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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An On-board Dynamic Vision Sensor Suite for Enhanced Satellite Sbroad AstrAware · 2025-10-01–2028-09-30 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,957,757 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Proof of principle fly larvae biorefinery for biopolymer plasticbroad BioLaMer · 2023-04-01–2026-06-30 |
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,956,825 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| integrated nano-photonic OMICs bio-SENSor for lung cancerbroad OMICSENS · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,953,671 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Auto-adaptive Neuromorphic Brain Machine Interface: toward fullybroad NEMO BMI · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,951,566 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Single Molecule Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy for Complebroad 4D-NMR · 2023-04-01–2026-03-31 |
UNIVERSITAT LINZ | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,947,627 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Tau-E Breakthrough (TauEB): Infinite clean energy through fusionbroad TauEB · 2024-11-01–2027-10-31 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,944,905 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF EPIGENETIC EDITING IN broad REGENERAR · 2024-03-01–2028-02-29 |
UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,943,233 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| A Paradigm Shift in Health Monitoring with Electrospun Enzymaticbroad WOUNDSENS · 2023-11-01–2027-10-31 |
EVOENZYME SL | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,934,319 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Advanced Strategies for Development of Sustainable Semiconductorbroad SOLARUP · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOCIENCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,930,128 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| TUNGSTEN BIOCATALYSIS – HEAVY METAL ENZYMES FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUbroad W-BioCat · 2024-02-01–2028-01-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,922,332 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Thermite reactions assisting satellite demisebroad THREAD · 2025-05-01–2028-10-31 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,919,176 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| MULTIANALYTE DIGITAL SENSING WITH QR-CODE MICRONEEDLES FOR MINIMbroad ALERT · 2026-03-01–2029-02-28 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,917,386 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Quantum Microwave Detection with Diamond Spinsbroad QuMicro · 2022-04-01–2025-09-30 |
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,914,056 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Quantum-enhanced Vibrational microscopybroad Q-Vibe · 2026-06-01–2029-11-30 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,911,925 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Pollinator-assisted plant natural selection and breeding under cbroad DARkWIN · 2023-01-01–2026-06-30 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,911,722 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Ecological Sentinelbroad EcoSentinel · 2024-12-01–2027-12-31 |
FUNDACIO PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,909,251 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| CIRCULATING LIGHT ON ANY PHOTONIC PLATFORMbroad CIRCULIGHT · 2024-04-01–2027-09-30 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,908,755 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| Bacteria Biofilm as bio-factory for tissue regenerationbroad BIOACTION · 2023-04-01–2027-03-31 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,903,862 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Therapeutic Antisense Oligonucleotides Targeting NUMB Alternativbroad TAONas-LUAD · 2022-04-01–2025-12-31 |
FUNDACIO CENTRE DE REGULACIO GENOMICA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | €2,899,553 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Biomimetic Membranes for Organ Supportbroad BioMembrOS · 2024-01-01–2027-06-30 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,897,578 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Mimicking Adaptation and Plasticity in WORMSbroad MAPWORMS · 2022-05-01–2026-04-30 |
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,896,750 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| REPRESSIT: A novel class of clinical immune checkpoint inhibitorbroad REPRESSIT · 2023-05-01–2028-04-30 |
STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,896,496 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Bioinspired cellular actuatorsbroad BiCeps · 2025-03-01–2029-02-28 |
VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,894,306 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Blood as energy source to power smart cardiac devicesbroad Blood2Power · 2023-10-01–2026-11-30 |
I3S - INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACAO E INOVACAO EM SAUDE DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,885,525 | 4 | CORDIS → |
| Space qualified GAN Components for Next generation systemsbroad SGAN-Next · 2022-12-01–2026-11-30 |
SENER TAFS SA | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €2,882,806 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Reaction robot with intimate photocatalytic and separation functbroad CATART · 2022-09-01–2026-08-31 |
