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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About the data
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Building Blocks for Visible and Near-Infrared Applicationbroad VISSION · 2022-09-01–2027-08-31 |
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM | HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 | €4,151,212 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Focused Ultrasound Personalized Therapy for the Treatment of Depbroad UPSIDE · 2022-09-01–2026-11-30 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,149,921 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Enabling advances in diagnosis, patient stratification and treatbroad DCM-NEXT · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
STICHTING AMSTERDAM UMC | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,137,669 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Flexible Laser-based manufacturing through precision photon distbroad FLASH · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
ALTFORM S.R.L. | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 | €4,131,800 | 17 | CORDIS → |
| HETEROGENEOUS MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR A NEW DOMAbroad NANOMAT · 2022-12-01–2026-06-30 |
THALES | HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01 | €4,125,051 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| Closed-loop control of fungal materialsbroad LoopOfFun · 2022-11-01–2027-10-31 |
INM - LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,098,438 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Scaling extreme analYtics with Cross-architecture acceLeration bbroad SYCLOPS · 2023-01-01–2025-12-31 |
EURECOM GIE | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 | €4,090,674 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Accelerated EuRopean clOudbroad AERO · 2023-01-01–2026-06-30 |
EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 | €4,079,250 | 15 | CORDIS → |
| Quantum-Optic Silicon as a Commodity: Extending the Trust Continbroad QOSiLICIOUS · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €4,075,538 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Materials for a next-generation (nano-)opto-electro-mechanical sbroad MAGNIFIC · 2022-12-01–2027-05-31 |
POLITECNICO DI TORINO | HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01 | €4,063,608 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Advanced Organic Semiconductor Materials for Flexible SWIR Photobroad SWIRFlex-DT · 2026-04-01–2029-09-30 |
ETHNIKO IDRYMA EREVNON | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €4,051,298 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Real-time X-ray diffraction and microstructure imaging: accelerabroad X-SeeO2 · 2025-10-01–2029-09-30 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,043,885 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Up-scaled continuous production of artificial hair, fur and woolbroad FUROID · 2022-11-01–2027-10-31 |
BIOFABICS LDA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,043,375 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Smart 4D biodegradable metallic shape-shifting implants for dynabroad BIOMET4D · 2022-07-01–2026-12-31 |
FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €4,039,541 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Distributed and federated cross-modality actuation through advanbroad CROSSBRAIN · 2022-11-01–2026-10-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,034,074 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| Addressing malnutrition and metabolic health in non-communicablebroad MENTORING · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
FUNDACIÓN IMDEA NUTRICIÓN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,031,666 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Insight into Drug Distribution and Local Concentration using Mulbroad msGUIDE · 2022-04-01–2027-03-31 |
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €4,027,965 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Digital design and robotic fabrication of biofoams for adaptive broad ARCHIBIOFOAM · 2024-10-01–2027-09-30 |
AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,020,731 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| ADVANCED SPACE TELESCOPE, GPU‑BASED ON‑BOARD PROCESSING HARDWAREbroad THEOSCOPE · 2026-09-01–2028-08-31 |
SUPER-SHARP SPACE SYSTEMS LIMITED | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €4,009,463 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| B-specific: B-cell related gene and protein markers with prognosbroad B-specific · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,006,600 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| A new concept for mid- to long-term storage of electrical energybroad AELECTRA · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
AARHUS UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,003,582 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Capacity-building and transnational cooperation for National Conbroad ACCESS2EIC · 2022-02-01–2029-01-31 |
AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-NCP-01 | €4,003,007 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| Proof of concept of affordable and scalable DNA data storage by broad HYPERION · 2023-09-01–2027-08-31 |
DNA SCRIPT SAS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €4,000,000 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| DESIgning and REcycling sustainable Electronic boards for a EUrobroad DESIRE4EU · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,995 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| ecr-bAsed muLticharged ion Beam for Active debris removal and oTbroad ALBATOR · 2025-09-01–2029-02-28 |
OSMOS X | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,982 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Highly efficient space solAr ceLL for European non-dependencYbroad HALLEY · 2026-06-01–2029-11-30 |
UMICORE SA | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €3,999,952 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Circular On-site Building with Robotic Assembly Swarmsbroad COBRAS · 2026-11-01–2029-10-31 |
UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,914 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Interoperable end-to-end platform of scalable and sustainable hibroad PEARL-DNA · 2023-10-01–2026-09-30 |
BIOSISTEMIKA, RAZISKAVE IN RAZVOJ DOO | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,857 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| A Multi-Omics Approach for Novel Drug Targets, Biomarkers and Ribroad TargetMI · 2023-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA TA MALTA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,840 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Heterogeneous Aerial Robot Teams for in-situ Prefabricated Buildbroad HARPA · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,742 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Solar-driven synthesis of proteins and lipids via photoelectrochbroad SOLARSPOON · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,732 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Solar for Ice to Thrustbroad S4I2T · 2024-09-01–2027-08-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,590 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| AI-MULTISCALE INTEGRATION FOR WASTE-TO-VALUE DIGITAL TWINSbroad AIM · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,508 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| MIcrobe-synthesised DNA NAnostructures for DIsplay-controlled Stbroad MI-DNA DISC · 2023-09-01–2027-08-31 |
AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,506 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Swarm robotic Intelligence for TimbEr Building On-site Technologbroad SITEBOT · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,444 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| PROGRESS TOWARDS INDUSTRY 5-0: A SMART STUDY ON ANALYSIS AND IDEbroad PROSPECTS 5.0 · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
FLANDERS MAKE | HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01 | €3,999,335 | 30 | CORDIS → |
| Solid-state PCMs for Advanced energy Recovery and Key thermal cobroad SPARK-e · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
FUNDACION FUNDECYT - PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE EXTREMADURA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,281 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| AI-powered platform for autologous iPSC manufacturingbroad AiPSC · 2022-09-01–2026-08-31 |
MIDA BIOTECH BV | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,225 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Linking Intestinal Bacteria and Host Metabolism to Tackle Type 2broad DiBaN · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,222 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Debris EXtraction Tools for Extra-terrestrial Recyclingbroad DEXTER · 2025-10-01–2029-09-30 |
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,999,187 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Crop resilience through AI-guided microbiome engineeringbroad NOAH · 2027-01-01–2031-12-31 |
UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,998,992 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| LUng Modeling and INtelligence for Advanced care: A Digital Twinbroad LUMINA · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
AALBORG UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,998,944 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Redox-mediated hybrid zinc-air flow batteries for more resilientbroad ReZilient · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
SINTEF ENERGI AS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,998,856 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| Illuminating new paths in heart failure therapybroad HeartVision · 2026-07-01–2030-06-30 |
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE - NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,998,796 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| JOSEPHSON GATED TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRONICSbroad JOGATE · 2023-12-01–2027-11-30 |
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY | HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-CNECT | €3,998,787 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Intracranial Neuro Telemetry to Restore Communicationbroad INTRECOM · 2022-12-01–2027-11-30 |
UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,997,917 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Green Solar-to-propellant Water Propulsionbroad Green SWaP · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,997,916 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Multi-modal, Multi-site, Multi-omic, Multi-AGent AI framework fbroad M4GIC-ILC · 2026-10-01–2029-09-30 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,997,804 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Unlocking the Full Potential of Edge AI through In-memory Computbroad CERBERUS · 2026-02-01–2030-01-31 |
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,997,744 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Novel approaches for halogen-free and sustainable etching of Sibroad HaloFreeEtch · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,997,735 | 7 | CORDIS → |
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