European H2020 Projects
HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 - BIOREM- GA 101183128
BIOREM is an integrated action conformed by experts in microbial systems biology, artificial intelligence tools and environmental sciences that will work together to gain knowledge in the identification of responsible microbial metabolic routes within natural and synthetic consortia for the degradation of target contaminants.
- Total Budget: 478.400,00€
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS
- Project Website: under construction
HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-24 - DESIDERATA- GA 101178011
The aim of DESIDERATA is to test and validate the the EC’s SSbD framework on selected industrial Use Cases that are already at TRL4 and which will aim at substituting Substances of Concern (SoC) with surfactant, plasticising and flame retardant properties.
- Total Budget: 11.956.540,00€
- EU Coordinator: LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Project Website: desiderata
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023 - pHYBi- GA 101156439
pHYBi project will combine the soil phytoremediation concept with lignocellulosic biomass valorisation in an integrated phytomanagement circular economy approach. Furthermore, the project will develop a Virtual Replication Tool where phytomanagement, valorisation process and end-products will be integrated, resulting in guidelines, recommendations and thresholds for the replication of pHYBi’s case studies along other areas
- Total Budget: 4 991 538,75€
- EU Coordinator: IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO
- Project Website: pHYBi
ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EMJM-DESIGN- BIOCOLLOID- GA 101128258
Biocolloid is designed to trigger substantial industrial innovation based on a cross-discipline training & mobility programme within the 3 HEI´s (Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium) and 1 Research Centre linked to a Postgraduate School (Slovenia). The students will understand the mechanisms of colloid biology (complex artificial microbial systems, smart surfaces, cell-cell interaction, systems biology, etc.) and its applications in biotechnology, industry, environment, agri-food or health processes, including hands-on activities and participation in living labs
HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-07 - FUELS-C- GA 101147442
Advanced biofuels represent an important piece of the puzzle in the EU’s quest for climate neutrality as they contribute to decarbonising transport sectors and decrease the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels. Fuels-C aims to contribute to this quest by increasing the availability of two liquid and two gaseous advanced biofuels for maritime and road transports, produced from biogenic organic wastes and CO2. Fuels-C will develop an integrated platform of innovative energy-efficient conversion technologies validated at TRL5 including bioelectrochemically assisted CH4 production, bioelectrochemical NH3 production, gasification, microbial electrosynthesis, and electroreduction
- Total Budget: 3 999 386.25€
- EU Coordinator: ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION
- Project Website: Fuels-C
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE - WHYNOTDRY- GA 101131087
The WhyNotDry project will deepen our knowledge on reversible drying in cells and germplasm toward the development of a dry biobanking as an alternative to the current freezing in Liquid Nitrogen (LN). WhyNotDry will achieve its aims through a multidisciplinary, intersectoral, international network of scientists. Outcomes of WhyNotDry will be incorporated into a cheap, environmentally friendly, and easy biobanking for biodiversity conservation, assisted reproduction, stem cell/personalized medicine and the knowledge generated in WhyNotDry would be applicable to other fields such as agriculture, environmental science, food processing, and the pharmaceutical industry, where elective or enforced (by climate change) drying is dealt with.
- Total Budget: 676.200,00€
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TERAMO
- Project Website: WhyNotDry
HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01- SUNRISE-GA 101137324
The SUNRISE project will develop an overarching Integrated Impact Assessment Framework (IIAF) designed to support SSbD decision making along lifecycle stages and value chains of advanced materials (AdMa) and their products. The IIAF will be a 3-tiered approach with each tier corresponding to an integrated methodology for health, environmental, social and economic impact assessment (supported by a toolbox) targeting a different group of users at different stages of the innovation process and requiring a different level of data and expertise.
- Total Budget: 3 749 417,50€
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
- Project Website: SUNRISE
HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-32-SAFARI-GA 101135965
The SAFARI project aims to develop new 2D materials using sustainable and safe processes. The project focuses on creating hybrid formulations of MXenes and Graphene (Gr), which are known to possess unique and desirable properties such as thermal stability electrical conductivity. The goal of the project is to develop sustainable and safe materials that can be used in a wide range of applications such as biosensors, conductive ink, and EMI shielding. 
