🏛 EU_PORTAL · 📍 EU
€500,000
2/9/2026
13/10/2026
European Defence Fund
Support for the functioning of SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools
Expected Impact:
Supported SEAPs are expected to rent office space, recruit personnel and start and uphold operations for a duration of at least one year.
Objective:
This call aims to provide support for functioning of established SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools.
Scope:
Proposals shall aim to support established SEAPs in their initial operations for a duration of at least one year.
Budget
The Commission is considering a total budget of EUR 10 000 000 for the call for proposals.
The maximum EU contribution per funded project will not exceed EUR 2 000 000 allowing several proposals to be funded.
Depending on the number and quality of received proposals and the requested Union financial contributions, the Commission may decide to reallocate budget between calls
described in section 5 of the call document (available shortly)
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
described in section 6 of the call document.
described in section 6 of the call document.
described in section 7 of the call document.
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
described in section 9 of the call document.
described in section 4 of the call document.
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document (available shortly)
Application form templates
Available shortly
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
For help related to this call, please contact DEFIS-EDIP-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu
Useful resources and documents, such as guidance and video tutorials on call contents and proposal preparation
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.