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Support for the functioning of SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools

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Next cut-off
13 Oct '26
in 37 days
Call budget
€10M
across every grant here
Grants expected
,
not published for this call
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

What this call funds

Expected Impact:

Supported SEAPs are expected to rent office space, recruit personnel and start and uphold operations for a duration of at least one year.

Objective:

This call aims to provide support for functioning of established SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools.

Scope:

Proposals shall aim to support established SEAPs in their initial operations for a duration of at least one year.

Budget

The Commission is considering a total budget of EUR 10 000 000 for the call for proposals.

The maximum EU contribution per funded project will not exceed EUR 2 000 000 allowing several proposals to be funded.

Depending on the number and quality of received proposals and the requested Union financial contributions, the Commission may decide to reallocate budget between calls

Cut-offs

Later cut-off16 Feb 2027
Later cut-off28 Sept 2027

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-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.

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