- Total Budget: 3.717.547.35€
- EU Coordinator: SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ - POZNANSKI INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGICZNY
- Project Website: SAFARI
HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01- TRIBIOME- GA 101084485
To reduce the damage to ecosystems and natural biodiversity while also maintaining food production standards, novel solutions are needed to strike a balance. The EU-funded TRIBIOME project will work towards this goal by researching and improving data on soil, human, animal and plant microbiomes, as well as their interconnectivity. From this data, the project will be able to create solutions for reducing the food industry’s resource needs and environmental impact, adopting healthier plant-based food chains and enhancing circularity. To improve their efficiency, a multi-actor approach framework will be created involving stakeholders, policymakers, investors and citizens.
- Total Budget: 4.914.723,50€
- EU Coordinator: INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL EMBALAJE, TRANSPORTE Y LOGISTICA
- Project Website: TRIBIOME
HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-Convert2green-GA 101092347
Convert2Green will establish an Open Innovation Test Beds (OITB) that enables material suppliers to integrate their innovative, circular and carbon neutral material solutions to the European Key Value Chains: Clean Autonomous Vehicles; Smart Health; Industrial IoT; Low Carbon Industry and Clean Energy. Thus, Convert2Green will provide innovative material suppliers new business opportunities in these value chains.
- Total Budget: 12.470,685€
- EU Coordinator: ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION
- Project Website: CONVERT2GREEN
HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01- Biosysmo - GA 101060211
BIOSYSMO will develop a computationally-assisted framework for designing and optimizing synergistic biosystems combining the required pathways and traits to achieve the most efficient degradation and sequestration of pollutant mixtures. BIOSYSMO will take advantage of the high natural microbial diversity by screening samples from polluted sites and locations affected by diffuse pollution to identify natural microorganisms already present and able to metabolize the target pollutants
- Total Budget: 4.873.331€
- EU Coordinator: IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO
- Project website BIOSYSMO
HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12- FreeMe- GA 101058699
Plastic coating (PoP) has become an effective solution in a wide range of applications in the automotive, aerospace and domestic industries. However, the current manufacturing processes present some significant disadvantages related to environmental sustainability, occupational sustainability, safety and quality of the coatings, i.e. the use of hexavalent chromium in the etching process and the use of palladium in the activation step. The FreeMe project proposes two revolutionary approaches for the metallisation of polymeric surfaces (plastics or resins) without the use of hexavalent chromium and palladium.
- Total Budget: 4.834.592,50 €
- EU Coordinator: GASER OSSIDO DURO Srl
- Project website FREEME
HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-Mediated Biphasic Battery-GA 101046742
MEBATTERY aims to lay the bases for a new generation of batteries, which will overcome the critical limitations of battery technologies currently considered to be state-of-the-art, to achieve an optimal balance between key performance in
dicators.
- Total Budget: 2 500 000,00 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website MeBattery
H2020-LC-SC3-2020-NZE-RES-CC-NEFERTITI-GA 101022202
NEFERTITI will develop an innovative highly efficient photocatalytic system enabling a simultaneous conversion of CO2 and H2O into ethanol and alcohols with longer chain, such as (iso)propanol. By mimicking natural photosynthesis, NEFERTITI aims to transform CO2 into valuable sustainable energy carriers for energy-intensive and transport industries.
- Total Budget: 4 569 127,50 €
- EU Coordinator: ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION
- Project website NEFERTITI
H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2020-twostage-DIAGONAL-GA- 953152 
- Total Budget: 6 340 223,75 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website DIAGONAL
H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2020-twostage-BIOMAC-GA-952941 
BIOMAC project will establish an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) Ecosystem providing open access to SMEs or Industry to a single-entry point. Starting from the utilization of biomass sources followed by the production of biobased nanoparticles and different building blocks the ecosystem produces biopolymers for the strategic sectors of Food Packaging, Construction, Automotive and Printed Electronics which consist a high market share.