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,871,775 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Sustainable Bioinspired Wax Coating for Multi-Functional Crop Prbroad SafeWax · 2023-03-01–2027-02-28 |
TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,868,446 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Sustainable Textile Electronicsbroad STELEC · 2024-09-01–2028-08-31 |
DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,862,042 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| Living Therapeutic and Regenerative Materials with Specialised Abroad NextSkins · 2022-11-01–2027-10-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,856,441 | 3 | CORDIS → |
| Solar-Driven Perovskite Tandem for Methanol Productionbroad SUNPEROM · 2025-11-01–2029-10-31 |
Iritaly Trading Company S.r.l. | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,853,875 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Emergent awareness from minimal collectivesbroad EMERGE · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,839,511 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Dual circuit flow battery for hydrogen and value added chemical broad DualFlow · 2022-10-01–2026-09-30 |
TURUN YLIOPISTO | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,835,282 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Next generation therapeutic vaccine for targeted cancer treatmenbroad VacciNEXT · 2026-10-01–2029-09-30 |
BASINNOV LIFE SCIENCES UNIPESSOAL LDA | HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN | €2,827,529 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Sustainable Development Goals - Enhanced monitoring through the broad SDGs-EYES · 2023-01-01–2025-12-31 |
FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01 | €2,814,462 | 10 | CORDIS → |
| First Closed-loop non-Invasive Seizure Prevention Systembroad RELIEVE · 2023-04-01–2026-09-30 |
Masarykova univerzita | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,809,260 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| PRInted Symbiotic Materials as a dynamic platform for Living Tisbroad PRISM-LT · 2022-11-01–2027-10-31 |
IN SRL | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 | €2,805,404 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Next Generation Glioma Treatments using Direct Light Therapybroad GlioLighT · 2024-01-01–2026-12-31 |
JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,804,298 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Instantaneous Infrastructure Monitoring by Earth Observationbroad IIMEO · 2022-12-01–2026-05-31 |
OHB DIGITAL CONNECT GMBH | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 | €2,799,597 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Toroidal Propellers for Efficient and Sustainable Aviationbroad TorPropel · 2025-02-01–2028-01-31 |
PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON | HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,797,408 | 9 | CORDIS → |
| A minimally Invasive surgical platform aGainst paNcreatIc and bibroad IgnitePLASMA · 2024-04-01–2028-03-31 |
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,792,500 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| Frequency-agile integrated photonic light sources across the visbroad AgiLight · 2024-10-01–2028-03-31 |
THALES | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,786,478 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| For Tunable Thermochemical Energy Storagebroad 4TunaTES · 2024-02-01–2028-01-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,779,714 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| Diagnosis of large vessel occlusion (LVO) in acute stroke for imbroad LVOCheck · 2023-05-01–2025-04-30 |
ADVANCED BRAIN COMPANION DIAGNOSTICS SPAIN SL | HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01 | €2,772,276 | 1 | CORDIS → |
| Quantitative Ultrasound Stochastic Tomography - Revolutionizing broad QUSTom · 2022-04-01–2024-09-30 |
BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,744,300 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| 2D Material-Based Multiple Oncotherapy Against Metastatic Diseasbroad PERSEUS · 2023-03-01–2027-02-28 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,740,675 | 8 | CORDIS → |
| Hybrid Amplifier Laser for Lidar OperAtionsbroad HALLOA · 2025-01-01–2027-12-31 |
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES | HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01 | €2,735,879 | 7 | CORDIS → |
| CAR T cells Rewired to prevent EXhaustion in the tumour microenvbroad CAR T-REX · 2023-04-01–2027-06-30 |
STEMMATTERS, BIOTECNOLOGIA E MEDICIINA REGENERATIVA SA | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,733,931 | 5 | CORDIS → |
| Light emitting cryo-coolerbroad COOLED · 2025-06-01–2029-05-31 |
AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR | HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITION-01 | €2,729,245 | 2 | CORDIS → |
| Strong-coupling-enhanced nanoparticle array organic light emittibroad SCOLED · 2023-05-01–2026-04-30 |
AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,728,447 | 6 | CORDIS → |
| SUPRAMOLECULAR AGENTS AS RADIOTHERANOSTIC DRUGSbroad SMARTdrugs · 2024-01-01–2027-12-31 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 | €2,713,191 | 6 | CORDIS → |
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