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 supports already established SEAPs, which are structures related to defence industrial readiness pools, in running their day to day operations. Money can cover renting office space, hiring staff, and sustaining operations for at least one year. It is not for setting up new entities from scratch but for keeping existing ones running and functional.
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Who wins this
An already established SEAP entity seeking funding to rent offices, hire staff and sustain at least one year of operations related to defence industrial readiness pools.
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
- Supported SEAPs must already be established and must sustain operations 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 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