Hackathons are awareness and outreach events that help to develop innovative solutions for EU defence actors. Hackathons bring together people of different expertise and with various backgrounds to solve defence challenges.
Participate or organise technological challenges: set-up testing environments for Research & Development. Different teams address a challenging objective using a common testing environment set up for that purpose.
The Defence Equity Facility stimulates the creation of a defence & security-related ecosystem of investors and facilitates access to equity finance for innovative companies
Disruptive Technologies Calls focus on enhanced or completely new technologies that bring about a paradigm shift in the concept and conduct of defence affairs such as by replacing existing defence technologies or rendering them obsolete.
EUDIS wants to enable Innovation Test Hubs across the European Union by allowing a consortium selected under the European Defence Fund to finance innovative SMEs and start-ups with little to no experience in the defence sector.
EUDIS targets SMEs, start-ups, and other small players new to the defence sector. The EDF includes specific calls targeting SMEs to lower entry barriers into the defence domain.
Spin-in calls focus on migrating your innovation from the civil to defence sector. In practice, these are open or thematic research or development calls published by the European Defence Fund.
Participate in hackathons held across Europe: develop your ideas, win mentoring and possibly prizes from local organizer. The first EUDIS hackathon took place from 31 May to 2 June 2024
Organise or participate in technological challenges: set-up testing environments for Research & Development and compare your solution with competing teams
SMEs, including start-ups, will be able to apply for Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP)/cascade funding grants organised by EDF-funded consortia
