Support for the functioning of SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools
Continuous call for proposals for supporting actions under the Programme · EDF-LS
What this call funds
This call pays for the day-to-day running costs of already-established SEAPs (defence industrial support structures), including renting office space and hiring staff, so they can operate for at least a year, particularly to set up and manage defence industrial readiness pools.
defence security
Who wins this
An already-established SEAP entity in the defence sector seeking funding to cover initial operating costs for at least one year.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- EDF-AG-LS
- Submission
- Multiple cut-offs (rolling call with several deadlines)
- Cut-off dates (5)
- 12 Nov 2026 · 16 Feb 2027 · 28 Sep 2027 · 27 Jan 2028 · 30 May 2028
- Type of action
- EDF Lump Sum Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Also required
- Maximum EU contribution per funded project is EUR 2,000,000, out of a total call budget of EUR 10,000,000; funded SEAPs must operate for at least one year.
- Sectors
- Defence · Aerospace · Cybersecurity
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document (available shortly)