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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROOM TEMPERATURE SUPERRADIANT PEROVSKITE LASERSbroad SUPERLASER · 2024-09-01–2027-08-31 |
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS"""" | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,600,937 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| All in One: Harvesting of waste heat with solid thermal batterybroad Heat2Battery · 2024-11-01–2028-12-31 |
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,598,832 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| NATURE-INSPIRED PROPHYLACTIC LUBRICANTS AGAINST HIV-1 AND HSV-2broad NatProLub · 2024-01-01–2027-12-31 |
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,597,556 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| ExpLoring Lithium tantalate on Insulator PhoTonic Integrated Cirbroad ELLIPTIC · 2025-02-01–2028-03-31 |
NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,597,274 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| RE-IMAGINE-CROPS – A real-time mobile multimodal positron emissibroad RE-IMAGINE-CROPS · 2025-05-01–2028-04-30 |
EURO-BIOIMAGING ERIC | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,597,000 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| 4D Microscopy of biological materials by short pulse terahertz sbroad MIMOSA · 2022-09-01–2026-08-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,591,780 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| DDG-MRI for cancer detection - A novel medical imaging approachbroad DDG-MRI · 2024-12-01–2027-11-30 |
HADASSAH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,591,014 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| NanoBiCar: A novel immunotherapy for infectious diseasesbroad NanoBiCar · 2025-02-01–2028-01-31 |
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,590,526 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| Restoring movement lost to strokebroad ReverseStroke · 2025-03-01–2030-02-28 |
ONWARD MEDICAL NV | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,590,243 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Sustainable Concrete Freeforming for the New European Bauhausbroad SCENE-B · 2024-10-01–2027-09-30 |
SINTEF AS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,585,750 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Low and very-low-field 3D magnetic resonance spirometry for advabroad V-LF-Spiro3D · 2023-04-01–2027-03-31 |
UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,584,657 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| SUstainable Photo-ElectRochemical VALorization of flue gasesbroad SUPERVAL · 2023-11-01–2026-10-31 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,571,709 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| 3D Biofabricated high-perfoRmance dna-carbon nanotube dIgital elbroad 3D-BRICKS · 2023-05-01–2026-04-30 |
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,570,259 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| Hacking the ribosome to map virus-host associationsbroad VirHoX · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,560,000 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| High mobilitY Printed nEtwoRks of 2D Semiconductors for advancedbroad HYPERSONIC · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,554,290 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Preterm Brain-Oxygenation and Metabolic EU-Sensing: Feed the Brabroad Prometeus · 2023-02-01–2027-01-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,554,156 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| Long-term Microphysiological Sample Imaging for Evaluation of Pobroad DeLIVERY · 2022-05-01–2026-04-30 |
UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,547,046 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| A synaptic mechanogenetic technology to repair brain connectivitbroad SynMech · 2023-02-01–2028-01-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,543,967 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Piezo-driven theramesh: A revolutionary multifaceted actuator tobroad Piezo4Spine · 2023-01-01–2026-12-31 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,537,120 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Breaking the penetration limit of microscopy – Photoswitching Opbroad SWOPT · 2022-09-01–2027-08-31 |
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,536,935 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Microbial Hydroponics: Circular Sustainable Electrobiosynthesisbroad Mi-Hy · 2023-11-01–2027-10-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,536,855 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| mUlti-Level Trustworthiness to IMprove the Adoption of hybrid arbroad ULTIMATE · 2022-10-01–2025-09-30 |
THALES | HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01 | €3,529,112 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Miniaturized plasma emission spectroscopy-based breath analysis broad BREATH-SENSE · 2023-11-01–2027-04-30 |
ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,505,325 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Electrocatalytic Production of liquid Organic hydrogen carrier abroad EPOCH · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,502,967 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| lasEr-driven Universal Radio-isOtope Production Acceleratorbroad EUROPA · 2026-04-01–2030-03-31 |
INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,502,027 | 14 | CORDIS → |
| Real-Time high-content Super-Resolution Imaging of ES Cell Statebroad RT-SuperES · 2023-07-01–2027-06-30 |
