All actions: Is developing materials for defence purposes an eligible topic for MSCA or Horizon Europe?

Horizon Europe only funds civil applications, so the consortium should check very carefully if the intended activities really fall in line with Horizon Europe regulations.

Applicants can check this Guidance note — Research with an exclusive focus on civil applications.

Please note that in any application, the consortium confirms the following in Part A (See Standard Application Form, p.7):

“We declare that the proposal has an exclusive focus on civil applications (activities intended to be used in military application or aiming to serve military purposes cannot be funded). If the project involves dual-use items in the sense of Regulation 2021/821, or other items for which authorisation is required, we confirm that we will comply with the applicable regulatory framework (e.g. obtain export/import licences before these items are used).”

Applicants can also get in touch with the National Contact Point for Cluster 3 “Civil security for society”.