This week sees €35 million offered for disruptive innovation projects led by SMEs and research organisations

The Agile scheme will aim to boost start-up access to finance as the EU revamps defence R&D support in lead up to the next EU budget

New action plan to support drones and counter-drone systems focuses on testing facilities, standards and industrial ramp-up

Seven calls for collaborative research, two spin-in actions and one innovation challenge are open for proposals until September 29

The Commission will launch a pilot instrument with much faster call procedures within the next month, the Science|Business conference heard

Under a new proposal, the EIC would fund dual-use technologies and defence would become the fourth priority of the STEP programme

The European Defence Fund launches a new business accelerator this year and opens multiple calls for research 

Experience from the war with Russia can be shared, but securing funding for collaboration is not straightforward

European Defence Fund calls due as EU leaders press for more coordinated defence and security funding