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Great-depth enabling technologies

Funds early-stage research into technology for monitoring and defending underwater infrastructure at depths down to 6,000 metres.

This is a single-stage action funded as an EDF Lump Sum Grant, with an indicative 2025 budget of EUR 23,000,000 for this topic. Funded work is a concept and evaluation phase rather than a finished system, intended as a stepping stone toward future seabed-warfare capability. Applications go through the EU Funding & Tenders Portal; country eligibility and financial checks are in the call document.

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.