diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
index 78aed1a69..948b7d6de 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProjects.java
@@ -97,10 +97,26 @@ public class PrepareProjects {
 			if (csvProject.isPresent()) {
 
 				String[] programme = csvProject.get().getProgramme().split(";");
+				String topic = csvProject.get().getTopics();
+				String topicdescription = Optional
+					.ofNullable(csvProject.get().getTopics())
+					.map(topics -> {
+						if (topic.equalsIgnoreCase(value._1().getTopiccode())) {
+							return value._1().getTopicdescription();
+						}
+						return null;
+					})
+					.orElse(null);
+
 				Arrays
 					.stream(programme)
 					.forEach(p -> {
 						CSVProject proj = new CSVProject();
+						proj.setTopics(topic);
+						if (topicdescription != null) {
+							proj.setTopicdescription(topicdescription);
+						}
+
 						proj.setProgramme(p);
 						proj.setId(csvProject.get().getId());
 						csvProjectList.add(proj);