CERN actively participates in and/or coordinates projects co-financed by the European Union (EU) under its research and innovation programmes, notably Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

Among the 60+ EU projects running at CERN in 2023, 14 have a strong knowledge-transfer component. CERN coordinates six of the main initiatives; AIDAinnova, ATTRACT2, ATTRACT1B, I.FAST, PRISMAP, RADNEXT, HEARTS. The total EU funding for all seven projects amounts to circa 70 MEUR and is distributed among the participating institutes and companies. These projects develop and promote the use of accelerator and detector technologies and test facilities in Europe for various industrial and societal applications.

Discoveries in particle physics are technology-driven; AIDAinnova will provide state-of-the-art upgrades to research infrastructures, such as test beams, in order to unfold the scientific potential of detector technologies.
ATTRACT is a pioneering initiative bringing together Europe’s fundamental research and industrial communities to lead the next generation of detection and imaging technologies.
HEARTS aims at developing and establishing a European infrastructure for research and industrial access to high-energy heavy ion facilities for the fields of radiation effects in electronics,
I.FAST aims to enhance innovation in the particle accelerator community, mapping out and facilitating the development of breakthrough technologies common to multiple accelerator platforms..
In order to support the ongoing research across Europe and beyond, immediate access to novel radionuclides and to facilities where they can be readily used will be provided by PRISMAP – The European medical radionuclides programme.
RADNEXT is an infrastructure project with the objective of creating a network of facilities and related irradiation methodology for responding to the emerging needs of electronics component and system irradiation.