Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The European Defence Fund (EDF) is the Commission’s initiative to support collaborative defence research and development, and to foster an innovative and competitive defence industrial base.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This topic has opened under the call ”Research for disruptive technologies for defence applications” (EDF-2021-DIS-RDIS).
Research activities under this topic could include but are not limited to identification and analysis of material properties, such as (super)alloys or concrete composites, full functional 3D printed electrified structures, new technologies to further improve military propulsion, AM parts or structures for an improved protection of soldiers and equipment, specialized AM-materials for function and structure in next-gen ammunition and missiles or AM technologies for ballistic functional structures as well as new approaches to lightweight applications.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should consider the current state-of-the-art including additive manufacturing systems, materials and material properties. Additionally, the entire additive manufacturing process should be taken into account in order to evaluate and classify the planned activities within a project. Proposals are generally intended:
- To improve the understanding of the investigated AM-processes
- To further develop the manufacturing technology
- To evaluate the potential compared to other solutions
- To improve the performance of the products, processes or operations addressed by the proposal
For the previously mentioned areas, this means:
- Additive Manufactured Electronics (AME)
- Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Ammunition
- Additive Manufacturing for Protection
- Additive Manufacturing for Lightweight Structural Parts
Targeted activities: Activities aiming to create, underpin and improve knowledge.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Any consortium of eligible legal entities as defined in Article 9 of the EDF regulation and involving at least two legal entities established in at least two different Member States or associated countries. These two legal entities shall not, during the entire period in which the action is carried out, be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same legal entity, and shall not control each other.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Defense
172-174 Strovolos Avenue, 2048 Strovolos, Nicosia,
website: https://mod.gov.cy/
Telephone: 22 807500
Email: defence@mod.gov.cy
Department of Research and Innovation
Phones: 22 807755, 22 807754
Email: research.innovation@mod.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 30/09/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/defence-industry-and-space_en