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Scope:
Proposals must demonstrate their disruptive impact on defence applications in order to accelerate the creation and deployment of novel solutions for armed forces and support the uptake of new civilian innovations in the defence sector. Proposals must focus on enhancing operational readiness and effectiveness, improving strategic decision-making and addressing emerging threats through cutting-edge technologies or products. Solutions must embrace disruption to enable armed forces to gain a technological edge and adapt to rapidly evolving security challenges, ultimately ensuring radical technological superiority over potential adversaries.
Proposals must address disruptive knowledge, products and technologies in any area of defence interest from TRL4 and above.
The funded actions should aim to achieve a rapid time-to-market.
Management mode: Action implemented in indirect management by the European Defence Agency.
Indicative number of proposals to be funded: Several proposals may be funded.
Range of financial contribution of the EU per proposal: The requested funding cannot exceed EUR 3 000 000.
Targeted types of activities: At least generating knowledge or integrating knowledge combined with design or increasing efficiency.
Indicative budget: EUR 27 000 000 for this topicy.
Other indication: The expected duration of each funded action is between 12 and 24 months. Projects of other durations may be accepted in duly justified cases.
| Item | Estimate | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Drafting effort | 3–4 weeks | single submission |
| Time to first payment | 6–9 months | cut-off → evaluation → grant agreement |
These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.
Two kinds of row. Most are the sentence we read the condition from, quoted out of the call itself. Some say plainly that they are not a quotation but the programme's own rule for this type of action, the EU portal publishes a table of contents where the conditions should be, so for a Research and Innovation Action the rate comes from the rulebook rather than from the fiche.
| Condition | Quoted from the call, or the rule behind it |
|---|---|
| Maturity | Proposals must address disruptive knowledge, products and technologies in any area of defence interest from TRL4 and above. |
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