DEFRA — Defence-related Research Action
Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) & Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID)
About this opportunity
Belgium's national defence research programme funding Defence-academia-industry consortia; grown from €1M to €26M per call.
DEFRA is Belgium's annual defence research call, structured around triple-helix consortia that pair academia with industry. The Royal Higher Institute for Defence steers the programme's funding and project follow-up, while the Belgian Science Policy Office runs the call itself. Directed at the Belgian scientific community, it reaches a Ukrainian firm only through a Belgian institutional or industrial partner.
Eligibility
Annual call for Belgian research institutions and industry building R&T partnerships (triple-helix). A Ukrainian firm would participate through a Belgian partner.
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Aggregated from open, public sources and collected here for Ukrainian defense & dual-use companies. Details can change — confirm the current terms on the program's own page.