Defense grants
Explore grants for defense and dual-use technology companies. This directory includes funding for defense research, autonomous systems, sensing, secure communications and resilience technology, from defense ministries, innovation units and multinational security programs, with the eligibility rules each funder sets out.
Showing 25-48 of 1,181 grants
New abilities in over-the-horizon sensing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to develop long-range, over-the-horizon radar sensing technology as a lump-sum grant.
New turbofan engine
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to adapt existing civil turbofan research into a new engine for unmanned combat aircraft.
Non-thematic actions targeting disruptive technologies for defence
🇪🇺EDA · European Union
Pays up to EUR 3 million per proposal for disruptive defence technology anywhere in the field, from TRL 4 upward.
Non-thematic development actions by SMEs
🇪🇺EDA · European Union
Pays SMEs up to EUR 6 million each to develop innovative defence products, solutions or technologies of their own choosing.
Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations
🇪🇺EDA · European Union
Pays SMEs and research organisations up to EUR 5 million each for disruptive, TRL 4-plus defence research of their own choosing.
Quantum secured tactical networks
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a contractor to build quantum-secured software-defined tactical network technology for EU armed forces.
Secure digital military mobility system
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a contractor to build an encrypted mobile system that speeds up military mobility permits and clearances across EU borders.
Self-protection systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 24 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation self-protection systems for combat and non-combat aircraft.
Smart and multifunctional textiles
🇪🇺EDA · European Union
Pays a contractor to build smart camouflage textiles that hide soldiers from drone surveillance.
Smart technologies for next generation fighter systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 25 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation modular avionics architecture for a shared defence air cloud.
European Defense Fund National Co-Funding
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds Finnish startups, SMEs, large companies and research organizations completing EU-approved European Defense Fund R&D projects with a national funding top-up.
DARPA BTO Office-wide BAA
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States convergence work in biology, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology for strategic defense purposes.
ECDI - Dual-Use Drones Innovative Programme
🇪🇺ECDI · European Union
Pays manufacturing SMEs equity-free grants to advance a dual-use drone product by at least one technology readiness level.
FINEP Mais Inovação Brasil — Defense Industrial Base (Base Industrial de Defesa)
🇧🇷FINEP · Brazil
Funds strategic defense technology development in aerospace and advanced manufacturing.
Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Backs quantum navigation systems for use where GPS signals are jammed or denied.
iDEX Open Challenge
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Pays Indian startups and MSMEs up to ₹1.5 crore to pitch defence and aerospace technology.
NRL Broad Agency Announcement
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports naval research collaborations with universities, firms, and consortia for practical outcomes.
ONR Long Range BAA
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports Navy and Marine science teams through ONR Long Range access to opportunities across science and technology domains.
Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use - studies, works or mixed
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays for transport infrastructure upgrades that serve both civilian traffic and EU military mobility needs, from a EUR 130 million Military Mobility envelope.
Innovative Manufacturing Adoption Fund Stage 1
🇦🇺NSW Government · Australia
Funds NSW manufacturers with $10,000 to $50,000 to investigate adopting advanced manufacturing technology through feasibility studies, pilot projects and technology assessments run by an external consultant.
Integrated Surveillance Mechanism: Regional Cable Hubs Pilot
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one pilot project to test how private-sector data can feed Regional Cable Hubs that monitor threats to Europe's submarine cables.
Missiles, ammunition and bombs
🇺🇦European Commission · European Union
Pays joint EU-Ukraine defence-industry consortiums up to €30 million per project to scale up production of missiles, ammunition and bombs for Ukraine.
Support for SEAP Functioning and Defence Industrial Readiness Pools
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays already-established SEAPs to fund at least a year of operations, including running defence industrial readiness pools.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 – 2027 Round 3
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
A university and a business share a graduate for a project neither could run alone.