- Total Budget: 14.807.314,50 €
- EU Coordinator: ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS
- Project website BIOMAC
H2020-WIDESPREAD-05-2020-SURFBIO-GA-952379
Innovation Hub for Surface and Colloid Biology Research
The projects SURFBIO aims to reinforce the JSI institute in the research lines of spectrometry, imaging, smart biocarriers, nanoparticles characterization, microbiology, systems biology and bioinformatics by coordinating experts institutions in Europe in synergistic fields. Finally, the project aims to launch an Innovation Hub to provide research services and assessment to material designers and biotechnology researchers, academy, industry or policy makers.
- Total Budget: 899.947,50 €
- EU Coordinator: JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE
- Project website SURFBIO
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019-WORLD-GA-873005
Waste Oils RecycLe and Development
The project WORLD aims to develop a virtuous green process for WCOs recycling which applying a circular economy model. An innovative fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants from WCOs will be developed employing green and recyclable raw materials (water and natural bentonites). In addition to the biolubricants production, the possibility to obtain a suitable medium for VOCs treatment from WCOs will be considered.
- Total Budget: 460.000,00 €
- EU Coordinator: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
- Project website WORLD
H2020-NMBP-BIO-CN-2018-GREENER-GA-826312
InteGRated systems for Effective ENvironmEntal Remediation
GREENER proposes the development of green, sustainable, efficient, and low-cost solutions for soil/sediment and water bioremediation that, by integrating several remediation strategies with innovative bio-electrochemical technologies, will effectively accelerate the remediation time of a range of organic and inorganic pollutants of high concern, while producing end-products of interests, such as bioelectricity and/or harmless metabolites.
- Total Budget: 5.057.622,50 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website GREENER
H2020-NMBP-HUBS-2018-LIGHTME-GA-814552
An Open Innovation Ecosystem for upscaling production processes of lightweight metal alloys composites
The LightMe project aspires to be a point of reference for boosting innovation in the field of lightweight metal matrix nanocomposites (MMnC) setting up an Open Innovation Ecosystem (test bed) that will boost the introduction of new functionalities, features and capabilities to lightweight metals.
- Total Budget: 12.943.298,75 €
- EU Coordinator: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
- Project website LightME
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-DRYNET-734434
Setting an interdisciplinary / sectorial / international research network to explore dry storage
as an alternative strategy for cells / germplasm biobanking
The number of biobanks for clinical/biodiversity preservation purposes is increasing exponentially, representing an economic burden for the EU. Cryopreservation (Liquid Nitrogen LN) is the only cells long-term repository method. LN storage is expensive though, requires dedicated facilities, carries pathogens and has high carbon footprint. DRYNET objective is to set an multidisciplinary network between EU academic, SME, the EU pan-Biobank, and international partners, with the aim of sharing knowhow & expertise to lay down the theoretical and early empirical basis for the dry storage of cells/germplasm.
- Total budget: 841.500 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TERAMO
- Project website DRYNET
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-CO2MPRISE-734873
CO2 absorbing Materials Project- RISE
Excellence training in solutions for CO2 capture technology aims to bring together subject matter experts from the academic and non-academic sectors to develop new technologies in CO2 capture and conversion field. The objective is to find an inexpensive, effective and robust solution for significant CO2 reduction from industries and civil transport, represents one of the main challenges proposed to the scientific community in the next 10 years and considered as a pillar of HORIZON2020.
- Total budget: 702.000 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI
- Project website CO2MPRISE
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016-SOLUTION-GA-721642
Solid lubrication for emerging engineering applications
SOLUTION provides research and training programmes for 14 early stage researchers (ESR) studying for their PhD in various disciplines, covering the broadly defined area of solid lubricant coatings. The project combines theoretical approaches represented by advanced nanoscale simulations, laboratory design and fabrication of novel solid lubricants supported by simulations, and the scaling-up of promising solutions and their appliance in selected emerging engineering applications.
