Topic description
Specific Challenge:
In order to secure sustainable supply of raw materials to the EU society, the raw materials sector needs to strengthen its performance and competitiveness through research and innovation. Stronger integration of national and regional R&I programmes across the whole EU is needed to tap the potential of available funding and to reach the critical mass pushing the EU raw materials sector to the forefront in the sustainable production of primary and secondary raw materials and scarce materials substitution.
Scope:
The objective of the ERA-NET is to strengthen co-ordination of national and regional research programmes in the field of non-energy non-agricultural raw materials, while building on the experience of ERA-MIN ERA-NET. This should be achieved in line with the integrated strategy proposed in the EU Raw Materials Initiative (RMI) and the Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials. The ERA-NET should cover the whole raw materials value chain including exploration, extraction and processing technologies and recycling, as well as substitution.
Proposals should pool the necessary financial resources from the participating national (or regional) research programmes with a view to implementing a joint call for proposals resulting in grants to third parties with EU co-funding in this area. Proposers are encouraged to include other joint activities including additional joint calls without EU co-funding.
Participation of legal entities from international partner countries and/or regions is encouraged in the joint call as well as in other joint activities including additional joint calls without EU co-funding. Participants from countries which are not automatically eligible for funding[1] may nonetheless request a Union contribution (on the basis of the ERA-NET unit cost) for the co-ordination costs of additional activities.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution in the range of EUR 5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact:
Actions are expected to lead to:
- achieving the objectives of the EIP Raw Materials, particularly in the area of research and innovation co-ordination;
- reduced fragmentation of raw materials research and innovation efforts across Europe;
- improved synergy, co-ordination and coherence between regional, national and EU funding in the relevant research fields through transnational collaboration, and where appropriate international collaboration;
- improved use of human and financial resources in the area of raw materials research and innovation.
Cross-cutting Priorities:
ERA-NET
International cooperation
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/docs/h2020-funding-guide/cross-cutting-issues/international-cooperation_en.htm
Keywords
Robotics for mining and quarrying
Industrial waste
Computational engineering and computer aided desig
Environmental and geological engineering, geotechn
Urban and regional economics
Robotic system development
Systems engineering, sensorics, actorics, automati
Environmental planning
Radio Frequency / Microwave Communications
Remote sensing
Analytical chemistry
Global and transnational governance, international
Political systems and institutions, governance
Networks (communication networks, sensor networks,
Mineralogy
Materials engineering (biomaterials, metals, ceram
Minerals and mining
Environmental regulations and climate negotiations
Mechatronics
Econometrics, statistical methods
Informal science education
Earth Observation Payload Data Exploitation
International trade
Science education
Seabed mining and minerals extraction
Political economy, institutional economics, law an
Formal science education
Terrestrial ecology, land cover change
Occupational health
Metallurgy
Biodiversity conservation
Robot navigation
Business plan
Waste water treatment
Geochemistry and geophysics
Earth observations from space/remote sensing
Mineralogy, petrology, igneous petrology, metamorp
Industrial design
Product innovation
Forestry
Robotics
Social structure, inequalities, social mobility, i
Public engagement
Chemical process engineering
Intelligent robotics, cybernetics
Control engineering
Industrial design (product design, ergonomics, man
Adult education
Inorganic and nuclear chemistry
Geo-information and spatial data analysis
Remote Sensing Instruments / Sensors
Paper and wood
Mining and mineral processing
Industrial Automation and Robotics, mechatronics
Technology development
Geology
Physical chemistry, Polymer science, Electrochemis
Applied and industrial chemistry
Materials engineering
Licensing
Natural resources exploration and exploitation
Chemical engineering (plants, products)
Patents
S3 - Land monitoring (Copernicus service)
Plant sciences, botany
Waste recycling
Tags
wood-based industrial competitiveness
land tenure,
Critical Raw Materials
waste collection systems
after-closure activities
supply of primary wood
European Institute of Technology
WEEE
accompanying elements
Brazil
local communities
low impact mining
data on mineral occurrences and deposits
extractive industry training
construction raw materials
land use planning
construction products
mining regions
Circular Economy
non agricultural raw materials
mineral deposits
Raw materials
safeguarding valuable mineral deposits
waste batteries
valuable mineral deposits
Industry 2020
pilot demonstrations
R&I programmes
South Africa
LULUCF
models on demand-supply forecast
land-use planning
nature conservation
Forest Europe
Materials Systems Analysis
unrestricted access to raw materials
raw materials data
European Structural and Investment Funds
reduction in waste
rehabilitation
mining permitting
industrial minerals
supply of raw material from international markets
EU network of mining and metallurgy regions
ERDF
sustainable access to raw materials
smart specialisation
Optimising collection of raw materials data
wood
raw materials regions
reduction in waste generation
Peru
metallurgy
primary raw materials
EIT
ore-forming phases
wood mobilisation
EU competence and expertise
network of regions
robotics
subsurface planning
refining technologies
