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    HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-04

    Coordinated topic with India on recycling of EV batteries

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    BATTERIES and ENERGY · HORIZON-IA · TRL 7–8 · Needs partners

    15 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €9.4M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected
    144
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds a joint EU-India project to build and run a pilot recycling line in India for lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles, aiming to recover materials like lithium and graphite more efficiently, safely and cheaply than current methods. It also supports better logistics for collecting, sorting and safely deactivating end-of-life batteries, including working with informal collection networks. The goal is to strengthen EU-India cooperation on battery recycling technology and align both regions' recycling practices with each other's regulations and priorities.

    batteries · energy storage · circular economy · waste recycling · environmental monitoring · electric vehicles

    Who wins this

    A consortium of European research institutions and industry players in battery recycling, working in coordinated partnership with an Indian project funded separately by India's Ministry of Heavy Industries, to jointly demonstrate a recycling pilot line in India.

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    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €9.4M
    Funding model
    Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    The project must include a work package coordinated with a linked project funded by India's Ministry of Heavy Industries; independent (non-aligned) projects are ineligible; Indian legal entities can only participate as associated partners since India is a third country under Horizon Europe.
    Sectors
    CleanTech · Energy · Mobility
    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 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). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: The project must include at least one work package for coordinated activities with the linked project awarded by the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the Government of India (MHI). Participation of legal entities established in India, which is a third country under Horizon Europe, is only possible as associated partners. 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 The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Grants awarded under this topic will be linked to the coordinated project funded by the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Government of India. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

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    AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH · AT
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    led 2
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