Circular innovative advanced materials to market
Funds around seven projects, each worth EUR 5 to 6.5 million, to move circular advanced materials such as recyclable polymers and magnets from lab to market.
This topic is one of sixteen filed under the same call, HORIZON-CL4-2026-01 'INDUSTRY,' all sharing the 21 April 2026 deadline; budgets across the call range from a EUR 800,000 Coordination and Support Action up to a EUR 64,000,000 topic funding nine separate grants. Because the topic requires a business case and exploitation strategy, its own Part B page limit is extended by three pages beyond th…
The Commission wants research that speeds up how quickly recyclable polymers, composites, magnets and additive-manufacturing metal alloys reach the market, covering design, scale-up and end-of-life recovery. Proposals should build circular business models alongside the materials themselves.
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