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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toward Autonomous Observatoriescore AutObs · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31 |
CENTRUM ASTRONOMICZNE IM. MIKOLAJA KOPERNIKA POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Risk stratification and early diagnosis of bowel cancer in peoplcore RED-LYNCH · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Harnessing CRISPR-Cas technology for sustainable antibiotic resicore SENSIBLIOTICS · 2026-01-01–2027-06-30 |
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Monitoring War Destructioncore MONWADES · 2026-03-01–2027-08-31 |
LISER - LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Spatial Awareness Avionics Network for Drone Swarms Aerosensecore AEROSENSE · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Drone Spin Code: Superscatterer Stickers for Radar Recognition ocore DroneSpinCode · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31 |
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Large-area, low-cost and spectrally stable dynamical thermal emicore LALOS · 2026-07-01–2027-12-31 |
UNIVERSIDAD PUBLICA DE NAVARRA | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Development of Armored targeted CAR-T cells for immune reset of core iCARUS · 2026-04-01–2027-09-30 |
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Acoustic Ultrahigh-Q Resonators for Oscillators, Radar, and Applcore AURORA · 2026-04-01–2027-09-30 |
KOC UNIVERSITY | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Photonic-chip based ultralow-noise microwavescore pureWAVE · 2026-05-01–2027-10-31 |
DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY | ERC-2025-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Scalable MXene-Based Thermal Shields for Next-Generation Radar acore THERMOBARRIER · 2027-01-01–2028-06-30 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | ERC-2026-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Vision with Ionic Spatiotemporal Perovskite Arrayscore VISTA · 2026-08-01–2028-01-31 |
STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN | ERC-2026-POC | €150,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| a wearable electromagnetic INterface for contactlesS envIronmentcore IN-SIGHT · 2022-10-01–2024-09-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €140,071 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Europe, Covid Politics and the (Un)Expected Surge of Nationalistcore EUROSICK · 2023-09-01–2024-08-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01 | €95,880 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Colonial Soldiers in Decolonization Wars. The Moroccan soldiers core ColsolDecol · 2025-07-01–2026-06-30 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 | €95,880 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Avodes - biotechnological menstrual product for Candidiasis prevcore Avodes-Biotech · 2022-06-01–2022-11-30 |
UAB AVODES | HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01 | €75,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Upgrading business potential of Enzybiotxcore ENZYBIOTX · 2022-06-01–2023-01-31 |
ENZYBIOTX SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01 | €75,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Sensorita - Data driven waste managementcore Sensorita · 2023-07-01–2024-06-30 |
SENSORITA AS | HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02 | €75,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| AI-powered early warning and surveillance system to identify thecore iComplai · 2023-07-01–2024-03-31 |
ICOMPLAI UG | HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02 | €75,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| FOUR-LEGGED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS FOR INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONScore Autonomous Dog Robot · 2023-07-01–2024-06-30 |
KEYBOTIC SL | HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02 | €75,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| reuSable strAtegic space Launcher Technologies & Operationsbroad SALTO · 2022-12-01–2026-09-30 |
ARIANEGROUP SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €39,000,000 | 26 | CORDIS → |
| 2D-Pilot Linebroad 2D-PL · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM | HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-CNECT | €32,997,566 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| European Robotic Orbital Support Services In-Orbit Demonstrationbroad EROSS IOD · 2023-01-01–2025-12-31 |
THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €25,983,822 | 20 | CORDIS → |
| European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models For Robust Genbroad ELLIOT · 2025-07-01–2029-06-30 |
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS | HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03 | €24,998,024 | 36 | CORDIS → |
| EQUIP-G - European QUantum Infrastructure Project for Gravimetrybroad EQUIP-G · 2025-06-01–2029-05-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 | €24,994,402 | 20 | CORDIS → |
| Diversibus Viis Plurima Solvobroad DVPS · 2025-07-01–2029-06-30 |
