low_conf_keywords,
+    "contains_high_conf_keywords": contains_high_conf_keywords,
 }
 """Rules to run for EU Curation."""
 
@@ -24,13 +32,23 @@
     "award_acronym_in_title": 5,
     "award_acronym_in_description": 10,
     "test_phrases_in_record": False,
+    "published_before_award_start": False,
+    "user_verified": 5,
+    "contains_low_conf_keywords": 5,
+    "contains_high_conf_keywords": 10,
 }
 """Rule scores for EU Curation."""
 
 
-CURATION_THRESHOLDS = {"EU_RECORDS_CURATION": 10}
+CURATION_THRESHOLDS = {"EU_RECORDS_CURATION": 15}
 """Threshold values for curators/rules."""
 
 
 CURATION_ENABLE_EU_CURATOR = False
 """Controls whether to dry run EU Curation."""
+
+CURATION_LOW_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU = []
+"""Low confidence keywords for EU records."""
+
+CURATION_HIGH_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU = []
+"""High confidence keywords for EU records."""
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
index 1e1f5c72..bb7b5db1 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 # ZenodoRDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
-
 """Rules for curation."""
 
+import arrow
 from flask import current_app
 from invenio_records_resources.proxies import current_service_registry
 
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 def award_acronym_in_description(record):
     """Check if EU award name in record description."""
     award_service = current_service_registry.get("awards")
-    description = record.metadata["description"]
-    funding = record.metadata["funding"]
+    description = record.metadata.get("description")
+    if not description:
+        return False
 
+    funding = record.metadata.get("funding", [])
     for f in funding:
-        if f["funder"]["id"] == "00k4n6c32":
+        if f["funder"].get("id") == "00k4n6c32":
             if award_id := f.get("award", {}).get("id"):
                 award = award_service.record_cls.pid.resolve(award_id)
                 if award.get("acronym") and (
@@ -56,3 +58,56 @@ def test_phrases_in_record(record):
         if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
             return True
     return False
+
+
+def published_before_award_start(record):
+    """Check if published before award start date."""
+    award_service = current_service_registry.get("awards")
+
+    for f in record.metadata["funding"]:
+        if f["funder"]["id"] == "00k4n6c32":
+            if award_id := f.get("award", {}).get("id"):
+                award = award_service.record_cls.pid.resolve(award_id)
+                if award.get("start_date") and (
+                    record.created < arrow.get(award.get("start_date")).datetime
+                ):
+                    return True
+    return False
+
+
+def user_verified(record):
+    """Check if user is verified."""
+    is_verified = (
+        getattr(record.parent, "is_verified", None)
+        if hasattr(record, "parent")
+        else getattr(record, "is_verified", False)
+    )
+    return is_verified
+
+
+def contains_low_conf_keywords(record):
+    """Check if record contains low confidence keywords."""
+    low_conf_keywords_eu = current_app.config.get("CURATION_LOW_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU")
+    record_data = (
+        record.metadata["title"] + " " + record.metadata.get("description", "")
+    )
+
+    for word in low_conf_keywords_eu:
+        # TODO could possibly return a number for higher conf
+        if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def contains_high_conf_keywords(record):
+    """Check if record contains high confidence keywords."""
+    high_conf_keywords_eu = current_app.config.get("CURATION_HIGH_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU")
+    record_data = (
+        record.metadata["title"] + " " + record.metadata.get("description", "")
+    )
+
+    for word in high_conf_keywords_eu:
+        # TODO could possibly return a number for higher conf
+        if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
+            return True
+    return False