Call for proposals dedicated to SMEs and research organizations

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Call for proposals dedicated to SMEs and research organizations Projects funded
  • Coordinators: European Defence Fund (EDF)
  • Allocated budget: 4 000 000€ (100% of eligible costs)
  • End of applications: 5 November 2024
  • Project duration: 12 - 48 months
  • Project submitted on: Open calls

Objective

Encourage innovative SMEs and research organizations to develop defense innovations, possibly by adapting civil technologies or addressing hybrid warfare challenges.

Scope / Areas of Interest

  • Monitoring and tracking physiological and cognitive state
  • Optimization of cognitive performance in human-machine interactions
  • Blockchain applications
  • Tools for improving cybersecurity talent recruitment
  • Artificial intelligence systems and autonomous robots
  • System health monitoring and life-cycle interoperability
  • Mechanical and chemical recycling of soldiers’ individual equipment
  • Technologies for safe water reuse in deployed military camps
  • Production of synthetic fuel from waste and biomass for military use
  • High-power microwave technology against electronic systems
  • Advanced printed circuit board technologies for defense electronics

Priorities

The following activities are eligible :

  • Knowledge genetion : Activities aimed at developing and improving knowledge, products, and technologies, including disruptive technologies with significant impact in the defense field.
  • Knowledge integration: Activities aimed at strengthening interoperability and resilience, including securing production and data exchange, mastering critical defense technologies, and effectively exploiting results.
  • Feasibility studies: Assessment to explore the feasibility of new products, technologies processes, or services.
  • Design: Development of technical specifications for a defense product or technology, with partial tests to reduce risks in an industrial or representative environment.

Submitted projects cannot include feasibility studies only.

Eligibility

Eligible Entities :

Applicants must be independent legal entities (public or private), not under the control of a non-associated third country (unless approved guarantees are provided by an eligible country).

Entity type :

Applicants must be SMEs or non-profit research organizations.

Eligible Countries :

Applicants must be established in an eligible country (EU Member States, including overseas territories, or EEA countries).

Consortium :

  • A minimum of 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries;
  • The coordinator must be an SME;
  • The budget allocated to research organizations must not exceed 40% of the total grant amount.
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