ASTRID
Funds France innovation teams building dual-use innovation for industry security from proof to commercialization.
ASTRID 2026 is the 16th edition of the Specific Support for Defence Research Projects and Innovation call, operated by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and financed by the French Defence Innovation Agency (AID). The program supports highly exploratory, innovative research projects of low to mid technology maturity that are useful to both the defence and civilian sectors — the dual-use req…
Information engineering, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Fluids and structures, Acoustic and radioelectric waves, Nanotechnology, sensors and components, Photonics, Materials, Energetic materials, Energy, Biology, health, CBRN defence, Human-systems interactions, Humanities linked to innovation management, Marine engineering and geoscience, Artificial intelligence.
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