Deadline: 23-Sep-21
The European Commission (EC) is seeking applications for Research infrastructures services enabling the development of materials for a circular economy.
Proposals aim at supporting the provision of trans-national and/or virtual access to researchers as well as training for using the infrastructures, and activities to improve, customise and integrate the services the infrastructures provide, so as to facilitate and integrate the access procedures and to further develop the remote or virtual provision of services.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:
- enhanced and increased society’s long-term and consistent problem-solving capacity and evidence-based policy making in areas of sustainable materials and green transition, including a better understanding of socio-economic implications, through the provision of innovative, customised and efficient RI services;
- development of a world-class European research and technology ecosystem underpinning the development of materials and materials processing and the related value chains;
- optimum exploitation of R&I services relevant for materials research for a circular economy;
- enhanced competitiveness of current and emerging industries through the availability of the most advanced research and technology infrastructures R&I services;
- breakthrough research and innovation in materials development and materials processing;
- materials enabling products with increased durability and/or reusability;
- cross-fertilisation and a wider sharing of knowledge and technologies across the various disciplines that contribute to materials for a circular economy;
- enhanced socio-economic impact of investments in research infrastructures from EU countries and from the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.
Legal entities which are established in countries not listed above will be eligible for funding if provided for in the specific call conditions, or if their participation is considered essential for implementing the action by the granting authority.
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