Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2025 awards

December round

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.

Mr Chris Atanasov

PPHE25\100148

REBAT: Advancing Reversible and Sustainable Battery Solutions for Circular Micro-Mobility Energy Systems

Coventry University

£9,990.27

Professor Natasha Barlow

PPHE25\100266

Building the European Sub-C constorium

University of Leeds

£9,999.00

Dr Francesca Calo

PPHE25\100140

CARES - Social Economy for Caring Inclusion

The Open University

£9,924.00

PPHE25\100052

Dr Evrim Celik Madenli

Advancing Circular Water Management in Beverage Industry Through UK-EU Collaboration

University of Liverpool

£10,000.00

Dr Mingee Chung

PPHE25\100076

NMR for Quantum and Functional Materials

University of Birmingham

£9,980.00

Professor Jay Cullen

PPHE25\100190

Building capacity and expertise in European law enforcement: reducing threats from criminal and terror groups through financial, digital, and artificial intelligence tools.

Edge Hill University

£10,000.00

Dr Mark Doidge

PPHE25\100178

Sustainaball. towards a sustainable transition for European football

Loughborough University

£8,320.00

Dr Quang Huy Duong

PPHE25\100244

PURECITIES: Pollution Urban Reduction and Engagement in Cities for Innovation and Sustainability

University of Greenwich

£7,454.15

Dr Maria Granados

PPHE25\100251

TRANSFORM: Transitioning SMEs to sustainability through natural capital and social value frameworks

University of Westminster

£9,992.00

PPHE25\100197

Professor Arlene Holmes Henderson

Power to the (young) people: boosting democracy through citizenship education in schools and communities

Durham University

£10,000.00

Dr Kelly Houston

PPHE25\100124

MultiStress Resilient Barley and Wheat

James Hutton Institute

£9,999.94

Dr Xiaowei Huang

PPHE25\100295

Generative LLMs for responsible safety engineering

University of Liverpool

£9,928.13

Dr Masoud Isanejad

PPHE25\100167

BIGPICTURE-HF: BoostInG and Partnership In Clinical, Translational Understanding moleculaR biology of in Heart failure and Frailty

University of Liverpool

£10,000.00

Dr Henry Ivry

PPHE25\100139

Building Virtual Communities with Small Scale Online Radio Stations

University of Glasgow

£9,017.00

Professor Lise Jaillant

PPHE25\100122

GENIAC – GENerative Artificial Intelligence for Archival images of the Colonial period

Loughborough University

£9,800.00

Dr Thomas Jones

PPHE25\100129

Co-creation of volcanic hazard maps: from science to services

Lancaster University

£9,997.00

Dr Shekoufeh Kolahdouz

PPHE25\100065

Modelling for Software Sustainability

University of Roehampton

£10,000.00

Dr Esin Küçük

PPHE25\100051

Preparedness and Adaptation for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters

University of Essex

£9,796.00

Dr Christof Lutteroth

PPHE25\100259

Hyper-immersive eXtended Reality

University of Bath

£9,781.89

Dr Uriel Martinez-Hernandez

PPHE25\100084

Intention-aware multimodal wearable framework for seamless human-robot collaboration in manufacturing industry 5.0

University of Bath

£9,900.00

Professor Trung Thanh Nguyen

PPHE25\100104

MOBI-POWERS: MObile and flexiBle Innovations in onshore POWER Supply

Liverpool John Moores University

£10,000.00

Dr Marjoke Oosterom

PPHE25\100071

Beyond populist imaginaries. Developing new approaches to promoting democratic resilience.

