EU dual-use research funding — who's getting it
Horizon Europe dual-use & security-relevant research grants — EC contribution, coordinator and beneficiaries.
Updated monthly from CORDIS open data · last refresh 2026-08-01.
Research grants
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Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe civil R&I — the dual-use / security-relevant subset (Cluster 3 Civil Security, defence-relevant keywords, plus EIC deep-tech and space). EDF military R&D is a separate instrument and is not included. Monetary figures are the EC contribution in EUR as published by the Commission.
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| Project | Coordinator | Programme | EC contribution | Benef. | CORDIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dealing with Change: Women's Politics and Postwar Reconstructioncore RECKON · 2026-01-01–2027-12-31 |
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR DES OSTLICHEN EUROPA (GWZO) E.V. | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €202,125 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| The Imperial Affliction: The Impact of Empire on Roman Rulerscore Imperial Affliction · 2025-09-01–2027-08-31 |
LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €202,125 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Mechanisms of mChr-mediated genome dynamics in the cereal blast core DYNAGEN · 2026-06-01–2028-05-31 |
MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAT HALLE-WITTENBERG | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €202,125 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Fungal Terpenoids as Next-Generation Biocontrol Agents and Phytocore FUNgTERP · 2026-09-01–2028-08-31 |
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €202,125 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| ZBP1-induced Inflammation and REcognition of Z-Nucleic Acidscore ZIREN · 2025-04-01–2027-03-31 |
VIB VZW | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €200,400 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| The impact of threats and self-defense on the Sense of Agencycore THREATENED · 2026-01-01–2027-12-31 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €200,400 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Gender Justice and Universal Jurisdiction for International Crimcore GENDERUJ · 2026-06-01–2028-05-31 |
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €200,400 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| WARKETING PEACEcore WARKETING PEACE · 2026-04-15–2028-04-14 |
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €200,400 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| SISSVid: Secure and Intelligent Storage System for Large-scale Vcore SISSVid · 2023-09-04–2025-11-03 |
UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €199,694 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Diversity of bacteriophages in the ancient human microbiomecore ARCHAIC · 2023-05-01–2025-04-30 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €199,694 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| The gut microbiome as a mechanism underlying predator foraging bcore PREMI · 2024-09-01–2026-08-31 |
JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €199,694 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Shaping the European Union Policy on Foreign Fighterscore EUFF · 2024-10-01–2026-09-30 |
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €199,694 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Discovery of counter defense strategies of bacteriophages againscore PHAGECOUNTER · 2023-04-01–2025-03-31 |
UNIVERSITAT WIEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €199,441 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Workers’ Agency and Social Justice in the Age of Authoritarianiscore WORK-AGE-JUST · 2023-09-01–2025-08-31 |
UNIVERSITAT WIEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €199,441 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Art in border practice and policycore BORDERART · 2023-10-16–2026-04-15 |
UNIVERSITAET GRAZ | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €199,441 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Minority Rights – Towards Effective European Enforcementcore MINOTEE · 2023-09-01–2025-08-31 |
CEU GMBH | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €199,441 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Food Trade Dependency under Climatic & Socio-Political Shocks: Mcore F-TRADEMARK · 2025-08-01–2027-07-31 |
INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €199,441 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Searching for Oil Spills on Sea Surfacescore SOSeas · 2023-09-01–2026-06-30 |
UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €198,623 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| The Knowing State: Bureaucracy, Surveillance, and the Productioncore BURKNOW · 2026-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €198,558 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Ottoman Decision and Information Networks in the Russo-Ottoman Wcore ODIN · 2027-01-01–2028-12-31 |
IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €197,264 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| TICKGUARD — Gateway surveillance as an early warning system for core TICKGUARD · 2026-06-01–2028-05-31 |
IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €197,264 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Resilient Agri-Food Supply Chains: A Data-Driven Approachcore Supply chain · 2026-04-01–2028-03-31 |