after mining
critical raw materials
silvicultural measures
tailings management
environmental dimensions of extraction
CRM
pyro-metallurgical
CONNEX
economic stability in the raw materials supply EU decision-making
non-energy non-agricultural
SLO
World governance
non agricultural
processing
EU regions
Social Licence to Operate
bio-metallurgical
metals
Raw Materials Knowledge Base
sustainable supply of raw materials
minerals
sustainable production of primary and secondary raw materials
continental mining
EU raw materials sector
Rare Earth Elements
mineral processing
ESIF
EIP on Raw Materials
CRM-Innonet
raw materials supply
Technology Readiness Levels
innovation efforts across Europe
complex ores
awareness of the importance of raw materials
raw materials sector
dynamic analysis of global materials flows
automation
recovery of minerals
forest owners
e-procedure
Canada
environmental impacts
trust
Chile
national and regional research programmes
research and innovation co-ordination
extraction
land use
non energy raw materials
small mineral deposits
industrial waste
ERA-MIN
raw materials flows
social dimensions of extraction
packaging waste
equipment manufacturing
metallurgy raw materials framework conditions
recycling
packaging and paper waste
remote sensing
rural development
selective low impact mining
deposits
ERA-NET
public trust
USA
electro-metallurgical
access to land
furniture
international cooperation
permitting procedures
secondary raw materials
Raw Materials Initiative
urbanization
metallurgical technologies
raw materials investment
sustainable systemic solutions
hydro-metallurgical
raw materials flows at global level
by products
primary sources
deep mining
UNECE
primary minerals
International network of raw materials training centres
mining in hazardous conditions
licensing processes
sustainable production
remote sensing technologies
international education
tyres
World Forum on Raw Materials
TRL
recovery of by-products
Knowledge and Innovation Community
pyrometallurgical
mining in extreme conditions
supply
metal production
electrical equipment
non-energy raw materials
accompanying minerals
extractive industry
Raw materials Innovation
mining waste
forest ownership
e-waste
US
end of life products
chambers of agriculture and forestry
EAFRD
Materials Flow Analysis
United States of America
biometallurgical
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
access to raw materials worldwide
metallurgical processes
electrical and electronic equipment
licensing procedures
EIP for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability
international training
low-carbon technologies
UNEP Resource Panel
environmental and social dimensions of extraction
international for a
Mexico
raw materials recovery
public acceptance
sensitive exploration technologies
sustainable way
EU Forest Strategy
mining wastes
fair access to raw materials
dynamic analysis of materials flows
sustainable EU network of regions
raw materials value chains
Critical raw Materials list
non-agricultural raw materials
mineral policies
environmental and socio-economic impacts
European Innovation Partnership
exploration technologies
fair and unrestricted access to raw materials
potential deposits
low grade ores
EU raw materials industry
socio-economic impacts
waste streams
remote control and operation
hydrometallurgical
transnational collaboration
emissions generation
Study on Data Inventory for a Raw Material System Analysis
process selectivity Raw Materials policy
electronic equipment
resource-efficiency
national mineral policies
non-energy
electrometallurgical
OECD
mining project European Structural and Investment Funds
small industrial mining
EU international co-operation in research and innovation
EU knowledge base
mining companies
scarce materials substitution
production efficiency
industrial wastes
land-use planning policies and practices
CRMs
SIMWOOD
United States
Data Inventory for a Raw Material System Analysis
waste
end-of-life products
Raw materials policy
geophysical data
harmonisation
CRM list
extractive industry education
Latin America
non energy
International Study Groups
global nature of raw materials value chains
sustainable exploration
minerals intelligence data
environmental impacts of the mining
exploration
EIP on Raw Materials, acceptance
KIC
CENELEC
Japan
raw materials
permitting and licensing procedures
Good practice
mineral raw materials flows
primary and secondary raw materials
recycling rates
supply of raw materials
by-products
smart regulation, effective access to raw materials
Australia
training programmes
knowledge of raw materials
sustainable mining technologies
Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability
processing and refining technologies
Raw Materials policy
non-agricultural
demand supply forecast
Strategic Implementation Plan
raw materials policy
secondary sources
Raw materials international cooperation
International Resource Panel
recovery of metals
Intelligent continental mining
permitting
market uptake
demand-supply forecast
forest-based bioeconomy
mineral deposits of public importance
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
metallurgy regions
mineral occurrences
EU Bioeconomy Strategy
Expert network on Critical Raw Materials
mining education
selective mining
sustainable wood mobilisatio
transport vehicles
European raw materials industries
raw materials training centres
after-mining
waste generation
refining
Sankey diagrams
standardisation
European Regional Development Fund
EIP
wood supply
international co-operation in research and innovation
collection of raw materials data
recovery of resources from generated waste
electrochemical technologies
the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining
intelligent mining systems
training centres
framework conditions
processing technologies
sustainable supply of primary and secondary raw materials
paper waste
acceptance and trust in a sustainable raw materials production
fragmentation of raw materials research
ERECON
INSPIRE Directive
secondary minerals
G20
knowledge gaps
Colombia
primary and secondary sources
small mining