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EU Co-funded Partnership on raw materials for the green and digital transition

Pays a EUR 90 million lump sum to a consortium of national and regional research-funding bodies, which then runs its own joint annual calls handing out grants of up to EUR 2 million to individual raw-materials projects.

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This is a Programme Cofund Action: the Commission funds the coordinating consortium — expected to be national, regional or local bodies that programme research funding, plus relevant ministries — which pools national and regional money and runs joint annual calls from 2026 to 2032, granting up to EUR 2,000,000 per third-party project. The total indicative partnership budget is EUR 300,000,000; the…

The call wants a European Partnership on Raw Materials that coordinates national and regional research programmes on non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials, covering the whole value chain from exploration to recycling and building on the earlier ERA-MIN network. Sea mining is excluded from the partnership's scope.

CycleiHow often this grant runs - e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.No fixed schedule
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.-
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.-
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.-
Award typeiThe form of funding - grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.70%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€90M

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