EU Defence Innovation Scheme under the European Defence Fund
EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS)
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.
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.
European Commission (DG DEFIS), European Defence Fund
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — 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.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, space, ai
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
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.
Source. https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defence-fund-edf_en — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked