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This round is closed. The next round and similar open calls are listed below. Synced from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal on 9 November 2026.
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Projects the EU funded under this call, with the organisation that led each one.
AdMarNovel Adsorbent Systems for Maritime Carbon Capture Application
Led by University College London · United Kingdom · 2027 · Official record ↗
Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.
UNCOVERUNlocking the industrial COVERsion of CO2 into renewable, long-lasting and hybrid products
HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D3-27 · 2026 · Official record ↗
ToFuelToFUEL – AN INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL PRODUCTION FROM TOMATO RESIDUES
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-03 · 2026 · Official record ↗
eREGENERATEREsistive heatinG in structured hydrophobic sorbents for a highly EfficieNt and fully Electrified DiRect Air CapTurE technology
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-12 · 2025 · Official record ↗
DECAGONEDEmonstrator of industrial CArbon-free power Generation from Orc-based waste-heat-to-Energy systems
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-05 · 2022 · Official record ↗
CCUS ZENZero Emission Network to facilitate CCUS uptake in industrial clusters
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-12 · 2022 · Official record ↗
HEMOSHolistic heat energy management on ships by implementing innovative dynamic calculation models towards maximum waste heat capture and energy efficiency
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10 · 2022 · Official record ↗
Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.
Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
Development of new or emerging capture technologies with high potential for cost reduction. Proposals shall address capture of CO2 either from one of the following areas (and explicitly identify which is being covered):
Depending on the capture routes chosen (e.g., solvents, sorbents, membranes, cryogenic, solid looping), examples of important issues to address include enhanced absorption/adsorption, improved kinetics and reduced energy use for CO2 capture and desorption, new materials with high selectivity for CO2 capture, flexibility of operation, modularisation and scale-up, space occupation, degradation and life span of capture materials, ability for retrofit, potential for heat integration, and solvent-induced corrosion.
In particular for DAC, examples of important issues to address are novel sorbent or solvent materials that have higher CO2 capture capacities and longer-term stability in the presence of heat and air. For all proposals, minimisation of health and environmental impact must be addressed in the project also in view of future scaling up. The developed technologies should aim at delivering CO2 at the specifications required for transport and storage, with very low levels of impurities.
For point-source capture, the technologies should address the performance profile and characteristic when operating under variable operating conditions such as load changes to maintain and as high as possible capture rate across the entire operating profile. Results from point-source capture should provide good matches between specific industrial application and capture technology while guaranteeing the quality and continuity of the industrial process.
The use of the European Research Infrastructure for CO2 Capture, Utilisation, Transport and Storage ECCSEL is encouraged but not mandatory.
In particular for DAC, international cooperation with participating countries of the Mission Innovation Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission[1] is encouraged.
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Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project – see General Annex B. Activities may start at any TRL.
[1] Carbon Dioxide Removal – Mission Innovation (mission-innovation.net)
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
In order to ensure a balanced portfolio of activities covering both (i) point-source capture and (ii) direct air capture technologies, grants will be awarded not only in order of ranking but at least also to one proposal that is the highest ranked within each area, provided they attain all thresholds (and subject to available budget).
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.
5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.
described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]
Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA) 
Guidance
HE Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA 
Call-specific instructions 
Detailed budget table (HE LS) 
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Applicants asked the EU 4 questions about this call and the EU published the answers. They clarify the call documents but do not replace them.
Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) is generally considered to be at lower TRL; it cannot yet be scaled-up rapidly or integrated into industrial CCUS infrastructure, and has very different inherent challenges to cope with. DOC would therefore require a separate topic rather then being included in the capture topic. It is not eligible in this topic.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 14 Jan 2026
The topic focuses on CO2 capture only.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 14 Jan 2026
No, the topic asks for either point source capture or DAC
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 30 May 2025
The word “specifications” is not to be taken in a regulatory sense, it is merely intended to indicate that the captured CO2 should be at a purity level appropriate for transport and geological storage, i.e. low levels of impurities that could for example cause corrosion or have important impact on thermophysical properties. Since there are no standards yet, the purity requirement in the topic and the corresponding target in the proposals is to be judged by the expert evaluators in terms of overall feasibility, relevance and ambition.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 14 Jan 2026
Confirm the current call documents and submission conditions with the funding authority.
View on EU portal ↗Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal · synced 2026-11-09
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