Objective

To support start-ups and SMEs developing innovative products and services that can impact in the raw materials sector or benefit our partners

Priorities

• Priority 1: to speed up a technology challenge to bring your solution closer to the market
• Priority 2: to accelerate market entry by dedicating financial resources for a specific segment or target market
• Priority 3: to facilitate product portfolio diversification, enabling product adaption or new product features to address a concrete market need

Among financed actions

• Exploration and raw materials resource assessment
• Mining in challenging environments
• Increased resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes
• Recycling and material chain optimisation for End-of-Life products
• Substitution of critical and toxic materials in products and for optimised performance
• Design of products and services for the circular economy

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: up to 12 months

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a Raw materials relevant start-up or spin-off companies at least registered at the time of application (registration certificate to be provided at the grant signature)
• OR be a Raw materials innovation- and technology-related SMEs (according to European Commission’s definitions) willing to boost their business through the introduction of new
  and innovative products and/or services

• Amount of the grant: up to 200,000 euro per year
• Lump sum funding