ERA-MIN Joint Call 2019 - second call pre-announcement

Deadline: Mar 12, 2020  
CALL EXPIRED

Important dates

November 15, 2019 Publication of Call documents

November 28, 2019 Call for proposals opens

March 12, 2020 Call for proposals ends

April 16, 2020 Communication to non-eligible applicants 

June 30, 2020 Communication of Call results

December 1, 2020 Latest date for project start

ERA-MIN 2 is a Pan-European, global, innovative and flexible network of 21 public research and innovation funding organisations of EU countries and regions and non-EU countries that aims to develop the non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials sector: metallic, construction and industrial minerals. ERA-MIN 2 has successfully implemented two joint calls (2017 and 2018) for collaborative R&I projects and as a result a total of 28 transnational projects were supported with €21.1 million of public funding and €28.7 million total costs. This joint call will be implemented without EU co-funding and with only national and regional funds of EU and non-EU funding organisations

2019 Call scope and topics

The scope of the 2019 Joint Call is needs-driven research addressing all aspects of the non-energy non-agricultural raw materials life cycle covering both primary and secondary resources. The thematic areas and sub-topics are:

1) Supply of raw materials from exploration and mining

1. Exploration
2. Mining operations
3. Mine closure and reclamation

2) Design

1. Product design for increased raw material efficiency
2. Product design for reuse or extended durability of products
3. Product design to promote recycling
4. Product design for critical materials substitution

3) Processing, Production and Remanufacturing

1. Increase resource efficiency in resource intensive production processes
2. Increase resource efficiency through recycling of residues or remanufacturing of used products and components
3. Increase resource efficiency using information and communication technologies (ICT)

4) Recycling and Re-use of End-of-Life Products

1. End-of-life products collection and (reverse) logistics
2. End-of-life products pre-processing: pre-treatment, dismantling, sorting, characterisation,
3. Recovery of raw materials from End-of-life products
4. Increase recycling of End-of-Life products through information and communication technologies (ICT)

5) Cross-cutting topics

1. New business models (implementing circular economy aspects)
2. Improvement of methods or data for environmental impact
3. Social acceptance and trust/public perception of raw materials

We encourage proposals that integrate cross-cutting topics if supported by their funding organisations.

Participating countries and regions

Below the list of research funding organisations participating in the call and their indicative budget commitments. Please note that funding organisations marked with * are pending confirmation.

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