Institute of Development Studies

£9,677.73

Dr Ilaria Pappalepore

PPHE25\100310

Building Resilient Destinations

University of Westminster

£10,000.00

Dr Arianna Prudenzi

PPHE25\100188

Engaging Minds: A Video Game to Improve Mental Health in Young Adults

University of Sheffield

£9,500.00

Dr Haijun Ruan

PPHE25\100142

Partnership and Proposal Development: Advanced diagnostics & plating detection for timely enabling batteries to market (TimelyBatt)

Coventry University

£9,950.00

Dr Tony Samuel

PPHE25\100294

Ultrasound Signal Feature Extraction and Analysis for Battery Cell Defect Detection

University of Exeter

£9,926.00

Professor Carol Wagstaff

PPHE25\100073

Developing an integrated food system to support food equity across Europe

University of Reading

£8,838.00

Dr Lu Wang

PPHE25\100143

RACE: Rare-earth-magnet free Electric Drive System Advancements for Clean Electrification

Coventry University

£9,995.00

Dr Nan Zhao

PPHE25\100158

AI-Driven Optimal Design and Management of Multi-Source Ocean Energy Arrays for Grid Integration

Lancaster University

£8,940.00

Ms Hua Zhong

PPHE25\100280

Innovative Pathways for Efficient, Sustainable, and Inclusive Energy Use in Urban Communities

London South Bank University

£9,877.00

Professor Li Zhou

PPHE25\100668

ReLiMat: Revolutionising Lithium and Critical Material Refining for a Circular European Battery Economy

University of Greenwich

£10,000.00

January round

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.

Dr Touraj Ashrafian

PPHE25\100448

Innovative Pathways to Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Positive Energy Districts in Europe (CR-PEDs)

Northumbria University

£9,708.00

Dr Neil Burnside

PPHE25\100286

STORMIN- Technology innovation for subsurface thermal energy storage in legacy flooded mine workings and shafts

University of Strathclyde

£10,000.00

Dr Cristina Chiva

PPHE25\100227

Gender and Democratic Resilience against Autocratisation

University of Salford

£9,720.00

Professor Hilde Coffe

PPHE25\100449

Gender and attitudes towards gender equality across Europe: A generational backlash?

University of Bath

£9,780.00

Dr Edmund Coleman-Fountain

PPHE25\100414

YouDiSH: Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Rights for Disabled Youth in a Digital Age

University of York

£9,993.00

Professor Susannah Eckersley

PPHE25\100422

REACH OUT: Resilience and power of arts, culture and heritage in our urgent times – Team-building network

Newcastle University

£10,000.00

Dr Alexey Ganin

PPHE25\100239

2DCHARGES-KIBs: 2D Chalcogenides for High-performance Affordable Renewable Grid Energy Storage in Potassium-Ion Batteries

University of Glasgow

£9,986.00

Dr Clarissa Giebel

PPHE25\100189

Addressing the disconnect between health and social care in dementia to reduce health inequalities across Europe

University of Liverpool

£9,700.00

Dr Cristina Gonzalez Longo

PPHE25\100492

Architectural Heritage in Europe, from Glasgow to Istanbul: Culture, Innovation, Creativity and Climate (AHE:CICC)

University of Strathclyde

£9,804.00

Professor Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey

PPHE25\100429

European partnership to improve health and well-being monitoring of manual wheelchair users (MWUs).

Loughborough University

£10,000.00

Professor Rebecca Hardy

PPHE25\100528

Intersectional examination of gender- based violence in youth sport: A European perspective

Loughborough University

£10,000.00

Dr Maria Holgado Granados

PPHE25\100527

Sustainable, circular and digitised energy-intensive industries and supply chains

University of Sussex

£8,742.00

Professor Kate Howland

PPHE25\100367

Socially and culturally sustainable climate transitions

University of Sussex

£9,975.00

Professor Rico Isaacs

PPHE25\100338

The Autocratic Populist Appeal: understanding the drivers and durability of authoritarianism and building democratic resilience

University of Lincoln

£9,995.00

Professor Rachel Kerr

PPHE25\100513

Curating Peace

King's College London

£9,892.00

Dr Bobby Macaulay

PPHE25\100223

Examining Policies on Land Ownership and Reform in Europe for Rural Sustainability (ExPLORERS)

University of the Highlands and Islands

£10,000.00

Dr Eda Majtan

PPHE25\100059

Flood resilience of riverine bridges in changing climate

University of Liverpool

£9,985.00

Dr Cristian Nitoiu

PPHE25\100521

Strengthening the resilience of the EU’s future enlargement process through the territorial capital – democracy nexus.

