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    HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D3-15

    Production technologies for solar photovoltaics beyond the state-of-the-art (EUPI-PV Partnership)

    Opens 3 Dec 2026Live official EU data

    BATTERIES and ENERGY · HORIZON-IA · TRL 7+ · Needs partners

    31 Mar 2027
    Deadline
    3 Dec 2026
    Opens for applications
    €12M
    Indicative, per project
    ~3
    Grants expected
    381
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds projects that build and demonstrate next-generation solar cell and module manufacturing, aiming to beat today's best commercial efficiency while matching or exceeding reliability. It wants a working pilot production line at multi-megawatt scale, using automated and digitalised processes, to help rebuild competitive solar manufacturing capacity in Europe.

    solar energy · advanced manufacturing · renewable energy · energy efficiency · sme scaleup

    Who wins this

    This suits a consortium including manufacturers or scale-ups with a near-market PV cell/module technology ready to be proven on an automated multi-MW pilot production line.

    Could you win this call?

    We read your site to see what you build.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €12M
    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
    If satellite-based earth observation, positioning or timing data/services are used, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS.
    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). 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. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 381 past winners

    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · DE
    73 wins
    led 12
    ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS · EL
    47 wins
    led 9
    DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · DK
    40 wins
    led 9
    NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO · NL
    32 wins
    led 5
    COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR
    32 wins
    led 9
    RINA CONSULTING SPA · IT
    30 wins
    led 9

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