DIANA
NATO DIANA Challenge Call for 2026 Cohort
closedID: CHA-26-01 / CHA-26-02 / CHA-26-03 / CHA-26-04 / CHA-26-05 / CHA-26-06 / CHA-26-07 / CHA-26-08 / CHA-26-09 / CHA-26-10
🛡️ Defence Technology⚔️ Dual-Use💡 Innovation / R&D🏢 SME Support
DIANA's 2025 Challenge Call sought dual-use, deep tech solutions across ten challenge areas: Energy & Power, Advanced Communication Technologies, Contested Electromagnetic Environments, Human Resilience & Biotechnology, Critical Infrastructure & Logistics, Operations in Extreme Environments, Maritime Operations, Resilient Space Operations, Autonomy & Unmanned Systems, and Data Assisted Decision Making. Selected innovators receive contractual funding across two accelerator phases and access to DIANA's network of test centres, mentors, and investors across the Alliance.
- Deadline
- 11 Jul 2025
- Open date
- 02 Jun 2025
- Funding
- €100,000 – €400,000
- TRL
- 4 – ?
- Eligible entities
- startup, SME, company
- Eligible countries
- NATO
- Topics
- energy, communications, electromagnetic, biotechnology, critical_infrastructure, extreme_environments, maritime, space, autonomy, decision_support