ERA-MIN 2 ERA-NET Cofund

The project summary:

Building on the experience of ERA-MIN FP7 funded project, the objective of the ERA-NET Cofund on Raw Materials (ERA-MIN 2) is to strengthen the coordination of national and regional research programmes in the field of non-energy non-agricultural raw materials by implementing one joint call for proposals resulting in grants to third parties with EU co-funding.

In line with the integrated strategy proposed in the EU Raw Materials Initiative and the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, the ERA-MIN 2 Call topics will address the three segments of the non‐energy non-agricultural raw materials: metallic, industrial and construction minerals and will cover the whole value chain: exploration, extraction, processing/refining, as well as recycling and substitution of critical raw materials.

ERA-MIN 2 call 2019 is one of the two additional joint calls without EU co-funding. TA CR’s goal within this initiative is to consolidate the cooperation with relevant funding organisations from Europe and beyond.

Project activities:

Project activities are divided to 8 work packages.
WP1: Management and Coordination.
WP2: Co-funded call (Call 2017): Preparation and launch
WP3: Co-funded call (Call 2017): Evaluation and proposal selection
WP4: Co-funded call (Call 2017): Follow-up and monitoring of projects
WP5: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation of the results
WP6: Additional activities I: Strengthening the raw materials research community
WP7: WP7 Additional activities II: Joint call(s) without EC co-funding
WP8: Ethics requirements

Participating organisations:

1. Belgium-Flanders, Hermesfonds
2. Belgium-Flanders, FWO
3. Belgium-Wallonia, SPW-Wallonia
4. Brazil, Finep
5. Canada- Québec, FRQNT
6. Chile, CONICYT
7. Czech Republic, TA CR
8. France, ADEME
9. France, ANR
10. Poland, NCBR
11. Portugal, FCT
12. Romania, UEFISCDI
13. Slovakia, SAS
14. South Africa, DST
15. Spain/Castilla y Léon, ICE
16. Spain/Andalucía, IDEA
17. Sweden, Vinnova
18. Turkey, TUBITAK

This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 730238.