Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum is a public body in London, United Kingdom that has taken part in 98 EU-funded projects since 2008, receiving €29.3M in EU funding and leading 64 as coordinator.

EU funding received€29.3M
EU projects98
As coordinator64
Running now7
First EU project2008
Latest project2026
CountryUnited Kingdom
EU registration (PIC)999642037
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Where the EU money came from

Funding by EU programme. Amounts are Natural History Museum's own share of each project, not the project's full budget.

  • FP7 (2007 to 2013)€14.3M · 47 projects
  • Horizon 2020€13.1M · 42 projects
  • Horizon Europe€1.8M · 9 projects

Projects

98 EU-funded projects, newest first. Natural History Museum led 64 of them as coordinator. Each links to the official record.

  • BioMagiCoCoordinator

    Microbial synthesis of magnetic nanostructures for cobalt recovery from arsenic-rich tailings

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €260ktheir share
  • SpinyTESTsCoordinator

    SpinyBase: Trait-based Evaluation of Sea urchin Trajectories

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €260ktheir share
  • SMALLCoordinator

    Scolecophidian Morphological Adaptation to Little Life: Morphological evolution of the world’s smallest snakes

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €260ktheir share
  • BGEplusPartner

    Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2029 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €485ktheir share
  • Mammal-DawnCoordinator

    The macroevolutionay patterns of Mesozoic mammals

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €276ktheir share
  • MORBIDCoordinator

    Unravelling the formation of Mesozoic bonebeds using rare earth element geochemistry of bioapatites integrated with in-situ dating

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €276ktheir share
  • DiSSCo TransitionAssociated partner

    Distributed System of Scientific Collections Transition to ERIC Project

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • EARtHCoordinator

    Exploring the Australian Reptile Hypervolume: Assembly and evolution of a continental fauna

    Horizon 2020 · 2022–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • BGEAssociated partner

    Biodiversity Genomics Europe

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • VECTORAssociated partner

    Vectors to Accessible Critical Raw Material Resources in Sedimentary Basins

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • HeadStrongCoordinator

    On the head of snakes: form, function and adaptation to life in dense media

    Horizon 2020 · 2022–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • Snake-eyesCoordinator

    Retinal anatomy and gene expression: a window to the origin of snakes

    Horizon 2020 · 2022–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • PLASTICSCANCoordinator

    Combining CT Scanning and Spectroscopy to Characterise Micro-Plastics, a Growing Threat to Seabirds and other Marine Animals

    Horizon 2020 · 2022–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €213ktheir share
  • TransCausePartner

    Investigating Pleistocene population dynamics in the Southern Caucasus

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €283ktheir share
  • ULTRAMODCoordinator

    Using comparative genomics to uncover the origins of phenotypic modularity in squamate reptiles

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €213ktheir share
  • HOSTILECoordinator

    Ecological genomics of vertebrates across environmentally hostile naturally fragmented paleosurfaces

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • ALIENinSoilCoordinator

    Microbial community response to the invasion of a non-endemic fungal bio-inoculant in soil

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • FLIGHTLOSSCoordinator

    The Genomic Underpinnings of Convergent Evolution: Repeated Loss of Flight in Island Rails, the Greatest Avian Colonizers

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €225ktheir share
  • Evo-Devo-WhalesCoordinator

    From Land to Water: the Role of Development in the Evolution and Diversification of Baleen and Toothed Whales

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €213ktheir share
  • MYCOREVPartner

    A Mycorrhizal Revolution: The role of diverse symbiotic fungi in modern terrestrial ecosystems

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €283ktheir share
  • DiSSCo PreparePartner

    Distributed System of Scientific Collections - Preparatory Phase Project

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €397ktheir share
  • EPN-2024-RIPartner

    Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €308ktheir share
  • BEEPPartner

    Bio-inspired and bionic materials for enhanced photosynthesis

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €303ktheir share
  • Finding VENomSPartner

    Venom Evolution in Nemerteans: Connecting Functional Morphology, Gene Expression and Proteome through Spatial Omics

