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EUDIS Defence Hackathon & Mentorship Programme Autumn 2026
The EUDIS Defence Hackathon is hosted in eight simultaneous national hackathons across EU Member States, Norway, and partners including Ukraine. Teams tackle pressing defence challenges and contribute to Europe’s innovation ecosystem.
Winning teams (from each national hackathon) gain access to 40 hours of mentoring over ~2 months, get to pitch to EU Member State representatives, and the top three EU-wide winners attend an international high‑tech event to pitch their solutions.
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Cyprus hackathon
Hosting organisations: C.D. Multimedia
City: Nicosia
Venue (s): Our base is at a secret venue in Nicosia | Prototype testing at the USRL Orounda Airfield, The Cyprus Institute
Co-organised with: Cyprus Defence and Space Industry Cluster (CyDSIC)
Under the auspices of: the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)
Hackathon Programme & Facilitation Partner: Citizens in Power
Local prizes (Cyprus)
- Monetary prize pool: €10,000
- €5,000 for 1st place
- €3,000 for 2nd place
- €2,000 for 3rd place
- Special category prize(s) announced at the event
- Access to a full post-hackathon support ecosystem including:
- GRAVITY Ventures offering incubation to selected high-profile teams
- Invest Cyprus, RIF and MoD (EDF National Focal Point) funding landscape orientation
- Commercial support for setting up a startup, access to testing and infrastructure
- A presentation slot at BATTLEFIELD ReDEFiNED 2028 for the winning teams
- Military end-users on-site to validate your ideas and people that you can talk to about access to finance
- Access to mentors from prestigious organisations like InvestCyprus, Plug and Play Cyprus, Gravity Ventures, Cyprus Seeds, The Flywheel, Citizens in Power (and the list keeps growing)
- Technical support from industry and research partners from Cyprus and abroad
- More exciting partnerships to be announced!
Sponsors and Partners