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Strategic Partnerships for Raw Materials: Innovative Approaches for sustainable production of Critical Raw Materials

Funds joint EU-and-partner-country projects that extract or process critical raw materials more sustainably, pairing an EU downstream user with industry from one of four named strategic-partner country groups.

Consortia must include raw-materials industry from the chosen partner country alongside EU downstream users, and demonstrate the technology on that country's own mineral resources. To keep the four groups balanced, the Commission commits to funding at least the top-ranked proposal in each group, subject to quality thresholds. This is a single-stage Innovation Action funded as a lump sum, with four

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.