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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MECHanical QUBIT With Enhanced Coherencebroad MECH-QUBIT · 2026-02-01–2030-01-31 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,072,590 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| SImple and RObust laser source with EU supply chain and Cavity abroad SIROCO · 2024-12-01–2028-11-30 |
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES | HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01 | €3,071,641 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Live Cell Spectroscopy Analysis for Personalised Particle Radiatbroad BoneOscopy · 2025-01-01–2029-12-31 |
DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM HEIDELBERG | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,069,321 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Development of delignified nanocellulose based gas transfer scafbroad CellMembrane · 2023-12-01–2026-11-30 |
SMART REACTORS SERVICE LIMITED | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,068,992 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| High-Speed Organic Photonics and OptoElecronicsbroad HiSOPE · 2024-11-01–2028-10-31 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €3,066,939 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| develoPpement of a rad-hard fpga with Ultra deep subMicron technbroad PUMA · 2025-01-01–2027-12-31 |
NANOXPLORE | HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01 | €3,060,054 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Silicon and T2SL EuroPean collaboration for a non-dependent suppbroad STEP · 2023-12-01–2027-05-31 |
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 | €3,058,896 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| INTEGRATED SOURCES FOR ULTRAPURE OSCILLATIONS FROM ACOUSTICAL TObroad ULTRAPURE · 2026-02-01–2029-01-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,054,935 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| ZERo-carbon building enabling Adaptive opaque Facade technologybroad ZERAF · 2023-02-01–2027-01-31 |
ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,052,336 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Prodrugs oF antiparasitic RedOx-active compoundSbroad FeROS · 2026-03-01–2030-02-28 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,046,491 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Eco conversion of lower grade PET and mixed recalcitrant PET plabroad EcoPlastiC · 2022-10-01–2025-09-30 |
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,045,502 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| SeLf-powered self-rEshaping Autarkic skin For wireless motes - Lbroad LEAF · 2025-03-01–2028-02-29 |
POLITECNICO DI TORINO | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,036,210 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Future Data Storage Using Colloidal Memory Technologybroad FASTCOMET · 2023-11-01–2026-10-31 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,020,886 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Ethical Design of Holography with Dense wireless Networksbroad HOLDEN · 2023-06-01–2026-05-31 |
AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,020,040 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| On-chip tomographic microscopy: a paraDIgm Shift for RevolUtionibroad DISRUPT · 2022-12-01–2026-05-31 |
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,018,312 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Digital optical computing platform for neural networksbroad DOLORES · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,015,883 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Vortex enhanced liquid chromatography for HbA1c monitoring basedbroad VortexLC · 2022-03-01–2026-02-28 |
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,014,376 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Quantum Dot coupling engineering (and dynamic spin decoupling/debroad QCEED · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,013,180 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Computation driven development of novel vivo-like-DNA-nanotransdbroad iSenseDNA · 2022-10-01–2027-01-31 |
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,000,418 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| DRIVIN' CAR: Developing robust in vivo nanomedicine-based chimerbroad DRIVIN CAR · 2026-03-01–2030-02-28 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,000,346 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Musical Metaverse made in Europe: an innovation lab for musicianbroad MUSMET · 2025-02-01–2029-01-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,000,000 | 16 | CORDIS → |
| An Altermagnet Switchbroad AMSwitch · 2026-03-01–2030-02-28 |
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €3,000,000 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Octo ReconfIgurable cONverterbroad ORION · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
TELEDYNE E2V SEMICONDUCTORS SAS | HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 | €3,000,000 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR 1 MICRON RESOLUTION BIOMEDICAL IMAGINGbroad 1MICRON · 2025-03-01–2029-02-28 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €3,000,000 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Instrument-free 3D molecular imaging with the VOLumetric UMI-Netbroad VOLUMINEX · 2025-03-01–2030-02-28 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,999 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Ionic Propulsion in Atmospherebroad IPROP · 2023-11-01–2027-10-31 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,994 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Plasmonic nanopore technologies for automatic manipulation and Rbroad RamanProSeq · 2026-05-01–2029-04-30 |
OULUN YLIOPISTO | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,980 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Cell-targeted Biophotonic Nanoparticles for Vision Restorationbroad NanoFlash · 2026-05-01–2030-04-30 |
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,978 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| AI-assisted peRsonalized heart-on-chIp as advanced diagnostic Tobroad AI-RITMIA · 2026-08-01–2029-07-31 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,935 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Nano electro-optomechanical programmable integrated circuitsbroad NEUROPIC · 2023-03-01–2027-02-28 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,922 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| CAMs for Biosphere Atmosphere exchangeSbroad CAMBAS · 2026-09-01–2030-08-31 |
ILMATIETEEN LAITOS | HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 | €2,999,893 | 12 | CORDIS → |
| Matching innovators with buyersbroad InnoMatch · 2024-09-01–2027-08-31 |
F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED | HORIZON-EIC-2023-INNOVPRO-01 | €2,999,875 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| SUSTAINABLE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE PACKAGING FROM SEAWEED AND USEDbroad SUSHI-PACK · 2026-04-01–2030-03-31 |
FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,864 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| LUMINESCENT IMPLANTS AS PORTS FOR LIGHT-BASED THERAPIESbroad PHOTOTHERAPORT · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,840 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Bone Marrow-on-Chip as smart sensor of lung cancer relapsebroad BuonMarrow · 2024-03-01–2027-02-28 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,835 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Advanced Intelligent stimulation device: HAND movement restoratibroad AI-HAND · 2023-08-01–2027-07-31 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,834 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Energy Storage in Moleculesbroad ESiM · 2022-04-01–2026-03-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,822 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Teaching Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases to do Cytochrome P4broad NewCat · 2022-06-01–2025-05-31 |
NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,772 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Metaplastic Spintronics Synapsesbroad METASPIN · 2023-02-01–2027-07-31 |
UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,750 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| High-throughput ultrasound-based volumetric 3D printing for tissbroad SONOCRAFT · 2025-04-01–2029-03-31 |
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,625 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Revolutionizing the Waste of Waste: A new Bioeconomy-based businbroad ReWoW · 2026-04-01–2029-03-31 |
UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,610 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| INTEGRATED PHOTONICS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING AND LASERS TOWARDS THbroad INTEGRAL · 2026-03-01–2029-02-28 |
MUNSTER TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,500 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| INSULATION SOLUTION BASED ON AEROGELSbroad ISBA · 2022-11-01–2026-04-30 |
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €2,999,350 | 11 | CORDIS → |
| Colouring the Dark in Fluorescence Lightbroad CoDaFlight · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,300 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| SPIN-V(E)CSELS FOR ULTRAFAST AND HIGHLY-EFFICIENT SPACE AND EARTbroad SpinDataCom · 2025-06-01–2028-11-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,250 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Ultrasensitive nanoplatform enabling on-site and continuous watebroad WATERsense · 2025-10-01–2029-09-30 |
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,205 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Nano-scale Development of Plasmonic Amplifiers Based on 2D Materbroad PLASNANO · 2023-04-01–2026-09-30 |
THALES | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,999,191 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Biosolutions for Denim Dyeing within the Planetary Boundariesbroad GREENDIGO · 2026-04-01–2030-03-31 |
UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,145 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Remote Entanglement Between a Superconducting and a Spin Qubitbroad Superspin · 2026-04-01–2029-03-31 |
KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,999,138 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| EUROPEAN SPACE-GRADE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS FOR HIGH SPEED INTRA-Sbroad SPACELINK · 2025-03-01–2028-02-29 |
IHP GMBH - LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROELECTRONICS | HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01 | €2,999,106 | 6 | CORDIS → |
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