Fostering the European battery ecosystem by providing accurate and up-to-date information and stimulating excellence in the European battery R&I community (Batt4EU Partnership)
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What is financed
* Type of Action: Coordination & Support Action (CSA) – 100 % funding rate, paid as a single lump-sum covering all direct and indirect costs agreed at GA signature.
* Indicative EU Contribution per Grant: up to €6–9 million (reference budget envelope is €69 million, typically 8–10 funded projects). Larger budgets must be duly justified.
* Activities Eligible for Financing
* Setting-up, hosting and maintaining an open digital platform (state-of-the-art repository, KPIs, call observatory).
* Networking & coordination: animation of the National & Regional Coordination Group (NRCG), cooperation with BEPA, ETIPs, IPCEIs, SET-Plan working groups, national funding agencies.
* Evidence generation & foresight: continuous global benchmarking, yearly R&I gap analyses, KPI monitoring, contribution to EC/JRC datasets.
* Community building & dissemination: thematic workshops, best-practice handbooks, training on data standards, annual Batt4EU conference, policy briefs.
* Sustainability planning: business model for post-project maintenance of the platform.
Who can apply
* Consortia of at least three independent entities from three different eligible countries (EU + Associated). Mono-beneficiary proposals are *not* eligible.
* A strong mix of:
* RTOs & universities (technical excellence, data collection)
* Cluster organisations & regional agencies (NRCG interface)
* Industry associations & SMEs (value-chain relevance, exploitation)
* ICT providers (platform development & cyber-security)
* Optional: JRC as beneficiary or associated partner.
* Non-EU participants may join if they bring essential expertise and finance their own costs (unless their country has made funding available).
Key financial rules
* Lump-sum logic: payment linked to completion of predefined work packages and deliverables – no cost reporting, but robust work-plan and internal cost breakdown required at proposal stage.
* No profit – requested lump-sum must reflect real, necessary and reasonable costs.
* Sub-grants/vouchers allowed for stakeholder engagement (e.g., travel grants for young researchers) but must be described ex-ante (<€60 k per third party).
* In-kind contributions (e.g., data sets from industry) are eligible if foreseen and valued.
Timing
* Call opens: 6 May 2025
* Deadline: 02 Sept 2025 – 17:00 CET (single-stage)
* Evaluation results: ≈ Jan 2026
* Grant signature: Apr 2026
* Typical project duration: 36–48 months
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🇪🇺 Strategic Advantages
EU-Wide Advantages & Opportunities – HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-06 (Batt4EU Partnership)
1. Single Market Access
• Immediate reach to the EU’s 450+ million consumers and 25+ million businesses for battery-enabled products and services (e-mobility, stationary storage, grid services).
• Harmonised CE-marking and REACH/CLP compliance lowers time-to-market versus navigating 27 national regimes individually.
• Public-procurement leverage: large-volume tenders for clean transport and energy storage under the Clean Vehicles Directive and RED III can absorb project outputs EU-wide.
2. Cross-Border Collaboration
• Mandatory NRCG + BEPA coordination provides a ready-made gateway to >190 industrial & academic BEPA members in 23 countries.
• Access to 1000+ organisations already involved in IPCEI Batteries, ETIP Batteries Europe, and SET-Plan WG7—facilitates consortia that cover the full value chain (raw materials → recycling).
• Facilitates brain circulation and shared infrastructures (e.g., EU Battery 2030+ open labs, JRC Petten facilities), accelerating TRL progression.
3. EU Policy Alignment
• Direct contribution to flagship strategies:
- European Green Deal (climate neutrality by 2050)
- REPowerEU (energy security through storage)
- Sustainable & Smart Mobility Strategy (30 M zero-emission cars by 2030)
• Compliance with the new Battery Regulation (2023/1542) – project KPIs can shape secondary legislation on due-diligence, carbon footprint & digital passports.
• Supports Chips Act & Critical Raw Materials Act by providing data on battery-grade lithium, nickel, cobalt demand.
4. Regulatory Harmonisation Benefits
• Single set of safety, transport and waste rules reduces certification cost by ≈35 % vs. fragmented approach.
• Early engagement with JRC lets consortia influence future EU standards (ISO/IEC/UNECE) and speed up homologation.
5. Innovation Ecosystem Access
• Plug into 10+ European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) specialised in AI/Big-Data for battery R&D.
• Synergies with EIT InnoEnergy’s Battery Alliance Master School & skills programmes—eases recruitment of specialised talent.
• Use of EuroHPC petascale computing time for materials modelling at no cost.
6. Funding Synergies
• Blending possibilities with:
- Innovation Fund (up to 60 % CAPEX for first-of-a-kind plants).
- Connecting Europe Facility – TRANSPORT/ENERGY for cross-border storage pilots.
- Cohesion Funds & Just Transition Mechanism for regional pilot lines in coal-dependent regions.
• Cascade funding via Digital Europe Test-Before-Invest schemes enhances SME participation.
7. Scale & Impact Potential
• Pan-EU observatory platform can become the de-facto reference for investors, regulators and OEMs—multiplying exploitation chances.
• Ability to benchmark against Asian & US roadmaps annually gives EU industry an adaptive edge, reducing strategic ‘technology gap’ risk.
• Expected to raise EU battery self-sufficiency from ~10 % (2022) to ≥60 % (2030), cutting €35 bn/yr import dependence.
8. Concrete Opportunities for Applicants
• Lighthouse role: shape KPI dashboards adopted by future Horizon Europe Work Programmes (2027+).
• Spin-off services: subscription-based data analytics, certification consultancy, skills-matching portals.
• Visibility: co-organisation of the annual Batt4EU conference positions the consortium as the go-to knowledge broker in Europe.
9. Recommendations to Maximise EU Value
1. Build a geographically balanced consortium (minimum 7 MS/AC) to showcase Widening Country inclusion and tap structural funds.
2. Embed open-data FAIR principles; reuse existing European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) nodes to lower OPEX and ensure post-project sustainability.
3. Commit to interoperable ontologies with Battery Passport initiatives to future-proof the platform.
4. Allocate a dedicated work package to ‘policy uptake’ with deliverables tailored for EU legislators (plain-language briefs, impact assessments).
5. Plan joint IPCEI-link vouchers that help national agencies co-fund promising spin-outs, securing 2–3× leverage over the €8–10 M expected CSA budget.
Bottom Line: Operating at EU scale transforms the action from a mere information portal into a strategic powerhouse that synchronises research, regulation and investment across the continent—something unattainable within isolated national frameworks.
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