Open EU Defence & Dual-Use Funding Calls — Deadlines, Budgets & the Full Calendar
A live calendar of every open EU defence and dual-use funding call, sorted by deadline. It covers the European Defence Fund (EDF), the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) and defence- and security-relevant Horizon Europe topics — each with its code, programme, deadline, indicative topic budget and the official EU Funding & Tenders Portal link.
Updated 2026-10-10 · 68 open calls with a future deadline (9 EDF/EDIP) · Source: official European Commission / SEDIA data.
What changed recently
Since the 2026-08-07 snapshot: 23 new · 3 deadlines moved · 135 closed.
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01 — Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NAPT-11-01 — Neutral-Atom Platform Technologies deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01 — Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01 — Next-Generation QKD Systems deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-TIPT-09-01 — Trapped-Ion Platform Technologies deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-SPT-10-01 — Superconducting Platform Technologies deadline 2026-11-17
- HORIZON-EIT-2026-PRIZE-WIP-LEADERSHIP — Women Leadership Category deadline 2026-12-01
- ISF-2026-TF2-AG-CYBER-DIGITAL — Digital Investigations deadline 2026-12-15
… plus 15 more in the calendar below.
- EDF-EDIP-USI-2026-LS-IRA-MAB: 2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
- PPPA-2026-REGIONAL-SUBMARINE-ISM-CABLE-HUBS: 2026-10-08 → 2026-11-19
- CEF-DIG-2026-CABLE-REPAIR-CAPACITIES-WORKS: 2026-10-08 → 2026-11-25
- HORIZON-EURATOM-LS-2026-01-02 — Safety of SMRs, advanced and innovative nuclear reactors and fuels
- RFCS-2026-BT-STEEL-SMAP-DUAL-USE — RFCS-2026-Steel-Big Tickets under the steel and metals action plan dual-use
- HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D6-01 — Flagship-pilot: large-scale demonstrations of CCAM (CCAM Partnership)
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09 — Balancing food security, bioeconomy, climate and biodiversity objectives to unlock sustainable value chains
- HORIZON-EURATOM-LS-2026-01-06 — Support for the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform to address cross-sectoral challenges and non-power applications of ionising radiation
- CEF-T-2026-MILMOB-WORKS — Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use - studies, works or mixed
- HORIZON-EURATOM-LS-2026-01-05 — Towards a European production of stable isotopes for novel nuclear medicine therapies (SAMIRA/ERVI)
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06 — Boosting agrobiodiversity for food security and sustainable competitiveness
… plus 127 more.
Programmes covered
Next deadlines
| Deadline | Days left | Code | Programme | Title | Budget* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | 3 | EDF-EDIP-P-2026-FNLC-CPA-AMEW | EDF | Ammunition, missiles and other explosive weapons | €90M |
| 2026-10-13 | 3 | EDF-EDIP-P-2026-FNLC-CPA-CDS | EDF | Counter-drone systems | €90M |
| 2026-10-13 | 3 | HORIZON-CL2-2026-02-TRANSFO-01 | Horizon Europe | Co-funded European Partnership for Social Transformations and Resilience | €60M |
| 2026-10-14 | 4 | ERC-2027-STG | Horizon Europe | ERC Starting Grant | €594.1M |
| 2026-10-28 | 18 | HORIZON-EIC-2026-DEFENCE-01 | Horizon Europe | EIC defence call | €100M |
| 2026-10-28 | 18 | HORIZON-EIC-2026-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03 | Horizon Europe | DeepRAP: Deep Reasoning, Abstraction & Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI Systems | €96M |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-01 | Horizon Europe | Advanced border surveillance and situational awareness | €12M |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-02 | Horizon Europe | Accessible and available travel facilitation | — |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-03 | Horizon Europe | Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management | €1.3M |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-01 | Horizon Europe | Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparedness | — |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02 | Horizon Europe | Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impacts | — |
| 2026-11-05 | 26 | HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03 | Horizon Europe | Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditions | — |
*Topic budget is the indicative envelope for the whole topic as published by the Commission — not what a single project receives. See all 68 open calls →
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