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Accelerators

NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

NATO DIANA Accelerator

Status

Usually opens in June and July

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
€400,000

Selected DIANA Innovators receive EUR 100,000 contractual funding for the Accelerator Programme, and may receive up to a further EUR 300,000 to iterate and demonstrate their solution.

Funder

NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — DIANA's challenges for 2027 have closed (proposals were due 3 July 2026; selection announced December 2026; cohort starts January 2027). Targeted Dynamic Challenges are rolled out throughout the year.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Companies from across the Alliance (NATO member countries) providing legal name, place of registration, HQ and ownership/control attestations. Start-ups and SMEs benefit most; universities and non-profit groups are not eligible; technology at TRL 4 or above.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.diana.nato.int/challenges.html

"DIANA's Challenges for 2027 have now closed."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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