| 2021-2022 | "ESTIMATOR - dESign opTimizatIon of coherent Mimo rAdar neTwORks enabled by photonics” funded by ONR-USA |
| 2021-2023 | "COSMOS: Photonics-based COherent SAR constellation for Multistatic and multispectral satellite Earth ObServation” funded by Ministry of Education, Universities and Research-FISR program (special supplementary fund for research) |
| 2020-2021 | "DIVINE High-speed 3D-imaging of blood vessels based on optical signal processing” funded by Fondazione Pisa, Italy |
| 2020-2024 | "PhotonHub Europe” funded by European Commission (H2020) |
| 2020-2022 | "LINO: Advanced photonic integration platforms for developing high performance devices for telecommunications and quantum communication for space” funded by Italian Space Agency |
| 2020-2022 | "SPACEBEAM: SPACE SAR system with reconfigurable integrated photonic BEAMforming” funded by European Commission (H2020) www.spacebeam-project.eu |
| 2020-2021 | "TeraSlice: Terahertz Analogue-to-Digital Conversion Using Soliton Frequency Combs and Massively Parallel Spectrally Sliced Detection” funded by European Commission (H2020) www.teraslice-fetopen.eu |
| 2019-2022 | "PICTURE: Photonic Integrated CircuiTs for mUltiband RF transceiver in arrayed systEms” funded by European Defence Agency |
| 2019-2021 | "PIOTS: Packaged integrated photonics-based RF/optical hybrid transceiver key-elements for sensing and communication” funded by European Space Agency |
| 2019-2021 | "MULTIRADAR-PIC: Photonic-based multiband radar transceiver on chip” funded by Italian Defence |
| 2019-2021 | "DISTURB: Development of a photonIcs-aSsisTed UltRa-wide Band (0.5-40GHz) RF jammer” funded by Italian Defence |
| 2019-2021 | "SCORPIUS: Development on chip of a multifrequency optical oscillator for radars in space” funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) |
| 2019-2021 | “LIRAS: LIdar and RAdar in Space” funded by Ministry of Education, Universities and Research |
| 2017-2020 | "SOLE: multiStatic & multiband cOherent radar fLeet for border sEcurity” funded by NATO within the Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS). www.sole-natosps.eu |
| 2017-2020 | "RODI: Rf/Optical combined coherent transceiver for Radar/lIdar and RF/optical communications in space” funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) |
| 2017-2020 | “POINTING: Photonics-based frequency-agile RF transceiver with High Precision Optical Beamforming for satellite rad/com systems” funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) |
| 2017-2019 | “PREVENTION: Photonics-based advanced environment monitoring system for an enhanced pREVENTION of landslide and structural failure risks”, within the India-Italy Significant Bilateral Projects, funded by Ministry of Foreign Affair. |
| 2017-2020 | “ROBORDER: autonomous swarm of heterogeneous Robots for BORDER surveillance” funded by European Commission (H2020) www.roborder.eu |
| 2017-2020 | "PHOOD: Novel PHOtonics-based RADAR/LIDAR cOmbined coherent sensor for aDvanced precision agriculture” funded by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research www.phood-project.santannapisa.it |
| 2020 | “HEFESTO breadboard”funded by LEONARDO |
| 2019 | “Feasibility Study of a Demonstrator for an High Energy Laser”funded by LEONARDO |
| 2014-2019 | “Design of the RF spectrum scanner prototype based on discrete components”supported by Elettronica Spa |
| 2017-2021 | “EUIMWP European Network for High Performance Integrated Microwave Photonics” funded by European COST Program |
| 2015-2018 | "FIWIN5G: FIber-Wireless Integrated Networks for 5th Generation delivery” funded by European Commission (H2020). www.fiwin5g.eu |
| 2015-2017 | "ROAM: Revolutionising optical fibre transmission and networking using the Orbital Angular Momentum of light” funded by European Commission (H2020) www.roam-project.eu |
| 2015-2017 | “SWaP constrained photonic-assisted RF transceiver for aerospace, cognitive radio and remote sensing applications”, funded by the Brazilian Agency CAPES. |
| 2014-2015 | “PETRA: Photonic Environment moniToring Risk Assessment” within the European Research Council Starting Grant “Proof of concept” (ERC). |
| 2014-2016 | “RAPIDO: Revolutionary Advances in Photonics Integration Being Applied for Optical Communication” funded by European Commission (FP 7). www.rapido-project.eu |
| 2014-2015 | "COMBINE: Multi-layer interconnection network based on optical angular momentum multiplexing & wavelength division multiplexing switching”, within the U.S.-Italy Significant Bilateral Projects, funded by Ministry of Foreign Affair. |
| 2013-2016 | “MINOS: MIcro- and NanO-structured photonic devices based on strained silicon for ultrafast Switching in datacom applications”, FIRB, funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research |
| 2013-2014 | “PREPaRE: PRE-industrial Photonic-based Radar dEsign” within the European Research Council Starting Grant “Proof of concept” (ERC). www.phodir.eu |
| 2009-2013 | “PHODIR: PHOtonic-based full DIgital Radar” within the European Research Council Starting Grant (ERC). www.phodir.eu |
| 2011-2012 | "INSIDE: toward Integrated photoNic-aSsisted fully-dIgital raDar transcEiver."within the European program Nexpresso, “Network for EXchange and PRototype Evaluation of photonicS componentS and Optical systems”. |
| 2009-2012 | ACEPLAN “ACtivE PLAsmoNics and lossless metamaterials” funded by Europen Consortium NanoSci-ERA. |
| 2008-2012 | EUROFOS Project "Pan-European Photonics Task Force: Integrating Europe’s Expertise on Photonic Subsystems” (Network of Excellence) funded by European Commission (FP 7). |
| 2008-2010 | GOSPEL “Governing the Speed of Light” by the European Commission (FP 7). |
| 2017 | “PAI-PL Automatic protection systems for railway level crossing” with National railway society RFI |
| 2016-2017 | “FUTURE : Radio FreqUency phoTonic technologies for eUropean militaRy systEms” with European Defence Agency. |
| 2015-2016 | "Optical beamforming transceiver for 5G”, with Ericsson. |
| 2012-2014 | "SOPHIA: Software-defined multicarrier wideband transceiver based on photonic technologies for TLC wireless applications” funded by Italian Defense Ministry. |