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS | HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02 | €196,976 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| from Generalised hydrodynamics to new Effective descriptions of core GENESYS · 2024-09-01–2026-08-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €195,915 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Marginal Saharan élites. Extra-African and intra-african studentcore MARELS · 2024-05-02–2026-05-01 |
ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €195,915 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Fireball Luminosity Applied to probe the Meteoroid Environmentcore FLAME · 2024-09-01–2026-08-31 |
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €195,915 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Identification of bat antiviral innate immune effectorscore batAVIRPro · 2025-01-01–2026-12-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €195,915 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Synthesizing functionalized self-sensing geopolymer concrete in core GEOSENSOR · 2025-10-01–2027-09-30 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE JAEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €194,075 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Deterministic 6G-V2X Systems: A New Paradigm for Reliable V2X Necore Deterministic6G-V2X · 2025-09-01–2027-08-31 |
UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ DE ELCHE | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €194,075 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Laser-induced Terahertz Spin Current Nanoscopycore TeraSCN · 2026-11-01–2028-10-31 |
ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN NANOCIENCIAS CIC NANOGUNE | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €194,075 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Short-wave Infrared to Visible Light Electronic Up-Conversion focore E-LUCID · 2027-09-01–2029-08-31 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €194,075 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Moving Forward: Implementing the EU Space Strategy for Security core EUSTAR · 2025-11-03–2027-11-02 |
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €193,643 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Punic and Roman Ancient Warfare of the Naval Battle of Egadicore PRAWN · 2026-02-01–2028-01-31 |
ECOLE FRANCAISE DE ROME | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01 | €193,643 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Visual Dialects of Chivalry. Aristocratic Strategies of Culturalcore VIDICHI13th · 2027-09-01–2029-08-31 |
UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA | HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF | €193,643 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Lay Women: International Experts and Theologians avant-la-lettrecore TheoFem · 2024-09-01–2026-08-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €191,760 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Impact of tropical FIRE emissions on rainforest PRODuctivitycore FIREPROD · 2024-10-01–2026-09-30 |
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €191,760 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Critical, Bottom-up and Material Geopolitics of the European Unicore EUSEAGE · 2025-01-01–2026-12-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €191,760 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Utopias in Times of Crisis: Irish Modernist Literature in the 19core UT-MOLI · 2025-11-01–2027-10-31 |
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02 | €191,343 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| A Land of Joiners. A Gender History of Volunteer Fire Departmentcore A Land of Joiners · 2023-03-01–2025-02-28 |
UNIVERSITAET GRAZ | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €190,729 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Receptor Ectodomain Shedding in Plant Immune Signal Transductioncore RESIST · 2023-03-01–2025-02-28 |
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Infrastructures of Expulsion: Migrant Deportation and Policing icore InfraExpulsion · 2023-09-01–2026-10-31 |
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Role of the kinase TAOK2 in the innate immune response to viral core TIRI · 2023-09-01–2025-08-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| The Building Guilds of Interwar Europe: An Experiment in Economicore ECODEM · 2023-10-01–2025-09-30 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| TELLchloroplasts - Trafficking of news on Extracellular Latest Lcore TELLchloroplasts · 2024-09-01–2026-08-31 |
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Recorded Sound Propaganda of the Italian Fascist Regimecore REDIRE · 2023-10-01–2025-09-30 |
RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Proteomics-based Analysis of RSV nucleic acid/protein Interactiocore PARIS · 2024-04-01–2026-03-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Tracing connectivity via ceramic technology in riverine environmcore DANUBE · 2025-06-15–2027-06-14 |
EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Cognitive Sparse MIMO Automotive Radar with Embedded Communicaticore CS-MIMOAR-EC · 2024-01-01–2025-12-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| TRIchome-Mediated Crop Resilience at COTyledon Stage: Exploring core TRICOT · 2025-03-01–2027-02-28 |
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR PFLANZENBIOCHEMIE | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| High-throughput identification of novel phage-encoded bacterial core DictyDefense · 2024-04-01–2026-03-31 |
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Extending light wave scanning tunnelling microscopy to ultrafastcore ELISTRA · 2024-05-15–2026-05-14 |
UNIVERSITAET REGENSBURG | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €189,687 | 1 | CORDIS → |
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