Official call identifier: RAMP
Objective of the call
The Joint Transnational Call 2026 is the first call launched by the European Partnership on Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition (RAMP) under Horizon Europe.
The call supports transnational research and innovation projects that contribute to the sustainable supply and efficient use of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials. Projects should enhance access to raw materials, promote circular-economy practices, improve sustainability, minimise environmental and social costs, and contribute to innovation and industrial development.
Projects may address critical and strategic raw materials, although an exclusive focus on these materials is not required. The call covers the entire raw materials value chain, including primary and secondary supply, product design and production, and the use, reuse and recycling of products and components.
Scope of activities
Applications must address one of the following six topics:
Topic 1 – Ensuring a resilient supply of raw materials from primary sources
Projects may address the sustainable exploration, extraction, refining and processing of primary raw materials. Activities may include low-impact exploration, digital geological databases, resource assessment, automated mining, sustainable extraction technologies, waste minimisation, metallurgical processing, refining, process control and environmental or social impact mitigation.
Topic 2 – Targeting secondary sources to enhance access to raw materials
Projects should focus on recovering raw materials from end-of-life products, industrial waste, urban waste, mining waste and other anthropogenic sources and reintegrating them into supply chains. Activities may include recycling technologies, urban mining, re-mining, waste valorisation, digital material tracking, quality certification, material-flow analysis and secondary feedstock integration.
Topic 3 – Efficient and effective use of raw materials in design and production
Projects should improve product design and production processes to reduce raw material, water and energy use, minimise environmental and social impacts, enable material substitution, and facilitate product reuse, repair and recycling. Activities may include resource-efficient manufacturing, circular product design, modular architecture, digital twins, process optimisation and the substitution of critical raw materials.
Topic 4 – Overcoming technological barriers to circularity
Projects should develop knowledge, technologies and tools that increase the service life of products and components through reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing and repurposing. Activities may include prototypes, predictive maintenance, product-monitoring tools, decision-support systems, reliability assessment and digital product passports.
Topic 5 – Putting circular economy ambitions into action
Projects should address non-technological barriers to circular-economy practices. Activities may include circular business models, product-as-a-service models, financial instruments, standards, norms, governance models, regulatory frameworks, consumer engagement, social and behavioural change, and improvements to permitting and local implementation processes.
Topic 6 – Innovative approaches for analysing raw materials value chains
Projects should develop improved approaches to raw materials data management, modelling, traceability, standardisation and financial analysis. Activities may include dynamic value-chain models, supply-chain stress testing, life-cycle assessment, end-of-life analysis, mass-flow analysis, blockchain-based traceability and models addressing market or pricing fluctuations.
Proposals are encouraged to connect different stages of the raw materials supply chain, combine multiple disciplines, involve industrial and societal stakeholders, and demonstrate the added value of transnational cooperation. Projects must focus exclusively on civil applications. Activities related to sea mining are not eligible.
Eligible applicants
Applications must be submitted by transnational consortia comprising:
• At least three partners from at least three different countries
• At least two partners established in EU Member States or countries associated with Horizon Europe (described in General Annex A, General Annex B, General Annex C).
• At least three partners requesting funding from participating national or regional funding organisations and meeting the respective funder’s eligibility rules
The project coordinator must be eligible for and request funding from a funding organisation participating in the call.
Depending on national or regional rules, eligible applicants may include:
• Universities
• Public and private research organisations
• SMEs
• Large companies
• Consultancies
• Municipalities and other public authorities
• NGOs, stakeholder associations, societies and foundations
• Other eligible legal entities
Additional self-funded partners may participate, but they do not count towards the minimum requirement of three funded partners from three countries. Self-funded partners cannot coordinate the project.
The total project effort of one applicant may not exceed 50% of the consortium’s total person-months. Applicants from one country may not represent more than 60% of the consortium’s total person-months.
Participating countries and regions include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada – Québec, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, New Caledonia, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye and South Africa.
