EU Co-funded Partnership on raw materials for the green and digital transition (Co-funded partnership Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition)
INDUSTRY · HORIZON-COFUND · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call co-funds a partnership that coordinates national and regional research programmes on raw materials across Europe and partner countries, aiming to boost secure, sustainable supply of critical raw materials for green and digital industries. It funds a single large partnership body that will run joint annual calls giving grants to third-party research and innovation projects covering exploration, extraction, processing and recycling of raw materials. It does not fund individual companies directly but rather the coordinating structure that redistributes funding.
circular economy · advanced materials · sustainable materials · regional development · waste recycling
Who wins this
This call suits a consortium of public national or regional research-programme-owning institutions (and relevant ministries) that will jointly manage and co-fund a raw materials R&I partnership, not individual companies seeking direct grants.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €90M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Cut-off dates (2)
- 22 Sep 2026 · 15 Feb 2027
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, research organisation, national/regional R&I programme owner or funder, ministries and public institutions responsible for raw materials or R&I policy
- Funding rate
- 30% of eligible costs, max EUR 90 million EU contribution
- Support to third parties
- Financial support to third parties via cascading grants is a primary activity; maximum EUR 8 million per individual third party (topic scope text mentions EUR 2 million cap in one section, but legal set-up section specifies EUR 8 million maximum).
- Also required
- Coordinator role limited to public institutions that are R&I programme owners or funders; participation limited to entities in EU Member States, Associated Countries, OECD, African Union, MERCOSUR, CARIFORUM, Andean Community, and countries with EU raw materials strategic partnerships or relevant trade agreements; sea mining excluded; retroactive start date possible with justification.
- Sectors
- AI/ML · Deep Tech · Manufacturing · Aerospace
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions To increase EU resilience in raw materials supply chains and thus reduce the serious risk to the Union's strategic assets, economic and societal interests, autonomy and security associated with the current EU reliance on a few third countries for critical raw materials, by increasing sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary and secondary raw materials necessary to enable the green and digital transition and in alignment with the objectives of the Critical Raw Materials Act[[ https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/raw-materials-diplomacy_en Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj).]], participation in this topic is limited to legal entities established in Member States, associated countries, OECD countries, African Union Member States, MERCOSUR, CARIFORUM, Andean Community and countries with which the EU has concluded strategic partnerships on raw materials[[https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/raw-materials-diplomacy_en]] as well as trade agreements (or association/economic partnership or equivalent agreements, including the new Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships) containing raw materials cooperation provisions (i.e. Energy and Raw materials chapters)[[https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/negotiations-and-agreements_en]]. The choice of these countries was made taking into consideration the development of strategic international partnerships on raw materials and avoidance of reinforcing existing over-dependencies, as well as the importance of involving partners committed to pursuing open trade in such materials. Proposals including legal entities which are not established in the countries that fall under the criteria above will be ineligible. The coordinator role of the action is limited to public institutions being R&I programme owners or funders. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in countries with which the EU has established strategic partnerships for raw materials[[ https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/raw-materials-diplomacy_en Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj).]], as well as in countries which were participating in ERAMIN 3[[ https://www.era-min.eu/about-era-min-3]], are exceptionally eligible for Union funding. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The EUR 60 000 threshold provided for in Article 208(a) of the Financial Regulation No 2024/2509 does not apply, as financial support provided by the participants to third parties is one of the primary activities of this action in order to be able to achieve its objectives. The maximum amount of FSTP to be granted to an individual third party is EUR 8 million. The funding rate is 30% of the eligible costs. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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