Fast Track to Innovation for breakthroughs in the Chemical Industry Action Plan (Research and Innovation Action)
Fast Track to Innovation for breakthroughs in the Chemical Industry Action Plan (Research and Innovation Action) is a funding call from European Commission – Horizon Europe that closes 02 February 2027. Funding: Up to EUR 2,500,000 per project. Eligibility: Collaborative Horizon Europe project: legal entities in EU Member States or associated countries, normally as a consortium (standard Horizon Europe eligibility, Annex B). Consortia may include at most 6 participants.
- Funder
- European Commission – Horizon Europe
- Deadline
- 02 Feb 2027 (110 days)
- Status
- Open
- Amount
- Up to EUR 2,500,000 per project
- Region / eligibility
- EU Member States & Horizon Europe associated countries
- Career stage
- established / PI, industry / SME
- Fields
- chemistry
- Reference
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-62
- Official call
- EU Funding & Tenders listing
Eligibility in plain language
Collaborative Horizon Europe project: legal entities in EU Member States or associated countries, normally as a consortium (standard Horizon Europe eligibility, Annex B). Consortia may include at most 6 participants.
Who should apply
Synthetic, physical and analytical chemists — best fit for PIs and research groups or companies and SMEs able to join or build a multi-country consortium.
Summary from source
Expected Outcome: Proposals should describe a credible pathway from their project results and outcomes towards the expected impact of this Destination; Enable the acceleration of the market uptake of groundbreaking innovations in the decarbonisation of the chemical industries as well as alternatives to substances of concern. Scope: This open topic aims to speed up the adoption of new, groundbreaking innovations (starting TRL 4 ) as part of the Chemical Industry Action Plan, in the areas of decarbonisation of energy intensive industries, circular economy or breakthrough production technologies; as well as development of alternatives (new chemical substances, advanced materials or technologies) to substances of concern. Application of the SSbD Framework should be considered as appropriate.