Fraunhofer ISC EU projects

The Green Deal call will mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. Projects are expected to deliver tangible and visible results relatively quickly and show how research and innovation can provide concrete solutions for the Green Deal main priorities.

The call will support:

• pilot applications, demonstration projects and innovative products
• innovation for better governance of the green and digital transition 
• social and value chain innovation

In addition to technological development and demonstration, the call encourages experimentation and social innovation for new ways to engage civil society and empower citizens.

The call contains a number of thematic areas reflecting the key work streams of the European Green Deal and horizontal areas that cut across the thematic areas and offer a longer-term perspective in achieving the transformations set out in the European Green Deal.

Source: ec.europa.eu

LC-GD-2-1-2020:

Demonstration of innovative critical technologies to enable future large-scale deployment of offshore renewable energy technologies
 

Type of action:
Innovation Action (IA); Technology readiness level at the end of the project: not specified.
 

Expertise offers:

• Dielectric elastomer generators, energy conversion materials
• Energy storage materials
• Innovative coating technology, corrosion protection
• Special engineering 
  

LC-GD-2-2-2020:

Develop and demonstrate a 100 MW electrolyser upscaling the link between renewables and commercial/industrial applications
 

Type of action: 
Innovation Action (IA); Technology readiness level at the end of the project: not specified.
 

Expertise offers:

• Materials for (low-carbon) fibre-reinforced tanks & containers
• Thermal process technology
• Special engineering
   

LC-GD-3-1-2020:

Closing the industrial carbon cycle to combat climate change - Industrial feasibility of catalytic routes for sustainable alternatives to fossil resources

Type of Action:
Innovation action (IA); Technology readiness level: TRL 6-7 at the end of the project.

Expertise offers:

• Low-carbon cement and concrete
• Battery materials recycling
• Product marking and resource tracing by multifunctional micro, nano and supraparticle technology
• Catalyst carrier particles

LC-GD-3-2-2020:

Demonstration of systemic solutions for the territorial deployment of the circular economy

Type of Action:
Innovation action (IA); Technology readiness level from TRL 4-5 up to TRL 7 at the end of the project.

Expertise offers:

• Impact of nano- and micro-plastics on human health
• Bio-based packaging
• Battery materials recycling
   

LC-GD-4-1-2020:

Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way

Type of Action:
Innovation action (IA); Technology readiness level from TRL 5-6 to TRL 7-8 at the end of the project.

Expertise offers:

• Smart windows for enhanced comfort and energy efficiency in buildings
• Advanced coatings and materials for building envelope insulation
• Photocatalytic materials for cleaner indoor air
• Low-carbon cement and concrete
  

LC-GD-6-1-2020:

Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy

Type of Action:
Innovation action (IA); Technology readiness level: TRL 5-7, may include limited research activities.

Expertise offers:

• Tissue engineering/Human cell models
• Bio-based economy
  

LC-GD-8-1-2020:

Innovative, systemic zero-pollution solutions to protect health, environment and natural resources from persistent and mobile chemicals

Type of Action:
Research and Innovation action (RIA); Technology readiness level: TRL 5-7, may include some activities at a higher TRL.

Expertise offers:

• Tissue engineering/Human cell models
• Nanotechnology for clean water 
• Bio-based economy
• Impact of chemicals and pharmaceuticals on human health

LC-GD-8-2-2020:

Fostering regulatory science to address combined exposures to industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals: from science to evidence-based policies

Type of Action:
Research and Innovation action (RIA); Technology readiness level: not applicable.

Expertise offers:

• Human cell models
• Impact of chemicals and pharmaceuticals on human health
  

Source: ec.europa.eu

LC-GD-9-1-2020:

European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges

Type of Action:
Research and Innovation action (RIA); Technology readiness level: not applicable.

Expertise offers:

• Unique pilot plant for ceramic fibres that are key to high performance fibre composites
• Battery cell manufacture at Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility
• Nanoparticles à la carte – pilot line open access infrastructure for nano particle and nano-composite production
• European Lithium institute to gather partners along the whole lithium value chain to generate focused international cooperation
• Battery 2030+: large-scale and long-term European research initiative with the vision of inventing the sustainable batteries of the future
• International Convention Center for Cultural Heritage Preservation IZKK

Source: ec.europa.eu

The Commission's proposal for Horizon Europe is an ambitious €100 billion research and innovation programme to succeed Horizon 2020.

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Calls for proposals will be issued on this page as soon as they are available.