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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Unified Cancer diagnostics and treatment AI agentbroad EUcanAI · 2026-09-01–2030-08-31 |
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,906,036 | 13 | CORDIS → |
| Biodegradable Bio-based Bioactive Packaging Technology for Suppobroad Bio4Pak · 2025-10-01–2029-09-30 |
UNIWERSYTET LODZKI | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,905,491 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Ferroelectric 2D materials heterostructures for optical neuromorbroad 2DFERROPLEX · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,893,032 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| SAFE AND EXPLAINABLE CRITICAL EMBEDDED SYSTEMS BASED ON AIbroad SAFEXPLAIN · 2022-10-01–2025-09-30 |
BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01 | €3,891,875 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Unobtrusive Continuous Multi-Metabolite Monitoring for a Physiolbroad MuSiC4Diabetes · 2023-10-01–2028-03-31 |
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,885,462 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| High Performance Language Technologiesbroad HPLT · 2022-09-01–2025-12-31 |
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA | HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01 | €3,880,688 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| ADAPTIVE OPTICAL METASURFACES FOR REAL-TIME, LABEL-FREE AND NON-broad OPTIPATH · 2025-02-01–2028-01-31 |
SINTEF AS | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,875,952 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Flat Bands for Quantum Metrologybroad FLATS · 2023-04-01–2027-03-31 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,875,748 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Towards the ultimate breath analysis -based continuous healthcarbroad VOCORDER · 2023-10-01–2027-03-31 |
DIAGNOSTIKON KAI THERAPEFTIKON KENTRON ATHINON YGEIA ANONYMOS ETAIREIA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,873,438 | 13 | CORDIS → |
| Development of an In-Vivo Brillouin Microscope (with applicationbroad IVBM-4PAP · 2023-03-01–2027-08-31 |
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,868,938 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Membrane-assisted Ethylene Synthesis over Nanostructured Tandem broad MemCat · 2024-05-01–2028-04-30 |
INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,867,840 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Rethinking the future of clean cooling through a revolutionary cbroad CharCool · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,857,354 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Enlisting synthetic fungal-bacterial consortia to produce multi-broad Fungateria · 2022-11-01–2026-10-31 |
DET KONGELIGE DANSKE KUNST-AKADEMISSKOLER FOR ARKITEKTIR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,857,067 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| BRICKS: Building Robotic Intelligence and Modular Construction Kbroad BRICKS · 2026-11-01–2030-04-30 |
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,848,922 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Standalone solar-to-X device for prosumer-oriented conversion ofbroad SOLEAS · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
AEE - INSTITUT FUR NACHHALTIGE TECHNOLOGIEN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,836,136 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Crafting system resilience – from a holistic biotech approach tobroad BIOCRAFT · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,812,807 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Closed-loop Individualized image-guided Transcranial Ultrasonic broad CITRUS · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,799,402 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Hyper-targeting CAR NK cells from induced pluripotent stem cellsbroad HyperTargIPS-NK · 2023-04-01–2026-03-31 |
Magle Biopharma AB | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,798,714 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Exploiting ex vivo expansion and deep multiomics profiling to brbroad X-PAND · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
OSPEDALE SAN RAFFAELE SRL | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,797,562 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Cooling with Electrocaloric Polymersbroad COOLPOL · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,781,325 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Electrobiocatalytic cascade for bulk reduction of CO2 to CO coupbroad ECOMO · 2023-11-01–2026-10-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,776,701 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitrogen to Ammonia for On-Site Ferbroad PHOTONIA · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,760,073 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| NEXT GENERATION IMAGING FOR REAL-TIME DOSE VERIFICATION ENABLINGbroad NOVO · 2024-03-01–2028-02-29 |
HOGSKULEN PA VESTLANDET | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,759,490 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Synthetic Meiosis, Alternative Regeneration strategies, innovatibroad SMARTER FRUIT · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
FONDAZIONE EDMUND MACH | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,749,172 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| NEUROendocrine SENSor for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (Sbroad NEUROSENSE · 2022-06-01–2026-11-30 |
I3S - INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACAO E INOVACAO EM SAUDE DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,739,724 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Upcycling PHAs to innovative materials for fully sustainable foobroad SATISPHACTION · 2025-10-01–2029-09-30 |
AINIA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,735,887 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Nanoscale virus imaging X-ray microscope based on incoherent difbroad NanoXCAN · 2022-05-01–2026-04-30 |
IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E O DESENVOLVIMENTO | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,723,551 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| SpIn-orbitronic QuAntum bits in Reconfigurable 2D-Oxidesbroad IQARO · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,717,545 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| MILD Combustion with Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide Reformingbroad MINICOR · 2023-11-01–2028-10-31 |
LUNDS UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,697,438 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Capture and electroCONVERsion of CO2 to eThylene via an all-in-obroad CONVERT-IL · 2026-10-01–2029-09-30 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,686,534 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Bottom-up reconstruction of a Synthetic Erythrocytebroad SynEry · 2022-04-01–2026-09-30 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,685,550 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Twisted nanophotonic technology for integrated chiroptical sensibroad TwistedNano · 2022-04-01–2026-07-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL'AQUILA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,679,925 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Chiral Light Emitting Diodes based in Photonic Architecturesbroad RADIANT · 2024-11-01–2027-10-31 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,654,473 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Stackable surface rationalization for freeform architectural desbroad STACK · 2024-10-01–2028-03-31 |
SINTEF AS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,654,115 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| GREEN, ORGANIC AND PRINTED ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION Tbroad GRETA · 2025-01-01–2028-12-31 |
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,645,212 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| NOn-VIral gene modified STEM cell therapybroad NOVISTEM · 2022-11-01–2027-10-31 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,644,418 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Microfluidic Alkaline eleCtrolysis for Green HYdrogen Via Electrbroad MacGhyver · 2022-09-01–2026-12-31 |
EDEN TECH | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,644,380 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Hybrid endoscope for esophageal in vivo histology and histochemibroad ESOHISTO · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,643,628 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Human Antibody-enabled Cardiovascular Personalized Theranosisbroad ABCardionostics · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,639,666 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Biocatalytic membranes for micro/nano plastic degradation withinbroad BMRex · 2023-04-01–2027-03-31 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,638,501 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Clean and efficient cooling in vaccine transportation using Rotabroad MAGCCINE · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,635,772 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| digital based bio-waste derived meta-PANels Towards A REvolutionbroad PANTAREI · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,635,750 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Adaptable bio-inspired polariton-polariton energy managementbroad ADAPTATION · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,635,137 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| INTEGRATED TERRESTRIAL/NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS, MULTI-CONNECTIVbroad ENTENTE · 2026-07-01–2029-06-30 |
CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €3,625,953 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Automated online monitoring & control to improve processes and dbroad PAT4CGT · 2022-10-01–2025-09-30 |
DA VINCI LABS | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,617,784 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| twiN-on-a-chip brAins for monitoring individual sleeP habitsbroad NAP · 2023-03-01–2027-02-28 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,615,375 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| ENABLING NEW QUANTUM FRONTIERS WITH SPIN ACOUSTICS IN SILICONbroad EQUSPACE · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,611,847 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| ADDITIVE TO PREDICTIVE MANUFACTURING FOR MULTISTOREY CONSTRUCTIObroad AM2PM · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,605,989 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Flexible InteligenT NEar-field Sensing Skinsbroad FITNESS · 2023-04-01–2027-03-31 |
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,603,992 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| CARBon-negative COMpression dominant structures for decarbonizedbroad CARBCOMN · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,603,458 | 11 | CORDIS → |
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