Open Call 1 under the MaJoR project EDF has been started
Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine NRFU informs that the Open Call 1 under the MaJoR project of the European Defense Fund has been started.
Selecting about 30 pioneering solutions to help tackle the Innovation Challenges detected in five specific topics. The MaJoR Open Call is now launched and offers a unique opportunity for your organisation to develop innovative Maintenance/ Repair solutions and receive up to €60,000 in funding:
- Hybrid Structures for Defence Platforms: Multi-Material Design, Joining & Reversible Interfaces.
- Innovative Joining Technologies & Processes for Multi-Material Defence Structures.
- SHM, HUMS & Embedded Sensor Architectures for Next-Generation Defence Platforms.
- NDT for Bonded Joints – Maintenance, Repair, Bonding Initial Design & Diagnostics for Hybrid and Composite Structures.
- Digitalisation, AI & Decision Support Tools for Structural Assessment and Defence Maintenance.
Why should you participate?
Funding available: Up to €60,000 per recipient.
Mentoring and Training: Tailored 6-month Mentoring/Coaching and Support Programme to understand and access the defence market.
Collaboration/networking: Work with leading experts in the field of Maintenance, facilitate access to market and future development of your technologies.
Innovation & access to infrastructure: Validate cutting-edge solutions that will shape the future of industry, via demonstration/ physical testing and simulation-base services on platforms provided by MaJoR stakeholders.
Application period: 28 January 2026, 10:00 – 25 March 2025, 12:00 (CET).
Eligible applicants: SMEs, including startups, established in one of the eligible countries (27 EU Member States, Norway or Ukraine), complying with Ownership Control Restrictions, ethics/ security/operational and financial capacity requirements. Absence of any conflict of interest with MaJoR consortium partners shall be demonstrated.
For information.
MaJoR (Maintenance, Joining and Repair) addresses the need to strengthen the EU defence industry’s capability and secure European autonomy through cross-border collaboration and advances in material joining, maintenance and repair technologies across the air, sea, and land domains. By combining the multi-domain effort under one project, the cross-pollination of knowledge and techniques across industries and nations is stimulated.