Scope
Support area, target audience, and program content.
Eligibility for Türkiye: eligible. NATO DIANA is an accelerator programme that runs annual challenge calls for companies developing dual-use and defence-first deep technologies. Selected companies join a six-month accelerator programme, receive EUR 100,000 in contractual funding and top performers can access up to EUR 300,000 more in the next phase; the programme provides access to more than 200 test centres across Europe and North America. Target group: companies incorporated in a NATO member nation, headquartered and principally operating there, and majority owned and controlled by nationals of NATO member nations (including companies established in Türkiye); the technology maturity sought is typically TRL 4–7. Universities, public bodies and non-profit organisations cannot apply but may join the network as test centres. National channel: the Ministry of Industry and Technology NATO DIANA team (diana@sanayi.gov.tr); the Ministry and ODTÜ Teknokent jointly run the NATO DIANA Application Support Programme, and ODTÜ Teknokent serves as a DIANA accelerator site.
Status
Current availability and call status of the program.
Annual call. The 2027 cohort call opened in June 2026 and closed on 3 July 2026 (six challenge areas; the programme starts in January 2027). The date of the 2028 cohort call has not yet been announced.