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,488,483 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Powering Satellites by a Combination of Solar and Microwave Enerbroad POWERSAT · 2024-10-01–2027-09-30 |
THALES | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,486,560 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Modular Electrified Platform for Capture and Conversion of Airbobroad AIR-FERT · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,486,086 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Unprecedented photolithographic structuring of novel light-sensibroad POLINA · 2024-01-01–2027-12-31 |
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,474,342 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Multi Material Additive Manufacturing with Electrostatic Cold Spbroad MADECOLD · 2024-06-01–2028-05-31 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,463,069 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| MagnetoElectric and Ultrasonic Technology for Advanced BRAIN modbroad META-BRAIN · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
FUNDACIO DE RECERCA CLINIC BARCELONA-INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMEDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,457,905 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| I(eye)-SCREEN: A real-world AI-based infrastructure for screeninbroad I-SCREEN · 2024-01-01–2028-12-31 |
MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,454,614 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| Additive Manufacturing of Amorphous Metals for Soft Magneticsbroad AM2SoftMag · 2022-03-01–2026-02-28 |
UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,450,856 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Precision nutrition approach for increasing fibre intake and heabroad FIBRE-MATCH · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,449,447 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Inhibitor-Mediated Programming of Glycoformsbroad IMProGlyco · 2025-02-01–2028-01-31 |
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,440,528 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| HIGH-TC JOSEPHSON NEURONS AND SYNAPSES: TOWARDS ULTRAFAST AND Ebroad JOSEPHINE · 2024-05-01–2028-04-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,438,122 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Scallable COntroller for Power Sourcesbroad SCOPS · 2023-01-01–2026-12-31 |
THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPANA SA | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €3,428,294 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| First Regenerative sOlid-STate Barocaloric refrIgeraTorbroad FROSTBIT · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,427,222 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| PUSHING THE LIMITS OF LARGE-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE: OPTIMIZED COMBbroad PUSH-CCC · 2023-10-01–2027-09-30 |
RIEGO SUR SA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,426,309 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Deep U-tube heat exchanger breakthrough: combining laser and crybroad DeepU · 2022-03-01–2025-10-31 |
R.E.D. SRL | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,425,641 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| PROCESSING COMPLEX MATRICES: DESCRIPTION, REACTION-SEPARATION, Mbroad DREAM · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,421,471 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| SCALABLE MULTI-CHIP QUANTUM ARCHITECTURES ENABLED BY CRYOGENIC Wbroad QUADRATURE · 2023-06-01–2027-05-31 |
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,420,514 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Towards a bio-mimetic sunlight pumped laser based on photosynthebroad APACE · 2024-10-01–2028-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,398,692 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Bottom-up manufacturing of artificial anti-tumor T cellsbroad ArTCell · 2024-02-01–2029-01-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,391,796 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Biophotonic Nanoparticle-enabled Laser Blood Test for Early Detebroad LaserBlood · 2024-01-01–2027-12-31 |
FLIM LABS SRL | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,386,586 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| European Core-Chip for Space Applicationsbroad Cochisa · 2022-11-01–2026-10-31 |
IHP SOLUTIONS GMBH - GESELLSCHAFT FUR TECHNOLOGIEBASIERTEN INNOVATIONSTRANSFER | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €3,377,402 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| REmediation of textile WAstewater through a Sustainable Hybrid dbroad REWASH · 2026-10-01–2030-09-30 |
IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AIE | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,375,719 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Next generation Limited-Angle time-of-flight PET imagerbroad PetVision · 2023-09-01–2028-08-31 |
INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,374,041 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Brisk Rydberg Ions for Scalable Quantum Processorsbroad BRISQ · 2022-10-01–2025-09-30 |
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,368,159 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Transforming brain surgery by advancing functional-guided neuronbroad HyperProbe · 2022-10-01–2027-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,360,825 | 9 | CORDIS → |
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