Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2026 awards
The 2026 Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners awardees are:
Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.
December round
PPHE26\100035
Dr BOGDAN ADAMYK
SENTRY — Privacy-preserving lawful access and cross-chain analytics to counter emerging-tech-enabled crime
Aston University
£9,900.00
PPHE26\100057
Dr Shakil Ahmad
Microplastics and Maternal-Fetal Vascular Health Across the Life Course: Building a UK-EU Consortium
Aston University
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100252
Professor Emel Aktas
Transitioning Into Circular Supply Chains With Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Cranfield University
£9,900.00
PPHE26\100050
Professor Jeremy Allouche
Old and new frontiers of state building in Africa
Institute of Development Studies
£9,970.00
PPHE26\100068
Dr Tazdin Amietszajew
NEAT-AB – Next-generation Assembly Technologies for Automotive Batteries
Coventry University
£9,900.00
PPHE26\100366
Dr Myo Zin Aung
SmartShipyard-UK/EU Connect: Priming a Consortium for 'Shipyards of the Future' (HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D5-12)
University of Strathclyde
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100090
Dr Roser Beneito-Montagut
Smart Care Technologies for Ageing in Place: Building UK-EU Partnerships for Dementia Innovation
Cardiff University
£9,860.00
PPHE26\100040
Professor Mahmood Bhutta
Creating greener healthcare systems: A multi-nation analysis
University of Sussex
£9,450.00
PPHE26\100097
Professor Rachel Brooks
Making Europe a Global Magnet for International Students
University of Oxford
£9,915.60
PPHE26\100262
Dr Calvin Burns
Trust and Rapport in an AI Virtual Agent for Investigative Interviewing and Crime Reporting
University of Greenwich
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100269
Dr Jorge Campos Gonzalez
AI4CEA: Co-creating AI-based Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture in Europe
University of Reading
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100104
Dr Lindsey Carey
Crafting Circular Futures: Cultural Innovation and Sustainable Design for Inclusive Economies
Glasgow Caledonian University
£9,820.00
PPHE26\100257
Professor Cristina Cerulli
Community-Led Housing, Land Access and Public Benefit Assessment: Building Transnational Partnerships for Horizon Europe 2026 NEB Facility
University of Reading
£9,961.00
PPHE26\100200
Professor Jin Hooi Chan
Global Creative Alliances in Culture Policies and CCI Innovation
University of Greenwich
£9,960.00
PPHE26\100042
Professor Annie Chen
Uncorking Well-being: Digital Narratives, Cultural Consumption, and Health Perceptions in Europe's Wine Regions
University of Roehampton
£9,706.00
PPHE26\100339
Professor Oliver Curnick
UK–EU Collaboration for Renewable Hydrogen and CO₂ Conversion to Sustainable Marine and Aviation Fuels Coventry University
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100222
Dr Robert Dean
RECLAIM: Rethinking Engagement and Critical Literacy in the Algorithmic Mindset
University of Lincoln
£9,992.50
PPHE26\100280
Professor farukh farukh
RETROFIT-EUROPE (REvive): Circular and Inclusive Retrofit Innovation for Healthier Homes and Energy-Poor Citizens
De Montfort University
£9,047.22
PPHE26\100053
Dr Carolina Font Palma
FROST-CAP: Consortium building and Proposal Development on Cryogenic carbon capture technology University of Hull
£9,327.36
PPHE26\100004
Marco Fusi
Decoding coastal degradation and oxygen availability: integrated diagnostics, historical insights, and stakeholder-driven solutions (OXYBIO)
Newcastle University
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100158
Professor Igor Goryanin
AI-MIDD-NAM University of Edinburgh
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100152
Dr Amily Guenier
Culturally Adaptive and Explainable AI for Multilingual Health Communication: UK–EU Pilot Collaboration
University of Manchester
£9,750.00
PPHE26\100133
Dr Urvashi Gunputh
AGILITY: Artificial General Intelligence for Personalised Limb Technologies and Inclusive Healthcare
University of Derby
£9,970.42
PPHE26\100072
Professor Hassan Haghparast Bidgoli
Advancing the integration of carbon metrics into health and intersectoral decision-making using routine data
University College London (UCL)
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100196
Ms Catherine Heard
Decent prison work and reintegration: upholding human rights and EU values
Birkbeck, University of London
£9,688.48
PPHE26\100224
Professor Christopher Holmes
Fibre-Based Microfluidic Sensing For Pathogen-Relevant Sensing
University of Southampton
£9,983.95
PPHE26\100064
Dr Helia Hooshmand
Fusion of optical techniques for predictive quality control in zero-defect, sustainable battery cell manufacturing
University of Nottingham
£9,999.96
PPHE26\100247
Professor Victoria James
EPINAMICS – An Integrated Multi-Epithelial Platform Combining Stem Cell Models, Extracellular Vesicle Delivery, and Multi-Omics Profiling to Advance Regulatory New Approach Methodologies
University of Nottingham
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100341
Professor Mine Karatas-Ozkan
Pump Priming for 'VIRTUAL-IP': A VIRTUAL Web 4.0 Framework for Intellectual Property Valorisation and Exchange
University of Southampton
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100306
Professor Manolya Kavakli-Thorne
AI-powered Multimodal Transport Services for Enhanced Resilience using Digital twins
Aston University
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100263
Dr Oleg Kirillov
