The figures come from CORDIS, the European Commission's public record of funded research and innovation projects, kept live every night. Amounts are the EC contribution rather than total project cost, and a project is counted under the framework programme that funded it. Published under CC BY 4.0.
84,608
EU projects approved
€176.8B
EU budget allocated
€2.1M
Average EC contribution
By framework programme
FP7 (2007–2013)
- Projects
- 25,785
- Budget
- €46.0B
- Avg grant
- €1.8M
Horizon 2020 (2014–2020)
- Projects
- 35,389
- Budget
- €68.3B
- Avg grant
- €1.9M
Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
- Projects
- 23,434
- Budget
- €62.4B
- Avg grant
- €2.7M
Projects per year
By project start date
0
2.5k
5k
7.5k
10k
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'09
'11
'13
'15
'17
'19
'21
'23
'25
'27
Top coordinator countries
Projects led by organisations in each country
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Israel
Greece
Ireland
Norway
05k10k15k20k
Top science fields
Projects tagged with each field (a project can have several)
natural sciences
engineering and technology
social sciences
medical and health sciences
humanities
agricultural sciences
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