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NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

NATO DIANA Accelerator

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Six-month accelerator with non-dilutive grant funding. DIANA has provided EUR 100,000 at the start of the programme with a further EUR 300,000 available to selected companies on completion; amounts have varied by cohort.

Funder

NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Annual challenge-based call, historically opening in the spring or summer for a cohort starting the following year.

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

Companies must be incorporated in a NATO member country. Dual-use technology focus; DIANA runs a network of accelerator sites and test centres across the alliance.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.diana.nato.int/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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