- Total budget: 3.510.527,04 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- Project website SOLUTION
FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020-ICARUS-INAS-GA-94617
Intregrated Nanostructures Assessment-Service for the biological impact analysis of nanostructures
The underlying innovation idea of ICARUS-INAS is the development of an Integrated Nanostructures Assessment-Service for the biological impact analysis of nanostructures (INAS) combining toxicology and LCA studies for innovative materials. The result of this project will be the service offer for the assessment of the human and environmental safety of the customer´s product, which could be implemented in the customer´s facilities too when requested.
- Total Budget: 100.000,00 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website ICARUS-INAS
2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-03-ICARUS-SW-GA-851644
Identification and prediction of new nanocristalline alloys with tailored properties
ICARUS-SW will pave the road for the exploitation of the code developed within ICARUS project for the exploration, identification and design of new thermodynamically stable multi-component nanocrystalline metal alloys with enhanced thermal, mechanical and irradiation damage self-healing properties. In preparation of this software, the exploitation, IPR and dissemination strategies will be defined and implemented in this project, based on in-depth market analysis, business planning and other exploitation-related activities.
- Total budget: 100.750 €
- EU Coordinator: BRIMATECH
- Project website no disponible
H2020-SC5-2016-OneStageB-SCRREEN-GA-730227
Solutions for CRitical Raw materials - a European Expert Network
SCRREEN contributes to improve the CRMs strategy in Europe by mapping primary and secondary resources as well as substitutes of CRMs. It estimates the expected demand of various CRMs in the future and identifies major trends, all of this providing policies and technology recommendations for actions that improve the production and the potential substitution of CRMs.
- Total budget: 2.999.500 €
- EU Coordinator: CSA
- Project website SCRREEN
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015-NANOGENTOOLS-GA-691095
Developing and implementation of a new generation of nanosafety assessment tools
NANOGENTOOLS aims to develop and implement a new generation of nanosafety assessment tools. Its main objective is to provide solutions for faster, more reliable assessmentof Nanomaterials (NM) toxicity and propose HTS and omics tools for predicting toxicological properties of NMs.
- Total Budget: 706.500 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website NANOGENTOOLS
H2020-NMBP-2015-NOVAMAG-GA-686056
NOVel, critical materials free, high Anisotropy phases for permanent MAGnets, by design
The purpose of NOVAMAG project is to exploit advanced theoretical and computation methods together with state-of-the-art materials preparation and characterization techniques, to develop the next generation RE-free/lean permanent magnets (PM). The material design will be driven by automated large computational screening of new and novel intermetallic compounds with uniaxial structure in order to achieve high saturation magnetisation, magnetocrystalline anisotropy and Curie temperature.
- Total budget: 7.146.622 €
- EU Coordinator: BCMATERIALS
- Project website NOVAMAG
- Database Website no disponible
H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-ICARUS-GA-713514
Innovative Coarsening-resistant Alloys with enhanced Radiation tolerance and Ultrafine -grained Structure
for aerospace application
ICARUS proposes a new thermodynamic methodology able to identify the elements and the relative chemical composition allowing a nanocrystalline state to occupy a relative minimum of the Gibbs free energy, which makes the nanostructure reasonably stable against coarsening.
- Total budget: 2.698.063 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website no disponible
H2020-TWINN-2015-SUPERMAT-GA-692216
The VIRTUAL Centre for Integration of INNOVATIVE synthesis and Processing methods for SUSTAINABLE
advanced Materials operating under Extreme Conditions
The main objective of this project is to create a virtual centre to boost the IMNR Research Institute position in Bucharest-Ilfov region and in Romania by increasing the knowledge and technology degree of innovation potential for sustainable advanced materials operating under extreme conditions. The development and understanding of these materials open new opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of regional and National SMEs in the priority machinery and equipment sector.
- Total budget: 996.000 €
- EU Coordinator: IMNR
- Project website SUPERMAT
H2020-MSCA-IF-Nano-PieZoelecTrics-GA-707954
Novel Nanoporous PZT Materials for Efficient Utrasonic Biomedical Sensors
Piezoelectric materials (PZT) have become a key technology for a wide range of industrial and consumer products . In this frame, Nano-PieZolecTrics Project proposes a new research methodology based on the preparation, characterization and testing of hierarchical porous PZT-doped using alternative synthetic approaches (EISA method) and new doping materials (porous Mg-Niobate, Graphene/Molybdenite and Nanocellulose) to achieve important innovations and overcome the current state of art on the field of hydrophones and high resolution ultrasonic medical applications.
