Funding program
Total budget: €792,769,490.41
Projects: 43
Beneficiaries: 368
EDIDP, with a financial envelope of €500 million for 2019-2020, was the first ever EU grant programme targeting capability development and co-financing the joint development of (new and upgrading of existing) defence products and technologies. EDIDP was one of two precursor programmes of the European Defence Fund. More information on the EU website
Funding program
Total budget: €1,338,101,818.17
Projects: 321
Beneficiaries: 1953
The Seventh Framework Program for research and development (FP7) provided the first formal EU funding for security research, with €1.3 billion made available from 2007-13. More information on the EU website
Funding program
Total budget: €1,358,279,825.34
Projects: 391
Beneficiaries: 2134
Horizon 2020 was the EU’s research and innovation budget from 2014 to 2020, with an overall budget of some €77 billion. The security research component had a total budget of €1.7 billion. More information on the EU website
Funding program
Total budget: €195,453,122.00
Projects: 46
Beneficiaries: 552
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. More information on the EU website
Funding program
Total budget: €3,508,652,520.63
Projects: 1972
Beneficiaries: 1229
The Internal Security Fund (ISF, 2014-20) financed national and EU projects for policing, security and borders. More information on the EU website
Funding program
Total budget: €85,555,222.79
Projects: 18
Beneficiaries: 157
The Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) is a precursor programme of the European Defence Fund (EDF). PADR funds 18 research projects that have been selected following calls for proposals in the years 2017 to 2019, including an open call on disruptive technologies to test this new research field in view of the future EDF. More information on the EU website