Funding Radar: NATO Diana announces 2027 challenge topics

02 Jun 2026 | News

Applications for the 2027 cohort are open until July 3, with €100,000 in funding available

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NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) has opened submissions for next year’s cohort of start-ups to join its six-month dual-use business accelerator programme.

The accelerator includes a six-month bootcamp and €100,000 in contractual funding for developing proposed solutions to one of next year’s six challenges. These are: 

  • Human survivability
  • Multidomain autonomy of uncrewed systems 
  • Multidomain sensing and advanced data processing for intelligence and surveillance
  • Operational resilience in contested environments
  • Responsive logistics