EUROPEAN DEFENCE FUND – Development actions implemented via lump sum grants targeting disruptive technologies for defence – 2026

Objectives

• To improve detection, tracking and identification capabilities over wide areas and with minimum latency
• To follow up and complement previous activities in the field of over-the horizon (OTH) sensing

Among financed actions

• Activities that aim to increase interoperability and resilience to strengthen the security of supply or to enable the effective exploitation of results for defence products and technologies
• Studies
• Design of a defence product
• System prototyping of a defence product
• Testing of a defence product
• Qualification of a defence product
• Certification of a defence product
• Development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • Non-EU countries:
    • Listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EDF Programme (‘EDF associated countries’; list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal
• A consortium composed of minimum 2 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 2 different eligible countries must be constituted

Additional information

• Contact: DEFIS-EDF-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 29 million euros
• Amount of the grant: must not exceed the budget available for the topic

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate: between 20% and 100% of the total eligible costs

This grant is a lump sum grant.