Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations

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Grant Name

Funder

European Defence Fund (EDF)

European Commission

Deadline

2023-11-22 (Expired)

Grant Size

€36000000

Eligibility

1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document

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

5. Evaluation and award:

Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document

Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual

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 documents:

Call document

Templates for proposals should be downloaded from the Submission System (available at the opening of the call), the links below are examples only:

EDF Standard application form
Detailed budget table LS RA
Participant information (including previous projects, if any)
List of infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources
Actual indirect cost methodology declarations (if actual indirect costs used)
Ownership control declarations
PRS declaration (if the project requires access to Galileo PRS information)

EDF General MGA v1.0

Lump Sum MGA v1.0

Additional documents:

EDF Annual Work Programme

EDF Regulation 2021/697

EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Grant Number

EDF-2023-LS-RA-SMERO-NT

Description

Objective:

This call topic encourages the driving role of innovative SMEs and Research Organisations (RO) in bringing forward innovation defence research, possibly by adapting technologies from civil applications or addressing hybrid warfare.

Successful SME beneficiaries will be offered Business Coaching, to reduce the time of bringing the results to the next phase, e.g., development

Scope:

The proposals must address innovative technologies and solutions for defence, including those that can improve readiness, deployability, reliability, safety and sustainability of forces in defence tasks and missions, for example in terms of operations, equipment, infrastructure, energy solutions, surveillance systems or digital solutions.

The proposals may address any area of interest for defence, such as, but not limited to, the following ones:

blockchain applications (e.g. for identification of friend or foe);
tools and applications improving cybersecurity talents screening;
artificial intelligence and robotic autonomous systems;
future naval platform control and management;
smart damage control related to future naval platforms;
ship signature management;
secure and reliable underwater communication solutions and interfaces (radiofrequency, acoustic, optic or others);
measurement and monitoring of physiological and cognitive state of soldiers;
solutions for mechanical and “green” chemical recycling of waste of soldier individual equipment (uniforms, helmets, boots, rucksacks, plastic elements, harness, etc.);
concepts and corresponding technologies to ensure a safe water reuse throughout the entire water cycle of a deployable camp or a deployed combat group;
synthetic fuel production from waste and biomass for military use.

Types of activities

The following table lists the types of activities which are eligible for this topic (see Article 10(3) EDF Regulation):

Types of activities (art 10(3) EDF Regulation)		Eligible?
(a)	Activities that aim to create, underpin and improve knowledge, products and technologies, including disruptive technologies, which can achieve significant effects in the area of defence (generating knowledge)	Yes
(b)	Activities that aim to increase interoperability and resilience, including secured production and exchange of data, to master critical defence technologies, to strengthen the security of supply or to enable the effective exploitation of results for defence products and technologies (integrating knowledge)	Yes
(c)	Studies, such as feasibility studies to explore the feasibility of new or upgraded products, technologies, processes, services and solutions	Yes
(d)	Design of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology as well as the definition of the technical specifications on which such a design has been developed, including any partial test for risk reduction in an industrial or representative environment	Yes
(e)	System prototyping of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology	No
(f)	Testing of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology	No
(g)	Qualification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology	No
(h)	Certification of a defence product, tangible or intangible component or technology	No
(i)	Development of technologies or assets increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies	No

The proposals must not cover studies only.

The proposals must describe a clear work breakdown structure and link the proposed tasks to eligible activities.

The proposals should include clear descriptions of the proposed criteria to assess work package completion.

Functional requirements

This call topic is open to any technological research for defence. The proposals should describe the targeted functionalities and the foreseen means to measure progress toward the achievements of these functionalities.

Expected Impact:

Innovative and cost-effective solutions for defence applications.
Ground-breaking or novel concepts and approaches, new promising future technological improvements or the application of technologies or concepts previously not applied in the defence sector.
Enhanced innovation capacity across Europe by involvement of SMEs that can make a difference in the future.
Potential for future market creation for SMEs, especially by facilitating access of SMEs to defence markets and supply chains.
Contribution to the development of European research and technology ecosystems and to the strengthening of European defence supply chains.

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link

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