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €159ktheir share
  • 4D_REEFPartner

    Past, present and future of turbid reefs in the Coral Triangle

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €606ktheir share
  • EXCALIBURPartner

    Exploiting the multifunctional potential of belowground biodiversity in horticultural farming

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €908ktheir share
  • SYNTHESYS PLUSCoordinator

    Synthesis of systematic resources

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.9Mtheir share
  • EU-Citizen.SciencePartner

    The Platform for Sharing, Initiating, and Learning Citizen Science in Europe

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €66ktheir share
  • CHROMREPCoordinator

    An integrative approach linking chromosomal evolution and biodiversity in reptiles from Madagascar

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €183ktheir share
  • EVOTOOLSCoordinator

    EVOlutionary Trends in mOrphOLogical diverSity: new comparative tools for high-dimensional data

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €183ktheir share
  • iBioGenPartner

    Twinning for European excellence in Island Biodiversity Genomics

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €237ktheir share
  • NHM Night 7Coordinator

    NHM Researchers Night

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €181ktheir share
  • CROCODILEPartner

    first of a kind commercial Compact system for the efficient Recovery Of CObalt Designed with novel Integrated LEading technologies

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €274ktheir share
  • DeepSymCoordinator

    Understanding the drivers of the genetic and functional structure of deep-sea sponge symbiont communities

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €195ktheir share
  • SCAN-DeepCoordinator

    Systematic Characterisation and Archiving of megafauNa on a regional scale in a Deep-sea area threatened by mining

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €183ktheir share
  • ICEDIGPartner

    Innovation and consolidation for large scale digitisation of natural heritage

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €324ktheir share
  • NATRICINECoordinator

    Phenotypic and lineage diversification of natricine snakes

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €183ktheir share
  • ECHOCoordinator

    Evolution of the Cochlea and Hearing in Odontocetes

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €195ktheir share
  • GOSSANCoordinator

    GOethite in Supergene Systems: ANalysing trace element substitution goethite and related iron oxides and oxyhydroxides.

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €183ktheir share
  • ADAPTOMICSCoordinator

    Adaptations to temperature regimes in sponges: Genomic insights into the developmental and physiological evolutionary changes of early-branching metazoans

    Horizon 2020 · 2017–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €195ktheir share
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  • Science UncoveredCoordinator

    Science Uncovered

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2017 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €351ktheir share
  • MicroArcticPartner

    Microorganisms in Warming Arctic Environments

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • SponGESPartner

    Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €496ktheir share
  • HiTech AlkCarbPartner

    New geomodels to explore deeper for High-Technology critical raw materials in Alkaline rocks and Carbonatites

    Horizon 2020 · 2016–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €139ktheir share
  • Bio-StrategiesCoordinator

    Bio-strategies of mineral nutrient extraction from silicates by selected microorganisms

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2017 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €195ktheir share
  • EPN2020-RIPartner

    EUROPLANET 2020 Research Infrastructure

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2019 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €204ktheir share
  • CENSZCoordinator

    CENSZ – Critical Elements in Nonsulphide Zinc Deposits

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €92ktheir share
  • ADaPTIVECoordinator

    Analysing Diversity with a Phenomic approach: Trends in Vertebrate Evolution

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €681ktheir share
  • EURO-CARESCoordinator

    European Curation of Astromaterials Returned from the Exploration of Space

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2017 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €365ktheir share
  • FAMEPartner

    Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing Technologies

    Horizon 2020 · 2015–2018 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €610ktheir share
  • COUNTERING LBACoordinator

    Countering Confounding Heterogeneity in Phylogenetics through Non-Parametric Analyses of Quartet Split Patterns

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €231ktheir share
  • EXPLORATION-NEICoordinator

    Paradise Unexplored: Biodiversity of the Seven Sister States of North East India

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €222ktheir share
  • UP-NORTHPartner

    COLONISATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION IN UNFAMILIAR LANDSCAPES

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2020 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €280ktheir share
  • ACID-MARSCoordinator

