Projects funded by the EU budget cover a wide variety of areas and topics. Their impacts are all around us and their effect on our lives are felt daily.
There is one main platform where you can find information on EU-funded projects and its results:
Funding and tender opportunities portal
To find projects and results on specific topics consult the list below. Several topics are further broken down into more specific subsections to help you navigate.
The projects below refer to funding programmes from the previous long-term budget, which ran from 2014 to 2020. In the current Multiannual Financial Framework some of them have been combined or replaced by a new generation of programmes. For a full overview of current funding opportunities please consult the EU funding programmes page.
Research and innovation
- Horizon dashboard: detailed and interactive information on proposals, funded projects and results, including country- and organisation-specific performance
- Horizon Results Platform: information on EU-funded research projects and how to invest in them
- Innovation success stories
- CORDIS database
- Results from the predecessor programme (Horizon 2020)
Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS): a fund supporting research projects in the coal and steel sectors
Nuclear fusion
Euratom Research and Training Programme: a programme to improve nuclear safety, security and radiation protection
ITER: a large-scale experiment designed to prove the scientific and technical viability of fusion as a new energy source
- Fusion spin-offs: examples of advances made on fusion research in disciplines ranging from medical technology and environment to astrophysics and material sciences
- Nuclear fusion research results on CORDIS database
Business and economy
Economy
European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI): macroeconomic impact and breakdown by country
Infrastructures, networks, and transport
Connecting Europe Facility: an EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness in the field of transport, energy and digital services.
- results on transport infrastructure projects
- results on energy projects and actions
- results on telecom projects
Small and medium-sized Enterprises
COSME: programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs
Space
- EUSpace project portfolio: overview of space-related projects
- Copernicus – EU’s earth observation programme: use cases
- Galileo satellite: project portfolio
- European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service: market segments
Energy, climate change and environment
Life Programme: the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action
- Best projects and LIFE awards
- LIFE Public Database: search projects and documents
- LIFE in European countries: country-specific materials
- LIFE Programme 2014-2020 data hub: info on projects and results from predecessor programme
Horizon and other programmes
- The data hubs page of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) includes the link to the Horizon 2020 environment and resources data hub, and will feature the projects supported by the Just Transition Mechanism and the Innovation Fund once available.
Regional and urban development
- Kohesio portal: database of EU co-funded projects and related beneficiaries funded in the 2014-2020 programming period
- Regional policy projects
- European Structural and Investment Funds - Open Data Platform
- Beneficiaries of European Union Cohesion Policy for the period 2014-20
- Keep.eu: data on projects and beneficiaries of European Union cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation programmes since 2000
- Ten-T projects: find information on projects that ensure the cohesion, interconnection and interoperability of the trans-European transport network
The EU budget also finances programmes targeted for specific purposes or communities, such as the Technical Support Instrument assisting Member States in designing and implementing growth-enhancing and inclusive reforms, or the aid programme for the Turkish Cypriot community.
Employment, inclusion and social affairs
European Social Fund Plus (ESF+): the EU’s main instrument for investing in people
Food, farming and fisheries
Agriculture
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- project database of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD)
- project results on promotion of agricultural products
- support for information measures relating to the CAP
Fisheries
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF): the EU’s maritime and fisheries policies for 2014-2020
- the EMFF data hub
- the Maritime data hub
- the list of funded projects in the funding & tender opportunities portal
- recipients of EU funding under the EMFF and its successor, the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)
- examples of good practices from the European Fisheries Areas Network (FARNET)
Education and culture
Education and youth
Erasmus+: The EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe
European Solidarity Corps: A programme that helps young people take part in projects that benefit communities, either abroad or in their own country.
Culture
Creative Europe: The European Commission's programme for providing support to the cultural and audiovisual sectors.
Citizenship, justice and fundamental rights
Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values: A programme for the period 2021-2027 that merges two programmes: Europe for Citizens and Rights, Equality and Citizenship.
Justice Programme: Contributes to strengthening democracy, rule of law, and fundamental rights.
Aid and development cooperation
Civil protection
Union Civil Protection Mechanism: A mechanism that co-finances projects that support Member and Participating States’ efforts in the field of disaster preparedness and prevention.
- projects from the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (2014-2020) on Prevention and Preparedness Projects in Civil Protection page
- Funding & tenders opportunities portal.
Aid and development cooperation
Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument: An instrument that channels the biggest share of external action funds, with a budget of €79.5 billion.
Migration and security
Internal Security Fund: A fund that helps to ensure a high level of security in the Union.
- List of ISF Police projects, a predecessor of the programme, on the Funding and Tenders Opportunities Portal
Integrated Border Management Fund: A fund that helps to ensure strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders and supports the common visa policy.
- List of ISF Borders and Visa projects, a predecessor of the programme, on the Funding and Tenders Opportunities Portal
- List of awarded projects of ISF Borders and Visa
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: A fund that promotes the efficient management of migration flows
Health
EU4Health: A programme that builds on the positive results of the 3rd Health programme, and seeks to strengthen healthcare systems’ resilience.
Statistics
Eurostat: Calls for proposals in the field of European statistics are managed by Eurostat and grants are awarded directly to national statistical institutes and other relevant national authorities.
- the up-to-date list of institutes and authorities is available on Eurostat’s website
- Funding and tender opportunities portal