EDF Partner Pool – Platform and virtual marketplace for the EDF calls

March 5, 2026, Thursday News

The EDF Partner Pool platform is a virtual marketplace powered by the Enterprise Europe Network aimed at previously validated participants to search potential partners, promote project opportunities and close consortia for the European Defence Fund 2026 Topics. It offers a unique tool for long-term matchmaking, networking and training in the context of the EDF calls.

Scope of the Initiative:

On EDF Partner Pool Platform, only validated and eligible EDF participants can search for potential partners and showcase their expertise and capabilities in the field of defence, as well as close consortia for their project ideas. The tool enables participants to directly send messages to each other, to schedule meetings at any available time and to take part in virtual 1:1 session to discuss cooperation opportunities.

The EDF Work Programme 2026 addresses  31 call topics in total, structured along seven thematic calls for proposals, three non-thematic calls for proposals, one action to focus on threats from hypersonic glide vehicles, and two actions in support of the EU Alliance for defence medical countermeasures.