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    HORIZON-CL5-2027-02-D3-30

    Advancements in Direct Air Capture

    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
    €8M
    Indicative, per project
    ~2
    Grants expected
    381
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds large-scale demonstration projects for Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology, aiming to pull carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere more cheaply and efficiently. Projects should scale up existing DAC solutions to pilot-plant level, improve material and process performance, and prove they can work with variable renewable energy supply. A full life-cycle environmental assessment of the DAC system is required.

    carbon capture · climate adaptation · renewable energy · advanced materials · sustainable materials

    Who wins this

    A consortium of technology developers and industrial partners with an existing DAC technology ready to be scaled up to pilot demonstration (TRL7) in real-world conditions.

    Could you win this call?

    We read your site to see what you build.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €8M
    Funding model
    Lump sum — paid per completed work package, no financial reporting of actual 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 Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. 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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