The Euroclusters open call invites collaborative cluster initiatives to support the recovery and resilience of Europe's industrial ecosystems. The key goal of this call for proposals is to support innovation and adoption of new processes and advanced technologies for strategic autonomy, to build capacity in the most critical areas of the relevant ecosystem(s) and to reinforce transformation into a greener, more digital, and resilient economy.
This call is expected to contribute to the following other supporting objectives:
- to establish networks and strategic partnerships to improve the resilience of the EU industrial ecosystems by developing and strengthening value chains in the EU Single Market;
- to provide training to foster upskilling and reskilling of the workforce and attract talents;
- to go international to boost access to global supply and value chains.
The call is divided into two strands:
- Strand 1 focuses on net-zero technologies and critical raw materials: this strand covers value chains within or across industrial ecosystems aiming at ensuring access to a secure and sustainable supply of net-zero technologies, including by scaling up the manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies and safeguarding supply chain resilience or/and at starting or expanding the extraction, processing or recycling of strategic raw materials, or the production and scale-up of materials that can substitute strategic raw materials in strategic technologies;
- Strand 2 covers value chains not covered in Strand 1
Each project application must address only one of these two strands.
The available total budget is 42 Mio. EUR. The maximum project duration is 36 months. Up to 16 projects will be funded (with at least 8 projects for Strand 1).
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities). The deadline to apply is 5 February 2025, 17:00 CET
