HORIZON-EIC-2026-DEFENCE-01 — EIC defence call
open Horizon Europe HORIZON-EIC-2026-STEP-DEFENCE-01
Data from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal · last checked 2026-09-09.
- Topic identifier
- HORIZON-EIC-2026-DEFENCE-01
- Call
- HORIZON-EIC-2026-STEP-DEFENCE-01
- Programme
- Horizon Europe
- Status
- open
- Opening date
- 2026-06-30
- Deadline
- 2026-10-28 (UTC)
- Indicative budget
- €100,000,000
- Type of action
- HORIZON EIC Equity Only
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Horizon Europe is the EU's framework programme for research and innovation (2021–2027), open to consortia of research organisations, companies and public bodies; civil-security research sits in Cluster 3, and results there are civil in nature.
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