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 2026-08-25 · 186 open calls with a future deadline (36 EDF/EDIP) · Source: official European Commission / SEDIA data.
Programmes covered
Next deadlines
| Deadline | Days left | Code | Programme | Title | Budget* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | ERASMUS-EDU-2026-PEX-COVE | Erasmus+ | Centres of Vocational Excellence | €68M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-11 | Horizon Europe | Reinforcing EU autonomous access to space through EU-based spaceports | €22.6M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-31 | Horizon Europe | Digital enablers and building-blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions (Space Partnership) | — |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-32 | Horizon Europe | Preparing demonstration missions for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions (Space Partnership) | €26M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-61 | Horizon Europe | Scientific analysis and exploitation of space data | €3.9M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-81 | Horizon Europe | Space critical EEE components for EU non-dependence – Radiation Hard FPGA on 7nm | €12.7M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-82 | Horizon Europe | Space critical EEE components for EU non-dependence – GaN MMICs mm-Wave Foundations (Phase A): Development and Industrialization of Semi-insulating SiC Substrate Capabilities | €6.9M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-85 | Horizon Europe | Critical Facilities Serving Space EEE components for EU non-dependence – High and Very High Energy Irradiation Test Facility Market Deployment | €3.9M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-86 | Horizon Europe | Space critical Equipment for EU non-dependence – Space Refuelling Interface | €2.9M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | HORIZON-JU-SNS-2026-FEM-STREAM-B-02 | Horizon Europe | Microelectronic – Front-End Module (FEM) | €14M |
| 2026-09-03 | 9 | ISF-2026-TF2-AG-OCDT | Internal Security Fund | Organised crime and drug trafficking | €16.6M |
| 2026-09-15 | 21 | CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC | CERV | Promoting an enabling civic space | €26M |
*Topic budget is the indicative envelope for the whole topic as published by the Commission — not what a single project receives. See all 186 open calls →
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