TRANSLATED SRL | HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03 | €24,980,650 | 20 | CORDIS → |
| SEEDS OF BRAVERY: supporting Ukraine’s tech start-up scene and bbroad UASEEDs · 2023-10-01–2026-03-31 |
FUNDINGBOX ACCELERATOR SP ZOO | HORIZON-EIC-2022-UKRAINIANTECH-01 | €20,000,000 | 26 | CORDIS → |
| European iNitiative for Low cost, Innovative and Green High Thrubroad ENLIGHTEN-ED · 2024-03-01–2027-02-28 |
ARIANEGROUP SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 | €19,965,203 | 15 | CORDIS → |
| European iNitiative for Low cost, Innovative & Green High Thrustbroad ENLIGHTEN · 2022-11-01–2026-07-31 |
ARIANEGROUP SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €17,585,397 | 18 | CORDIS → |
| European Platform for Robotic In-orbit Modular Experimentationbroad EPRIME · 2026-06-01–2028-09-30 |
THE EXPLORATION COMPANY GMBH | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €17,500,000 | 18 | CORDIS → |
| Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerombroad CARIOQA-PMP · 2022-12-01–2027-12-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €16,995,470 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| Women TechEU 2 EICbroad Women TechEU 2 EIC · 2026-05-15–2028-05-14 |
SPLOROTECH SL | HORIZON-EIC-2025-WOMENTECH | €15,000,000 | 29 | CORDIS → |
| Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerombroad CARIOQA-PHB · 2025-10-01–2027-09-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES | HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01 | €14,199,370 | 14 | CORDIS → |
| Advanced Space Transfer & Resupply Architecture for Logistics inbroad ASTRALIS · 2026-06-01–2028-05-31 |
ARIANEGROUP GMBH | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €11,993,826 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| Promoting and Incentivising Federated, Trusted, and Fair Sharingbroad PISTIS · 2023-01-01–2026-06-30 |
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 | €11,945,614 | 31 | CORDIS → |
| PROTEUS: The Copernicus Agent for Next-Generation Environmental broad PROTEUS · 2026-09-01–2030-02-28 |
ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €11,828,156 | 19 | CORDIS → |
| Trusted Extremely Precise Mapping and Prediction for Emergency Mbroad TEMA · 2022-12-01–2026-11-30 |
ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 | €11,340,224 | 23 | CORDIS → |
| ENFIELD: European Lighthouse to Manifest Trustworthy and Green Abroad ENFIELD · 2023-09-01–2026-08-31 |
NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02 | €11,262,750 | 31 | CORDIS → |
| CopERnIcus climate change Service Evolutionbroad CERISE · 2023-01-01–2026-12-31 |
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €10,499,424 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| EXPeriment driven and user eXPerience oriented analytics for eXtbroad ExtremeXP · 2023-01-01–2026-02-28 |
ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 | €10,011,820 | 21 | CORDIS → |
| Climate Hazards Enhanced Reanalyses & Reasoning with AIbroad CHERRI · 2026-09-01–2029-08-31 |
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €9,989,533 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Inflatable Concept Aeroshell for the Recovery of a re-Usable laubroad ICARUS · 2024-06-01–2028-02-29 |
DEIMOS ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS SLU | HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 | €9,986,089 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| Servicing, Connectivity, On-orbit Propulsion & Engineeringbroad SCOPE · 2026-06-01–2028-05-31 |
LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €9,000,000 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| AI-Enabled Data Lifecycles Optimization and Data Spaces Integratbroad PLIADES · 2024-01-01–2027-06-30 |
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS | HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01 | €8,999,820 | 28 | CORDIS → |
| Compliance Bot: Automated, Multilingual Compliance Assistance Pobroad COMBO · 2026-10-01–2029-09-30 |
DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH | HORIZON-CL4-2025-03 | €8,999,688 | 15 | CORDIS → |
| A Comprehensive Framework enabling the Delivery of Trustworthy Dbroad PANDORA · 2024-04-01–2027-03-31 |
ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION | HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT | €8,991,729 | 27 | CORDIS → |
| Autonomous aerial inspection of GNSS-denied and confined criticabroad AUTOASSESS · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 | €8,990,162 | 18 | CORDIS → |
| Multi AI-Agents to Revolutionise the Management of Neurological broad CEREBRIS · 2026-05-01–2030-04-30 |
UNIVERSITY OF BATH | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €8,841,269 | 14 | CORDIS → |
| TRUST AND PRIVACY PRESERVING COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CROSS-BORDERbroad TRUSTEE · 2022-07-01–2025-12-31 |
IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS | HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01 | €8,706,263 | 22 | CORDIS → |
| New Copernicus capability for trophic ocean networksbroad NECCTON · 2023-01-01–2026-12-31 |
MERCATOR OCEAN | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €8,527,589 | 23 | CORDIS → |
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