EUROPEAN DEFENCE FUND (EDF) – 2nd call for proposals for industrial reinforcement actions under the Programme – 2027

Objectives

• To strengthen the competitiveness, responsiveness and ability of the EDTIB to reinforce EU industrial production capacity for key electronic components that constitute critical bottlenecks for key defence product
• To strengthen the competitiveness, responsiveness and ability of the EDTIB to reinforce EU industrial production capacity for key platforms and end-products

Priorities

• Priority 1: demonstrate the criticality of the targeted defence and associated production capacity
• Priority 2: justify the urgency of reinforcing availability and security of supply through the proposed industrial reinforcement activities
• Priority 3: set out an industrial reinforcement plan supported by a riskmanagement approach that addresses the identified risks and the measures to ensure availability and security of supply

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EDIP Programme (‘EDIP associated countries’; list of participating countries)
• Have their executive management structure established in eligible countries.
• Not be subject to control by a non-associated third country or non-associated third-country entity.
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• Single applicants or consortia may apply.
• Consortia must not exceed 15 legal entities.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 36 and 60 months

Projects of longer duration may be accepted in duly justified cases. Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

• Contact: DEFIS-EDIP-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: 275 million euros
• Budget per topic:
  • EDF-EDIP-P-2027-LS-IRA-KEC: 122.25 million euros
  • EDF-EDIP-P-2027-LS-IRA-PE: 152.75 million euros
• Amount of the grant: between 20.000.000 and 30.000.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate: up to 35% of the total eligible costs

You can apply for a higher project funding rate (42,5 or 50%) if your project is a ‘priority action’ (see details on the call document).

This grant is a lump sum grant.