- Total budget: 170.121,60 €
- EU Coordinator: UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS-ICCRAM
- Project website Nano-PieZoelecTrics
H2020-WASTE-4d-2015-MSP-REFRAM GA-688993
Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Secure Supply of Refractory Metals
Refractory metals (tungsten, tantalum, rhenium, molybdenum and niobium) are highly strategic metals today and they are mainly imported from a few countries. MSP-REFRAM will create a common multi-stakeholder platform that will draw the current refractory metals value chains and will identify its innovation potential in order to support the implementation of the EIP on Raw Materials.
- Total budget: 1.499.760 €
- EU Coordinator: CEA
- Project website MSP-REFRAM
H2020-COST-Solutions for Critical Raw Materials Under Extreme Conditions - CA 15102
The CRM-Extreme Cost Action focuses on the substitution of CRMs (like Cr, Co, Nb, W, Y) in high value alloys and metal-matrix composites used under extreme conditions of temperature, loading, friction, wear, corrosion, in Energy, Transportation and Machinery manufacturing industries.
- Website CRM-EXTREME
EERA - JPNM
European Energy Research Alliance - Join Programme on Nuclear Materials
The objective of the EERA JP for Nuclear Materials is to converge towards truly integrated research activities at European level, based on the joint identification of key priority materials research topics, in support of the development and optimisation of sustainable nuclear energy systems, by building an effective collaborative framework that ensures the coordinated and optimized use of available resources and expertise all over Europe, while of course obtaining adequate funding.
- Website EERA
Other Projects
IRIDISCENTE
Artificial intelligence for the sustainable design of efficient alloys and processesIRIDISCENTE, del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades tiene como objetivo aprovechar el potencial de la inteligencia artificial para el diseño sostenible de aleaciones y procesos industriales eficientes. En definitiva, se quiere contribuir al desarrollo de una industria avanzada y competitiva explotando las posibilidades de tres tecnologías: Inteligencia Artificial (IA), Machine Learning (ML), nuevos materiales y biotecnología industrial.
- Total budget: 607.675€
BIOREM
Network for the development and implementation of advanced biotechnology approaches for contaminated soils remediationBIOREM project is granted by the Programa estatal de I+D+i orientada a los retos de Sociedad. It aims to develop a goal-oriented research and project building methodology, supporting and evolving specific profiles with research and technic capabilities, creating working protocols and consistent time frameworks to lead proposals and developing a long term strategy linking centers, Universities and industry in the city, and subsequently in Spain. This action will materialize in the presentation of one ITN proposal in 2020’s call
- Total budget: 15.000 €
- Referencia de la actuacion: EIN2020-112403/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
NANOCOMP
Development of safe by design tools and recommendations for complex nanomaterial formulationsNANOCOMP project aims to bring new methodologies to guarantee long-term nanosafety and contribute to fill current gaps in Risk Assessment (RA) and Risk Management (RM) research for multicomponent nanomaterials (MCNMs) and functionalized high-aspect ratio nanomaterials (HARNs) along their life cycle, making emphasis in the interactions between NM constituents, with other particles and the environment, as well as their release rate and fate, relying on experimental (in vitro) and modelling (in silico) research. The evaluation of the exposure assessment is also a key feature of NANOCOMP. 
- Total budget: 264.000 €
- Website NANOCOMP
NANOBIO-FIBERSAFE
Progresses in DNA Nano-Biophysics, nanofibers and materials nanosafety assessment
The project objective is to give an insight on describing the transition phase of A-DNA fibers denaturalization and the distribution and genomic correlation through a non-linear A-DNA molecule model. To achieve that, research tasks include the characterization through Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Moreover, the research is also aimed to assess the safety and nanotoxicity of part of graphene family materials, as previous step to integrate into the quality control of a production line.
- Total budget: 120.000 €
- Website NANOBIOFIBERSAFE
Última actualización: 22 de Abril de 2025
