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Home / Horizon Europe / HORIZON-EIC-2026-DEFENCE-01

EIC defence call

Open now · HORIZON EIC Equity Only · HORIZON-EIC-2026-DEFENCE-01

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Next cut-off
28 Oct '26
in 52 days
Per grant
€10M
the call's own average
Grants expected
10
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of Horizon Europe

This grant€10M
The track runs to the largest grant in Horizon Europe (€171M). The median across the 482 calls we publish is €5.3M, this one is above it.

What this call funds

EIC defence call

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.

Also open in HE

CallNext cut-offPer grant
ERA FellowshipsHORIZON-WIDERA-2026-05-WIDENING-01 · Horizon Europe · single applicant* 09 Sept '26in 3d €160Kper grant MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026HORIZON-MSCA-2026-PF-01-01 · Horizon Europe · single applicant* 09 Sept '26in 3d €399Mcall budget Advanced data platforms to integrate whole life carbon in building information tools, assessments, and certification (Built4People Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D4-03 · Horizon Europe · consortium of 3+* 15 Sept '26in 9d €5.3Mper grant Producing battery-grade materials for electrodes through sustainable processing and refining of raw materials or developing bio-based materials (BATT4EU Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-01 · Horizon Europe · consortium of 3+* 15 Sept '26in 9d €7.1Mper grant Low disturbance prefabrication approaches for deep renovation of multi-storey buildings (Built4People Partnership)HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D4-02 · Horizon Europe · consortium of 3+* 15 Sept '26in 9d €7.0Mper grant

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