The European Defence Fund co-finances collaborative defence research and capability development between companies and research bodies from several Member States.
The European Defence Fund co-finances collaborative defence research and capability development between companies and research bodies from several Member States. Its calls carry heavier eligibility conditions than civilian programmes, ownership and control of the applicants, security requirements, and a minimum number of participating countries, and those conditions are gates, not preferences.
9 calls use lump-sum funding, where you are paid for delivering work packages rather than for reporting costs. The next cut-off is 10 Nov 2026.
3 months carry a cut-off. Each links to every call closing that month, across all programmes.
The nine nearest cut-offs under this programme. Everything else is in the full list, where you can filter by deadline, applicant type and funding rate.
| Programme | Open calls | Published budget | Soonest cut-off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Europe | 367 | €11B | 30 Sept '26 | |
| EU External Action (EuropeAid) | 30 | , | 24 Aug '26 | |
| Creative Europe | 17 | €239M | 01 Dec '26 | |
| Digital Europe Programme | 12 | €185M | 01 Dec '26 | |
| Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values | 10 | €245M | 05 Nov '26 | |
| Other EU programmes | 5 | €34M | 13 Jan '27 | |
| Connecting Europe Facility | 3 | €1.2B | 30 Sept '26 | |
| EU agencies (EFSA, EUAA and others) | 3 | €905K | 30 Sept '26 |
Figures are computed from what European Defence Fund itself publishes. A call appears here only while a cut-off is still ahead of it.
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