Applicant eligibility, eligible topics, eligible TRLs and funding conditions differ between the participating national and regional funding organisations. Applicants must comply with both the transnational call requirements and the rules of the funder from which they request financing.
Eligible costs
Eligible costs are determined by each participating national or regional funding organisation.
Depending on the applicable funder’s rules, eligible costs may include:
• Personnel costs
• Equipment and infrastructure-use costs
• Materials and consumables
• Travel and meeting costs
• Subcontracting and external services
• Dissemination and knowledge-exchange costs
• Depreciation costs
• Indirect or overhead costs
Applicants must consult the funder-specific rules before submitting their proposal, as eligible cost categories, calculation methods and cost limits differ between countries and organisations.
Funding conditions
Type of support: National or regional research and innovation grants awarded under the Horizon Europe co-funded European Partnership on Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition.
Each funded partner signs a separate agreement with its national or regional funding organisation. The European Commission co-funding is distributed through the participating funders and is not paid directly to project consortia.
Funding rate:
There is no common funding rate for the entire call. Each partner’s funding rate depends on:
• Its country or region
• The responsible funding organisation
• The type and size of the applicant
• The type of research or innovation activity
• The applicable national state-aid rules
The following explicit funding rates are stated in the call annex:
• Canada – PRIMA Québec: PRIMA funding covers 50% of eligible costs. Total public funding may cover up to 80%. Industrial partners must contribute at least 20% of project funding in cash.
• Switzerland – SNSF: Up to 100% for eligible higher education institutions and public research organisations.
• Czechia – TA CR: Up to 100% for higher education institutions and public research organisations; between 25% and 80% for companies, public bodies and eligible non-profit entities.
• Germany – SMWK Saxony: Up to 100% for eligible higher education institutions and research organisations.
• Denmark – Innovation Fund Denmark: Up to 90% for higher education institutions, research organisations and public bodies; between 25% and 75% for companies and non-profit entities; between 25% and 90% for other eligible entities.
• Finland – Business Finland: Up to 80% for higher education institutions and research organisations; up to 60% for SMEs; up to 50% for large companies.
• Finland – Research Council of Finland: Up to 70% of total project costs, including direct and indirect costs.
• Croatia – MZOM: Up to 100% for higher education institutions, public research organisations and eligible research-focused non-profit organisations; up to 70% for micro, small and medium-sized companies. Large companies must finance their own participation.
• Norway – Research Council of Norway: Up to 100% for approved research-performing organisations and up to 50% for companies and other undertakings.
• Poland – NCBR:
– Industrial or applied research: up to 75% for large companies, 80% for medium-sized companies, 80% for small companies and 100% for universities and research organisations.
– Experimental development: up to 50% for large companies, 60% for medium-sized companies, 70% for small companies and 100% for universities and research organisations.
• Portugal – CCDRC: Up to 85%.
• Slovenia – MVZI: Up to 100% for research organisations carrying out non-economic activities. The research results must be widely disseminated on a non-exclusive and non-discriminatory basis. Economic activities are funded according to the applicable state-aid framework.
• Slovakia – Slovak Academy of Sciences: Up to 100% for eligible institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
• Türkiye – TÜBİTAK: Up to 100% for universities, public research centres and other eligible public bodies; up to 75% for SMEs; up to 60% for large companies.
• South Africa – DSTI: Up to 90% for universities, research institutions, small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises. Large enterprises and mining companies are not funded.
Maximum grant per beneficiary:
There is no common RAMP-wide maximum grant. Funding ceilings apply separately to each national or regional participant.
Country-specific funding commitments and ceilings:
• Austria – FFG: EUR 1,200,000 call budget. Between EUR 100,000 and EUR 300,000 per project. Approximately four to five projects are expected.
• Belgium – BELSPO: EUR 250,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 250,000. One project is expected.
• Belgium – F.R.S.-FNRS: EUR 300,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 300,000. One project is expected.
• Belgium – FWO: EUR 700,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 350,000 per project, including overheads. Approximately two to three projects are expected. The overhead rate is 6% for fundamental research projects and 17% for strategic basic research projects.
• Belgium – SPW: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified. At least 40% of the budget requested by Walloon participants must be allocated to companies.
• Belgium – VLAIO: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. The annex states a minimum request of EUR 25,000 and a maximum request of EUR 3,000,000.
• Bulgaria – BNSF: EUR 450,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 150,000 per project. Up to three projects are expected. Overheads of up to 7% and financial-audit costs of up to 1% are included in the national rules.
• Brazil – CONFAP: Annex 1 lists a total commitment of EUR 1,923,838. Individual state limits include:
– Paraná: EUR 50,000 for one project.
– Amazonas: Maximum EUR 25,000 per project; EUR 50,000 total.
– Goiás: EUR 50,000 total.
– Minas Gerais: Maximum EUR 100,000 per project; EUR 300,000 total.
– Rio Grande do Sul: Maximum EUR 50,000 per project; EUR 100,000 total.
– Rio de Janeiro: Maximum EUR 84,612.66 per project; approximately EUR 253,838 total.
– Espírito Santo: EUR 100,000 for one project.
– Bahia: EUR 150,000 total.
– São Paulo: Maximum EUR 600,000 per project; EUR 800,000 total.
– Pará: Maximum EUR 25,000 per project; EUR 50,000 total.
– Paraíba: EUR 20,000 for one project.
– Rondônia: Funding limit to be confirmed.
• Brazil – EMBRAPII: EUR 3,000,000 call budget. No maximum request is stated. Participating companies must provide at least 10% of the total project value.
• Brazil – FINEP: EUR 3,000,000 call budget. Minimum and maximum funding amounts are determined through the national FINEP call.
• Canada – PRIMA Québec: EUR 625,000 call budget. Maximum CAD 500,000. The annex indicates an expected maximum of approximately EUR 300,000 per project and one to two funded projects.
• Switzerland – FOEN: EUR 180,000 call budget. Approximately one to two projects are expected. Indicative financing is EUR 60,000 per year for a project lasting up to 36 months.
• Switzerland – SNSF: EUR 660,000 call budget. Minimum CHF 100,000 per project. Maximum CHF 400,000 per principal investigator over three years, or CHF 266,667 over two years. Approximately two to three projects are expected.
• Czechia – TA CR: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 250,000 per project. Approximately four to five projects are expected.
• Germany – BMFTR: EUR 2,000,000 call budget. Minimum EUR 100,000 per partner. Maximum EUR 300,000 per partner, EUR 350,000 for a coordinator and EUR 450,000 collectively for all BMFTR-funded partners in one project. At least six projects are expected.
• Germany – SMWK Saxony: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified.
• Denmark – Innovation Fund Denmark: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. Minimum EUR 50,000 per Danish partner. Maximum EUR 300,000 per Danish partner or EUR 500,000 collectively where more than one Danish partner participates. Approximately four to eight projects are expected.
• Estonia – ETAG: EUR 300,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 150,000 for an Estonian project partner or EUR 300,000 where the Estonian applicant coordinates the project. One project is expected. Indirect costs are calculated at 15% of personnel costs, and subcontracting may represent up to 15% of the Estonian project budget.
• Spain – AEI: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. Minimum EUR 50,000 in total costs. Maximum:
– EUR 175,000 where one AEI applicant participates as a partner.
– EUR 275,000 where one AEI applicant coordinates.
– EUR 325,000 where one AEI-funded coordinator and one AEI-funded partner participate.
– An additional EUR 37,500 may be provided where the Spanish work plan includes substantial experimental activities.
Indirect costs are calculated at 25% of direct costs.
• Spain – CDTI: EUR 500,000 call budget. No mandatory maximum is specified. A minimum budget of EUR 175,000 is recommended. Overheads may represent up to 25% of eligible direct costs, excluding subcontracting and travel. Subcontracting may not exceed 50% of the participant’s eligible costs.
