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# European Commission opens EIC Fund investment guidelines to defence and larger tickets
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-27-eic-fund-guidelines-defence/
- Published: 2026-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:49:43.000Z
- Description: The European Commission revised EIC Fund investment guidelines for the EIC Accelerator and STEP Scaleup schemes, explicitly making defence related activities eligible and allowing larger ticket sizes for scaleups; no new budget envelope was announced.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [European Innovation Council news page, 27 August 2026](https://eic.ec.europa.eu/news/european-commission-updates-eic-fund-investment-guidelines-eic-accelerator-and-step-scaleup-2026-08-27%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any defence company has yet received EIC Fund money under the revised rules.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EU-wide rule change opens EIC funding to defence, but no firm funded yet, no tech shifts. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)