PROGRAMME SUMMARY
The Directorate of Defence of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, the Ministry of the Economy, the National Research Fund and Luxinnovation join forces to launch a funding opportunity that supports consortia of private companies and public research institutions in conducting R&D projects to develop defence technologies (products, services and systems).
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Goal of the call
Development and validation of innovative defence solutions that could benefit the Luxembourgish army, international defence organisations (EU, NATO), and defence forces of allied nations. These solutions should aim at being integrated in EU or NATO defence development projects or programmes such as those carried out under the EDA, EDF or NATO frameworks.
Call topics
In line with national, European and NATO defence priorities and strategies, proposals are welcome, but not limited, to the following defence technological categories:
– Materials,
– Space,
– Cyber,
– Autonomous systems and AI,
– Circularity in defence
FUNDING & DURATION
The FNR will fund the costs of the eligible public research organizations in Luxembourg, up to 750.000 € per project, covering project-specific costs.
Project durations are targeted for a max 36 months period.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
The application for public research organizations will be made via the FNR grant management system.
Employees from companies and research organizations taking part in the project need to have nationalities of a NATO Member Country, from an EU EEA/EFTA Country, Ukraine or from one of the following NATO Indo-Pacific Partners, Australia, Japan, Republic of South Korea and New Zealand.