Loughborough University

£10,000.00

Professor Marianna Obrist

PPHE25\100379

Sensory-powered Digital Micro-interventions for Preventive, Personalised Health and Disease Burden Reduction

University College London

£9,824.46

Dr Agusmian Ompusunggu

PPHE25\100387

Novel methodologies and digital technologies for enabling sustainable and circular manufacturing ecosystems

Cranfield University

£9,977.00

Dr Noemi Procopio

PPHE25\100525

Advancing forensic microbiome analyses for enhanced cross-border security

University of Central Lancashire

£9,950.00

Dr Hatice Muge Satar Coen

PPHE25\100502

Consortium Building and Proposal Development for the Evolution of culture in a virtualising world: Empowering Communities Through Intercultural Encounters in Virtual Worlds

Newcastle University

£9,751.00

Dr Oana Stefan

PPHE25\100518

Judicial independence in the European Union and the Rule of Law

King's College London

£9,999.00

Dr Valentina Tamma

PPHE25\100134

Multimodal Ontology Engineering in Cultural Heritage: Harmonising Semantic and Generative AI

University of Liverpool

£9,970.00

Dr Loes Veldpaus

PPHE25\100226

OpenHeritage 2.0

Newcastle University

£9,955.00

Professor Anna Whicher

PPHE25\100462

Building a Network of European Government Innovation Labs

Cardiff Metropolitan University

£9,750.00

Dr Ashley Willow

PPHE25\100493

Sodium-ion Anode Free at Scale (SAFS)

Swansea University

£7,000.00

Dr Ermioni Xanthopoulou

PPHE25\100392

Asylum Outsourcing Policies: Legal Resilience, Policy Effectiveness and Economic Impact

Brunel University London

£9,638.00

Dr Long Ye

PPHE25\100020

University of Edinburgh

Advancing Key Technologies for Sustainable Biomedical Manufacturing: From Design to Production and Packaging

£9,500.00

Professor, Larysa Zasiekina

PPHE25\100345

Strengthening the SHIELD Proposal: Development and Refinement

University of Exeter

£9,554.00

February round

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.

Dr Abigail Branford

PPHE25\100612

Democracy Starts Here: Exploring the Impact of History and Civic Education University of Oxford

£10,000.00

Dr Anna Bussu

PPHE25\100027

Tackling antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe as an interconnected issue in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict: A Horizon project

Edge Hill University

£9,770.00

Dr Matthew Cole

PPHE25\100463

Multi-stressor impacts of marine pollutants in a changing climate

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

£10,000.00

Professor Akwugo Emejulu

PPHE25\100495

Resilient Citizens: Addressing Threats to Women of Colour’s Democratic Participation

University of Sheffield

£9,218.00

Professor Elaine Fahey

PPHE25\100362

Metrics of Responsible and Inclusive Digitalisation ''METricD''

City, University of London

£7,304.00

Dr Victoria Fallon

PPHE25\100100

Building a Multinational, Cross-Disciplinary Research Consortium for Advancing the Identification and Measurement of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions

University of Liverpool

£9,800.40

Professor Ian Gadd

PPHE25\100608

Assessing the impact of the Russian invasion on Ukraine’s cultural heritage and creative industries

Bath Spa University

£9,994.00

Dr Surbhi Grewal

PPHE25\100575

Enhancing Wheat Resilience: Harnessing Wild Relatives for Climate-Adaptive Crops

University of Nottingham

£9,987.00

Dr Biju Issac

PPHE25\100540

Enhancing Resilience Against AI-powered Cyber Attacks on Mission-Critical Networks Using Agent-based LLMs, Generative AI and Hardware Security

Northumbria University

£9,938.00

Professor Ben Kotzee

PPHE25\100361

Evidence Generation and Use in Education in Europe 2025

University of Birmingham

£8,436.00

Professor Christopher Land

PPHE25\100659

Augmented Maintenance and Repair Solutions for Industry 5.0

Anglia Ruskin University

£6,865.00

Dr Jonathan Daniel Nixon

PPHE25\100648

Smart wind turbine blade heating installation and control

Coventry University

£9,682.00

Dr Steve O'Hern

PPHE25\100401

VAMOS: Vulnerable, Active, MObility, and Safety.

