GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The European Defence Fund (EDF) is the Commission’s initiative to support collaborative defence research and development, and to foster an innovative and competitive defence industrial base.

Project budgets (maximum grant amount) must not exceed the budget available for the topic (€78.000.000).

No fixed maximum number of projects but normally 1 is expected.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies), established in EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or listed EEA countries. Also they must have their executive management structure established in eligible countries and must not be subject to control by a non-associated third country or non- associated third-country entity (unless they can provide guarantees – see Annex 2 – approved by the Member State or EDF associated country where they are established).Applicants must be in possession of a valid Facility Security Clearance (FSC) at the level of SECRET UE/EU SECRET and have Communication and Information Systems (CIS) properly accredited by the respective national Accreditation Authorities to handle documents at the same level. The FSC and the CIS accreditation statements, signed by appropriate national authorities, must be submitted with the proposal support documentation.

Consortium composition Proposals must be submitted by minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries.