Advanced manufacturing for key products (IA) (Made in Europe partnership)
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Expected Outcome:
• Advanced manufacturing technology and machinery becomes available in Europe for the manufacturing of key and high-performance products;
• Where relevant, production becomes increasingly circular through the reuse of secondary raw materials; and/or innovative advanced materials are incorporated in manufactured products, leading to better performance and quality;
• Resource efficiency in terms of materials and energy is increased significantly; and
• Circularity, productivity and competitiveness are increased, and hence resilience of European industry is enhanced. Scope:
This topic addresses technologies and machinery for advanced manufacturing, focusing on manufacturing excellence and on increasing circularity, including through the better use of innovative advanced materials and secondary raw materials. The focus is on key manufactured components and products that are competitive and have enhanced performance, and contribute to Europe’s technological leadership in manufacturing, but which are at risk of being lost to Europe or rely on raw materials or parts whose supply is mostly coming from outside Europe.
Proposals should develop technologies and machinery to enable the manufacturing of these components with a minimal use of critical raw materials [reference to overall targets] or imported materials. This includes an increased use of secondary raw materials or biobased materials or revalorised components.
Where appropriate to enhance performance and quality, proposals should target the use of innovative advanced materials (such as lightweight, functionalised or self-healing materials). In this case, the development of the advanced materials should not be the main focus of proposals, nevertheless the necessary steps to adapt such innovative advanced materials to the needs of the manufacturing application should be included. These can include digital twins for materials as well as SSbD-design steps.
Examples of advanced manufacturing technologies and machinery include, but are not restricted to:
• Innovative additive manufacturing;
• Hybrid manufacturing (additive, subtractive);
• Photonics;
• Advanced joining technologies;
• Polymer composite manufacturing;
• Advanced technologies for surface treatment and structuring, to tailor surface properties for specific applications;
• Manufacturing of components with lightweight materials; and
• In-line testing. Proposals should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination.
Applications in the automotive industry may be considered. However, the production of batteries is not within the scope of this topic.[1]
International cooperation is encouraged, especially with Japan or Taiwan.
This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership Made in Europe.
Technology Readiness Level - Technology readiness level expected from completed projects
Activities are expected to start at TRL 5 and achieve TRL 7 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.
[1] The production of batteries (including for automotive use) is addressed by topic HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D2-03: Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility.
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- (time not stated)
- Opens
- Published
- Total budget
- €36,000,000
- Grant range
- €6,000,000 – €8,000,000
- Country
- European Union (EU-wide)
- Programme
- Horizon Europe (HORIZON)
- Funder
- European Commission
- Official page
- Open at the source portal
What applying involves
12 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.
Understand the call
- Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
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Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds
standard for this programme
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes — conditions §5a
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Check the grant's legal and financial set-up
standard for this programme
The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme] Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA): Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is … — conditions §6
- Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range
Check you are eligible
- Confirm your technology readiness level against the range the call states
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Check every partner is established in an eligible country
standard for this programme
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide — conditions §2
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Meet the call's other eligibility conditions
In line with the “ restriction on control in innovation actions in critical technology areas ” delineated in General Annex B of the General Annexes, entities established in an eligible country but which are directly or indirectly controlled by China or by a legal entity established in China are not eligible to participate in the action. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes — conditions §3
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Be able to show financial and operational capacity
standard for this programme
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes — conditions §4
- Check the conditions for financial support to third parties
Prepare the documents
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Prepare Part B of the Application Form
standard for this programme
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. — conditions
Submit
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Check the submission and evaluation process
standard for this programme
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual — conditions §5b
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Submit before the closing date shown above
The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline
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Similar opportunities
- Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for the EU and Made in Europe partnerships)
- Factory processes and automation for de- and re-manufacturing (RIA) (Made in Europe partnership)
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- Sustainable aircraft circular design and additive manufacturing, towards a climate neutral aviation
- Technologies for innovative processing of raw materials (IA)
- Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)
Where this came from
- Source document
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/horizon-cl4-2027-01-mat-prod-02.json
- Document fingerprint
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What has changed
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