• Finland – Business Finland: EUR 2,000,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified.
• Finland – Research Council of Finland: EUR 1,500,000 call budget. Approximately five projects are expected. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified.
• France – ANR: EUR 1,500,000 call budget. Minimum EUR 15,000. Maximum EUR 500,000 per project where two or more partners request ANR funding.
• France – CNRTEC New Caledonia: EUR 150,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 75,000. Approximately one to two projects are expected. Overheads may represent up to 10% of total costs.
• Croatia – MZOM: EUR 500,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 125,000 per project. Approximately four projects are expected.
• Hungary – NKFIH: EUR 500,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified.
• Israel – Israel Innovation Authority: EUR 500,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified. Academic applicants must secure industrial-partner support equivalent to at least 10% of the support requested for the academic participant.
• Moldova – NARD: EUR 100,000 call budget. Between EUR 50,000 and EUR 100,000 per project. Approximately one to two projects are expected.
• Netherlands – NWO: EUR 2,000,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 400,000 per project. Approximately five projects are expected.
• Norway – Research Council of Norway: EUR 850,000 call budget. Minimum EUR 50,000 per Norwegian partner. Maximum EUR 375,000 for one Norwegian partner and EUR 425,000 collectively for all Norwegian partners in one project. Approximately two to three projects are expected.
• Poland – NCBR: EUR 1,500,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 300,000 for one Polish partner or EUR 400,000 collectively for all Polish partners in one project. Approximately four to six projects are expected.
• Portugal – CCDRC: EUR 350,000 call budget. The annex states a maximum of EUR 1,500,000 where the regional entity coordinates the international project and EUR 100,000 where it participates as a partner. The coordinator ceiling stated in the annex exceeds the funder’s listed call commitment and should therefore be confirmed with CCDRC.
• Romania – ANC through UEFISCDI: EUR 1,000,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 250,000 where a Romanian institution coordinates, including any additional Romanian partners, or EUR 200,000 collectively where Romanian organisations participate only as partners. Approximately four to five projects are expected.
• Sweden – Vinnova/SWEA: EUR 3,420,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 500,000 per project. At least seven projects are expected.
• Sweden – Swedish Research Council: EUR 1,500,000 call budget. The annex states a minimum of 150,000 and a maximum of 500,000 per project. At least three projects are expected.
• Slovenia – MVZI: EUR 1,200,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 300,000 per project and EUR 100,000 per year. Approximately four projects are expected.
• Slovakia – CVTI SR: EUR 100,000 call budget. The minimum and maximum request are both EUR 100,000. One project is expected.
• Slovakia – Slovak Academy of Sciences: EUR 240,000 call budget. Maximum EUR 120,000 per project. Two projects are expected.
• Türkiye – TÜBİTAK: EUR 750,000 call budget. The maximum amount per partner and project will be defined in the national call text.
• South Africa – DSTI: EUR 400,000 call budget. No mandatory minimum or maximum request is specified.
Total call budget: More than EUR 41 million, committed by 40 national and regional funding organisations from 27 countries. The European Commission provides additional Horizon Europe co-funding as a top-up to the national and regional budgets.
Indicative funding per consortium: The call expects an average total funding request of approximately EUR 1 million to EUR 2 million per transnational project. This is an indicative range rather than a formal minimum or maximum.
Project duration: Maximum 36 months.
Additional financial conditions for Slovenian applicants:
• Total Slovenian budget: EUR 1,200,000
• Expected funded projects: Approximately four
• Maximum funding: EUR 300,000 per project
• Annual maximum: EUR 100,000 per year
• Funding rate for non-economic research activities: Up to 100%
• Indirect costs: Up to 25% of eligible direct costs
• Eligible public-expenditure period: Budget years 2027–2029
• Eligible project-expenditure period: Up to 36 months from the project starting date
• Payment of project-related invoices may take place during an additional 30-day period after the project expenditure period
Deadline for submission
22 September 2026