Building a UK–EU collaboration to study vortex structures in models that couple the planetary lithosphere, atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere
Northumbria University
£9,660.00
PPHE26\100349
Dr Rafet Kurt
Building UK and EU research collaboration on safety of renewable and zero-carbon waterborne fuels in port areas
University of Strathclyde
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100112
Professor Richard Laing
Understanding the lived affective experiences of people in community environments: their role in Health and wellbeing
Northumbria University
£9,775.00
PPHE26\100298
Dr Denisse Lazo
Revolution Through Her Voice: Transnational Dialogues on Women’s Cultural Resistance
University of Reading
£9,930.00
PPHE26\100161
Professor Richard Lord
Green-blue carbon: from source to sea
Teesside University
£9,944.00
PPHE26\100156
Dr Christina Malathouni
Bridging Diverse Health Heritage(s): fostering shared responsibility and security through inclusive narratives, objects, and places (BriDgHealtH)
University of Liverpool
£9,798.10
PPHE26\100243
Dr Zakaria Mansouri
Next Generation of Renewable Fuels: Metal Powders
Nottingham Trent University
£6,366.42
PPHE26\100274
Professor Derek Matravers
Digital Hermeneutics of Ephemeral Cultural Expressions: Using AI-Driven Archaeology Methods for ICH Resilience and Transmission
The Open University
£9,920.00
PPHE26\100271
Professor aileen mill
A stakeholder driven approach to prioritise and step-up impactful Invasive Alien Species (IAS) management in Europe
Newcastle University
£9,800.00
PPHE26\100281
Professor STERGIOS MITOULIS
StressTest: Stresstesting system-of-systems resilience for multi-hazard built environment by leveraging prompt engineering and interrogating adaptation pathways with agentic AI
University College London (UCL)
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100098
Professor Győző Molnár
Sport Discrimination and Radicalisation Prevention: A UK-Sweden-Hungary Research Network
University of Worcester
£9,020.00
PPHE26\100239
Dr Colin Moran
Can physical activity help mitigate the social, biological, and psychological effects of chronic stress in trauma exposed populations?
University of Stirling
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100322
Dr Mark Kok Yew Ng
SMART-COLLAB: Smart Collaborative Manufacturing through AI-Enhanced Human-Robot Cooperation and Digital Twin Technologies
University of Ulster
£9,900.00
PPHE26\100213
Professor Vahid Niasar
Aquifer-Grid Integration for Long Duration Energy Storage (AGILE): an AI-driven digital twin to integrate aquifer compressed air-thermal energy storage and power grid
University of Manchester
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100092
Dr Peter Noy
Affordable, Sustainable, Accessible Proteins (ASAP) for Africa
University of Nottingham
£9,871.15
PPHE26\100143
Professor Bernadette O'Rourke
LINGUA-EUROPA: Mapping and Revitalising Europe’s Linguistic Ecologies
University of Glasgow
£9,990.00
PPHE26\100084
Dr Joe Parslow
QUEERDEMOS: Resilient Democracies through Participatory Queer and Feminist Creative Practices
Rose Bruford College
£9,640.00
PPHE26\100054
Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe
co-Producing Enhanced understanding Of healthy aNd Inclusive NEB nEighbourhoodS (PEONIES)
University of Surrey
£9,789.66
PPHE26\100123
Dr Keetie Roelen
FAIRStart: Fair Access, Inclusion and Rights from the Start
The Open University
£9,871.00
PPHE26\100009
Dr Sumit Roy
UK–EU consortium building for scalable Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in waterborne transport
Coventry University
£9,810.00
PPHE26\100290
Dr Mohammad Saki
Consortium Building and Proposal Development for SMART-SOCIAL: Integrating Socio-Technical Insights to Enhance Energy Performance and User Experience in Smart Buildings
University of West London
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100336
Professor Matthias Schwannauer
ADAPT: Support adaptation to a digital world and buffer the psychological and social impact of negative effects of interaction with digital technologies and online cultures
University of Edinburgh
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100166
Dr Kiril Sharapov
Building a European Consortium on Democratic Regression, Civic Space and Minority Rights
Edinburgh Napier University
£9,816.93
PPHE26\100363
Dr Julian Stadon
Cultivating Creative Ecologies – Designing Resilient Community Food Sites through TeleAgriCulture
University of Southampton
£9,500.00
PPHE26\100300
Dr Camilo Tamayo Gomez
Bodies, Memories, and Technologies of Justice (BMTJ): Citizen-Led Transmedia and Forensic Strategies for Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Colombia, the US/Mexico Border and the Basque Country
University of Huddersfield
£9,951.00
PPHE26\100311
Professor Fabio Tosti
BLUE-HeArTS: BLUE Heritage through Art, Technology, and Science
University of West London
£9,950.00
PPHE26\100192
Daniel Verscharen
Multi-scale electrostatic processes in space plasmas
University College London (UCL)
£9,540.00
PPHE26\100355
Professor Michael Ward
Building UK–EU Collaboration on the Prospective Evaluation of Nuclear Power Potential for Shipping
University of Strathclyde
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100174
Professor Jenny Wustenberg
RE-MIND — “Remembrance, Institutions, and Democratic Renewal - Changing the Way Governments Address the Past and Support Democracy for the Future"
Nottingham Trent University
£10,000.00
PPHE26\100086
Dr Nan Zhao
Next Generation Unified Ocean Energy Systems (NEPTUNE)
Lancaster University
£9,979.37
PPHE26\100356
Dr Francesco Zonta
Towards Reliable Measurement and Modelling of Oceanic CO₂ Uptake and Sequestration (MeMoSe)
Newcastle University
£10,000.00