    Clays in acid environments on Mars

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €222ktheir share
  • UMBELCoordinator

    E-taxonomy of Sino-Himalayan Umbelliferae (Apiaceae): diversity, phylogeny and species modelling through new web-based tools

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €309ktheir share
  • MORPHICCoordinator

    Methods of researching pupal history involving CT-scanning: A novel approach to death time estimations

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2014–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €222ktheir share
  • NHM NIGHT5Coordinator

    NHM NIGHT5

    Horizon 2020 · 2014–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €270ktheir share
  • MIDASPartner

    Managing Impacts of Deep-seA reSource exploitation

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €181ktheir share
  • SYNTHESYS3Coordinator

    Synthesis of systematic resources

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2017 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €2.0Mtheir share
  • MYANMAR-FISHCoordinator

    Myanmar freshwater biogeography; understanding a zoogeographical transition zone

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €222ktheir share
  • NHM NIGHT 4Coordinator

    NHM NIGHT4

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €130ktheir share
  • MICROMETCoordinator

    New Insights on Micrometeorites

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2013–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €200ktheir share
  • EU BONPartner

    EU BON: Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2017 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €257ktheir share
  • BIOSCROBECoordinator

    Biodynamic modelling of compartmentalised bioaccumulation of toxic metals by the clam Scrobicularia plana in European estuaries

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €100ktheir share
  • SYMBIONTSCoordinator

    Origin and Early Evolution of Plant Symbionts

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2014 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €209ktheir share
  • PARAFROGSPartner

    Emerging Protist Parasites of Frogs: Global prevalence and host/parasite interaction

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • EVOECO AND FOSSILSCoordinator

    Evolutionary ecology and extinct species: how do fossils change our interpretations of present-day biodiversity patterns?

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €100ktheir share
  • INTERCROSSINGPartner

    Innotive Training Environment for Researchers Combining the Resources of Statistical Science, Informatics & Genetics

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2016 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €217ktheir share
  • NHM NIGHT3Coordinator

    Natural History Museum Science Night

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2012–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €150ktheir share
  • NANOVALIDPartner

    Development of reference methods for hazard identification, risk assessment and LCA of engineered nanomaterials

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

  • Myxozoa Evo DevoCoordinator

    Evolution and development in Myxozoa: body-plan simplification associated with endoparasitism

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €200ktheir share
  • Hydro-MarsCoordinator

    A possible hydrothermal origin of Martian phyllosilicates: Exploring the talc/saponite-nontrinte system

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €259ktheir share
  • NHM NIGHT2Coordinator

    Natural History Museum Science Night

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2011 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €150ktheir share
  • DODECoordinator

    Deep Ocean Dispersal and Evolution

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €201ktheir share
  • QUALITYNANOPartner

    A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2011–2015 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €204ktheir share
  • ViBRANTCoordinator

    Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2013 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €1.2Mtheir share
  • AVIAN EVOLUTIONCoordinator

    Avian brain evolution and higher level phylogenetics of modern birds

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €165ktheir share
  • BENTHIC CILIATESCoordinator

    The Biodiversity, Systematics and Guide to the Identification of Marine Benthic Ciliates

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €237ktheir share
  • GIRDLE EVO-DEVOCoordinator

    Still Connected: Evolutionary implications of the separation of the head from pectoral girdle in tetrapods and their fish relatives

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2012 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €174ktheir share
  • NHM NIGHTCoordinator

    Natural History Museum Science Night

    FP7 (2007 to 2013) · 2010–2010 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €132ktheir share

Showing the 80 most recent of 98 projects.

Works most with

Organisations that shared the most EU projects with this one. A good starting list for consortium partners.

Fields it works in

Research fields recorded on its Horizon projects.

  • DNA
  • RNA
  • agriculture
  • aliphatic compounds
  • alkali metals
  • amines
  • anatomy and morphology
  • asteroids
  • bacteriology
  • biodiversity conservation
  • biogeochemistry
  • bioleaching
  • biological interactions
  • biosphera

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