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EU Defence Innovation Scheme under the European Defence Fund

EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS)

Status

Status not published

EDF publishes one main call cycle per year, typically opening in Q2 with deadlines in autumn. EUDIS accelerator and hackathon activities have their own windows.

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Amount
Not published

EUDIS bundles start-up-facing measures inside the European Defence Fund: dedicated calls for SMEs and non-traditional defence suppliers, a business accelerator with equity-free support, hackathons, matchmaking and an equity facility delivered via the EIF. Grant amounts are set per call; EDF projects range from about EUR 1 million to tens of millions.

Funder

European Commission (DG DEFIS), European Defence Fund

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — EDF publishes one main call cycle per year, typically opening in Q2 with deadlines in autumn. EUDIS accelerator and hackathon activities have their own windows.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicants must be established in the EU or Norway and not be subject to control by a non-associated third country, unless a guarantee is approved. Dual-use and defence-relevant technologies only.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defence-fund-edf_en · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu

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