Support for the functioning of SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools
Support for SEAPs to establish, manage, and maintain defence industrial readiness pools with funding up to €2M per project.
This call provides funding to support the operation of established Strategic European Action Plans (SEAPs) for at least one year. It aims to help SEAPs rent office space, recruit staff, and maintain defence industrial readiness pools. The total budget is around €10 million, with individual projects receiving up to €2 million.
Likely relevant for
- SEAP coordinators and managers
- Defence industry consortia
- Organisations involved in defence industrial readiness
- Entities managing defence pools
Project signals
What it funds
- Support for functioning of established SEAPs
- Establishing, managing, and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools
- Operational costs including office space and personnel recruitment
Expected outcomes
- SEAPs operational for at least one year
- Defence industrial readiness pools established and maintained
- Improved defence industrial coordination and readiness
Who can apply / participate
- Established SEAPs
- Legal entities involved in defence industrial readiness
- Check call document for consortium requirements
- Eligible countries described in call document section 6
- Eligibility conditions detailed in call document section 6
- Specific eligible applicant types and consortium rules to be confirmed in call document
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in section 6 of call document
- Country eligibility
- Consortium requirements
Money
Total budget approximately €10 million with maximum €2 million EU contribution per project.
- Total budget — 10000000EURCommission may reallocate budget between calls
- Max EU contribution per project — 2000000EURAllows funding of several proposals
Application notes
- Multiple cut-off dates: 13 Oct 2026, 16 Feb 2027, 28 Sep 2027.
- Proposal page limits and layout described in call document section 5 and application form Part B.
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions in call document section 6.
- Financial and operational capacity requirements in call document section 7.
- Evaluation and award criteria in call document section 9.
- Legal and financial set-up in call document section 10.
- Prepare proposal according to call document and application form guidelines.
- Submit proposals by multiple cut-off deadlines.
- Follow evaluation and award procedures as per call document and online manual.
- Call document and annexes available shortly.
- Check eligibility and consortium rules before applying.
- Budget and deadlines subject to change by Commission.
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 14:27 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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Topic description
Expected Impact: Supported SEAPs are expected to rent office space, recruit personnel and start and uphold operations for a duration of at least one year. Objective: This call aims to provide support for functioning of established SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools. Scope: Proposals shall aim to support established SEAPs in their initial operations for a duration of at least one year. Budget The Commission is considering a total budget of EUR 10 000 000 for the call for proposals. The maximum EU contribution per funded project will not exceed EUR 2 000 00 0 allowing several proposals to be funded. Depending on the number and quality of received proposals and the requested Union financial contributions, the Commission may decide to reallocate budget between calls
Conditions and documents
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)
Application form templates
Available shortly
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact DEFIS-EDIP-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu Useful resources and documents , such as guidance and video tutorials on call contents and proposal preparation Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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