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    HORIZON-CL5-2027-03-D5-03

    Data-driven circular economy for e-mobility ecosystem (2ZERO Partnership)

    Opens 15 Dec 2026Live official EU data

    MOBILITY · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6 to 7 · Needs partners

    14 Apr 2027
    Deadline
    15 Dec 2026
    Opens for applications
    €5M to €7M
    Indicative, per project
    ~4
    Grants expected
    174
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds projects that make electric vehicle parts and charging infrastructure more circular, through better design, repair, reuse and recycling, and through data tools like digital twins and product passports that track components across their life cycle. It expects real world demonstrations that improve sustainability without sacrificing performance. Four grants are planned, split between two research areas on component circularity and data driven life cycle management.

    electric vehicles · circular economy · digital twins · data analytics · sustainable materials · advanced manufacturing

    Who wins this

    A consortium including automotive or component manufacturers, recyclers and digital technology providers that can demonstrate circular design and data tracking solutions for electric vehicle drivetrains or charging infrastructure in real world conditions.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €5M to €7M
    Funding model
    Lump sum. Paid per completed work package, with no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Innovation Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Also required
    Entities directly or indirectly controlled by China are not eligible to participate, and at least the two highest ranked proposals in each of areas A and B will be funded if thresholds are met.
    Sectors
    CleanTech · Energy · Mobility
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries 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. 3. Other Eligible Conditions If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). 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. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds To ensure a balanced portfolio covering different sectors, grants will be awarded to proposals not only in order of ranking but at least also to the two highest-ranked proposal for each area A) Circular economy for Electric Vehicle (EV) powertrains and infrastructure; and B) Data-driven life-cycle management of Electric Vehicle (EV), provided that the proposals attain all thresholds. are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants 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. Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions Not applicable.

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    ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION · EL
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    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · DE
    18 wins
    led 3
    TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY · FI
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    AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH · AT
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