University of Leeds

£9,785.00

Professor Andrew Philippides

PPHE25\100552

Insect-inspired visual navigation for micro-drones

University of Sussex

£9,456.00

Dr Eoin Plant

PPHE25\100631

Enabling Sustainable and Smart Mobility of People and Goods Based on Operational and Societal Needs

Edinburgh Napier University

£9,797.00

Professor Hilary Robinson

PPHE25\100595

Archiving Feminist Art against the Canon: Transnation/Translation/Transmission (A-FACT)

Loughborough University

£9,995.00

Dr Jian Song

PPHE25\100484

Carnot battery in facilitating sector coupling for net-zero built environment

University of Birmingham

£9,500.00

Dr Damian Stantchev

PPHE25\100569

Improving interoperability, interconnectivity and sustainability of logistics and supply chains through digital technology innovations

Edinburgh Napier University

£9,930.00

Professor David Stevens

PPHE25\100467

Countering the 'Epistocratic' Challenge to Democracy: Cultivating Political Knowledge through Citizenship Education

University of Nottingham

£9,979.00

Dr Abdul Khadar Syed

PPHE25\100153

Repair and remanufacturing using metal additive manufacturing technologies (REMADE)

Coventry University

£9,887.00

Dr Antonina Tereshchenko

PPHE25\100250

Resilience and sustainability of migrant teacher workforce in Europe

Brunel University London

£9,250.00

Dr Cheng Zeng

PPHE25\100660

Assessment and Optimisation Framework for Industry-Community Energy Link to uplift Energy Efficiency, Dependency and Resilience (AOFICEL)

University of Hull

£9,450.00

Professor Li Zhou

PPHE25\100668

ReLiMat: Revolutionising Lithium and Critical Material Refining for a Circular European Battery Economy

University of Greenwich

£10,000.00

March round

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.

Dr Hanna Baumann

PPHE25\100869

Living Well in Transition: Rethinking Participation for Inclusive and Sustainable Communities

University College London (UCL)

£8,350.00

Dr Eral Bele

PPHE25\100584

A European Network for Sustainable Solutions: Fostering Collaboration for Natural Resource Utilization in Insulation and Packaging University College London (UCL)

£10,000.00

Dr Nikhil Bhalla

PPHE25\100697

Optical Fiber Sensing Platform for PFAS Detection and Aqueous Quality Evaluation (OPAQUE)

University of Ulster

£10,000.00

Dr Jasmine Bhatia

PPHE25\100777

Strengthening EU Borders: Reforming Asylum Governance to Disrupt Irregular Migration and Organised Crime

Birkbeck, University of London

£10,000.00

Dr James Blaxland

PPHE25\100700

OZONET: Establishing a Research Network for Ozone in Food Protection

Cardiff Metropolitan University

£9,979.00

Dr Michelle Cain

PPHE25\100731

Consortium building for a Horizon Europe proposal on resilient future agricultural production in Europe

Cranfield University

£10,000.00

Professor Fabio Cuzzolin

PPHE25\100818

Comprehensive Large AI Models for Mobile Robotics Applications (CLAIMOR)

Oxford Brookes University

£9,905.00

Dr Tong Deng

PPHE25\100874

Digitised design of manufacturing process based on advanced powder characterisation using micro-samples to achieve sustainability (From particles to bulk scale)

University of Greenwich

£9,988.00

Dr Clare Ellis-Smith

PPHE25\100740

Advancing the programme theory of a co-designed digital intervention to improve access to palliative care for people with dementia across Europe

King's College London

£9,120.00

Dr Sami Everett

PPHE25\100712

Difficult Heritage on the Edges of Europe

University of Southampton

£10,000.00

Dr Ajay Bangalore Harish

PPHE25\100264

Machine learning driven engineering analysis for risk-assessment of pathological myopia in children

University of Manchester

£10,000.00

Ms Catherine Heard

PPHE25\100778

Exploitation or resocialisation? Building an inclusive, rights-based framework for prisoners and prison-leavers to access labour markets

Birkbeck, University of London

£9,999.00

Dr Sahand Hosouli

PPHE25\100853

Versatile Energy Systems for Adaptable Architecture (VESAA)

Kingston University

£10,000.00

Dr Nathan Jones

PPHE25\100523

Virtual Library of Great Rock Art Sites: Exploring Heritage through Digital Twins Lancaster University

