Innovative advanced materials and new production processes – reducing dependencies on Critical and Strategic Raw Materials (IA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for the EU and Processes4Planet partnerships)
- Funder
- European Commission · Horizon Europe
- Award amount
- €6,000,000 – €7,500,000
- Deadline
- February 2, 2027
- Eligible countries
- European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global
Summary
Open EU call topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-22 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL4-2027-01: INDUSTRY. Next deadline 2027-02-02. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-22
Expected Outcome: - Reducing dependencies of critical and strategic raw materials through partial or total substitution by safe and sustainable innovative advanced materials and/or via more efficient use of critical and strategic raw materials in production processes; - Speeding up the innovation cycle within value chain(s) important for European industry; - Enhancing competitiveness of the industries and operational costs, while making supply chains more secure; - New or improved production processes, innovative advanced materials and products that are safer and more sustainable, supporting a clean and autonomous economy; and - Demonstrating how the safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) chemicals and materials framework can guide innovation.
Scope: The focus of this topic is on alternatives for the substitution or more efficient use of critical and strategic raw materials[1]. The design and development of innovative advanced materials (IAMs) and processes should lead to an innovation cycle covering the (re)design of materials and production processes, and the integration of IAMs into products. Proposals should develop IAMs or process technologies to replace or reduce the use of critical and strategic raw materials in strategic areas and sectors such as energy, mobility, construction, electronics, medical devices or chemical industries. Proposals should address one or several of the following approaches: - Design, development and production with targets on performance, safety and sustainability of IAMs substituting or making a more efficient use of critical and strategic raw materials. - Innovative industrial processes for the reduction of the use of critical and strategic…
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