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This funding call focuses on creating a strategic EU partnership to ensure sustainable raw materials supply, essential for the green and digital transition. Aimed at aligning national and EU-level research and innovation priorities, this partnership fosters international cooperation with nations that are strategic partners for raw materials.
It emphasizes developing innovative solutions to meet the demands for critical and strategic raw materials, ensuring EU industrial value chains' security and sustainability. The partnership integrates research, development, and demonstration activities across multiple domains, including training, networking, and knowledge dissemination. Additionally, it aims to improve collaboration across various stakeholders in academia, research institutions, and the industry.
The initiative is structured to run annual R&I calls and facilitate project clustering, ensuring that the EU maintains a leading role in advanced material technologies while tackling societal challenges like resource dependency. Financial contributions from participating members are crucial to realizing this large-scale and ambitious program.
Opening: 22 May 2025
Deadline(s): 23 Sep 2025
Expected Outcome
- Increased security and sustainability of critical raw material supplies within the EU.
- Development of advanced recycling and recovery technologies to support the circular economy.
- Strengthened international collaboration to ensure strategic autonomy for raw materials.
- Enhanced EU leadership in sustainable raw material technologies and industrial innovation.
- Support for the green and digital transitions through reduced dependency on external resources.
Scope
- Establish an EU co-funded partnership to secure critical raw materials for the green and digital transition.
- Align national research and innovation priorities with EU-level strategies to enhance sustainability.
- Focus on innovative solutions for recycling, recovery, and processing of raw materials.
- Foster international cooperation with strategic partners to strengthen raw material value chains.
- Integrate research, training, and knowledge dissemination to address material supply challenges.