£10,000.00

Dr Hamoon Khelghat-Doost

PPHE25\100862

AI-Driven Neurocognitive Analysis of Political Propaganda Acceptance and Resistance: Developing Decision Support Tools for Civil Security

University of Lincoln

£10,000.00

Dr Francesca Lanz

PPHE25\100662

RETRACE – Reuse, Release, Regenerate, Remember: Researching the Eco-Cultural Transformative Potential of Dissonant Heritage

Northumbria University

£9,978.00

Professor Bogdan Matuszewski

PPHE25\100852

Artificial Intelligence for Better Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Health Conditions – Pump Priming (ArtIn–Priming)

University of Central Lancashire

£9,259.00

Dr Alexandros Mitropoulos

PPHE25\100737

Advancing Exercise Interventions for Systemic Sclerosis: A European Consortium for Implementation and Evidence-Based Practice

Sheffield Hallam University

£10,000.00

Dr Anne Moorhead

PPHE25\100830

Supporting the development of digital healthcare technologies including AI to improve patients' outcomes and experiences: Networking opportunities for team building and proposal development

University of Ulster

£10,000.00

Dr Khushboo Pandey

PPHE25\100343

Consortium Building and Proposal Development: Innovative solutions for understanding emission formation, detection and abatement for Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Sector

University of Edinburgh

£9,956.00

Dr Maria Perissiou

PPHE25\100607

Diabetes and extreme heat events: Mitigating cardiovascular risk

University of Portsmouth

£9,990.00

Dr Abigail Pickard

PPHE25\100748

Establishing a UK-EU Consortium to Investigate Behavioural and Cognitive Markers of Persistent Selective Eating in Neurodivergent Populations

University of Edinburgh

£9,995.00

Professor Terry Quinn

PPHE25\100694

International Healthy Ageing Research Alliance

University of Glasgow

£10,000.00

Professor John Reilly

PPHE25\100799

Digital Childhood: Reducing Health Risks of Screen Time in Early Childhood in Europe

University of Strathclyde

£9,000.00

Dr Dalila Ribaudo

PPHE25\100564

SMART-PATH: Scalable Framework for Sustainable Mobility and Proximity Policies in Regional Urban Systems for a Post-COVID Era

Aston University

£9,785.00

Dr Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria

PPHE25\100735

Scoping Knowledge Resilient Ecosystems for Artisanry Transformations

University of Brighton

£9,900.00

Professor David Rose

PPHE25\100760

Triple A” Agriculture: Enhancing the awareness, attractiveness, and accessibility of agricultural work for sustainable and just futures

Harper Adams University

£10,000.00

Dr Sudipa Sarker

PPHE25\100609

Re-designing Wind Blades for Logistics (REWIND)

University of Strathclyde

£9,452.00

Dr Sophie Seita

PPHE25\100568

Building Eco-literacy with River Communities

Goldsmiths, University of London

£7,946.00

Dr Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

PPHE25\100870

VICTORI: Values, Identities and Culture Transforming Initiatives to Secure Freedom

King's College London

£8,600.00

Dr Safaa Sindi

PPHE25\100579

AeroPharma Logistics: Digital Twin Enabled Autonomous Multimodal Platform for Smart Urban Medical Transport

Coventry University

£9,778.00

Dr Bo Tang

PPHE25\100580

Consortium Building for PLACE:LAB – Participatory Living Labs for Architecture, Culture, and Engagement London Metropolitan University

£10,000.00

Professor Sandrine Thuret

PPHE25\100728

Nutrition and Mental Health: Building an EU Consortium for Horizon Europe Proposal Development

King's College London

£10,000.00

Dr Carolina Vasilikou

PPHE25\100775

Built Utopias: crafting collective routes to sustainable cultural heritage in a post-industrial circular economy world University of Cambridge

£7,384.00

Dr Mischa Zelzer

PPHE25\100706

Computational tools for multimodal correlative imaging

University of Nottingham

£9,950.00

PPHE25\100879

Professor Xiangming Zhou

New European Bauhaus Driven Built Environment under Circular Economy Principles

Brunel University London

£10,000.00