# Sustainable processing and refining of raw materials to produce battery grade Li-ion battery materials (Batt4EU Partnership)
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**topic id:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-03
**call id:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-02
**title:** Sustainable processing and refining of raw materials to produce battery grade Li-ion battery materials (Batt4EU Partnership)
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** CL5
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2025-09-03T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-05-06T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-03
**description:** Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
• Increased autonomy for the EU in the battery raw materials sector, with a focus on creating new business models and opportunities within a strengthened battery value chain;
• Increased processing and refining capacities of battery raw materials, contributing to the target of 40% of domestic processing capacity in the EU for Strategic Raw Materials[1];
• Advanced technologies for the processing of primary and secondary raw materials into high-quality battery metals or active materials are demonstrated, emphasising operational feasibility;
• Sustainability, efficiency, and resilience of the European Li-ion battery sector is significantly increased by adopting innovative refining and processing solutions;
• Circular battery value chains within EU are promoted by expanding the European refining capacity for secondary streams and implementing the objectives of the Batteries Regulation[2];
• Improved societal acceptance and benefits of processing plants.
 Scope:Projects are expected to demonstrate the cost-efficient, safe and sustainable production of at least one of the following final products:
• Battery-grade metals and precursors;
• Electrode active materials.
 Raw materials in the scope are limited to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, manganese and phosphorus.
The proposed processes need to be ready for large-scale adoption, using at least one of the following source materials:
• Primary: Refining of raw materials sourced from ores, brine, or other mineral-bearing resources, using processes tailored to raw materials originating from the EU (or countries associated to Horizon Europe);
• Secondary, such as mining waste, tailings, sludges and slags (for Ni, Co), intermediate products of end-of-life processes (e.g., black mass), manufacturing scraps, and wastewater from processing.
 Mining and mechanical recycling processes of battery cells, modules and packs are out of scope for this topic. The use of waste batteries and battery manufacturing waste which require mechanical (pre-)treatment is also out of scope.
Integration of produced electrode materials into cell production is out of scope, but validation of functionality and quality of the processed materials is within the scope.
Whenever the expected exploitation of project results entails developing, creating, manufacturing and marketing a product or process, or in creating and providing a service, the plan for the exploitation and dissemination of results must include a strategy for such exploitation. The exploitation plans are expected to include preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation, and deployment (feasibility study, business plan) indicating the possible funding sources to be potentially used (in particular the Innovation Fund).
Proposals are expected to evaluate the social acceptance of the proposed sustainable business models, by consulting and involving actors directly affected by the planned processing activities. Proposals should demonstrate the potential of the proposed solutions to reduce environmental and social barriers to the deployment of new production facilities.
The Commission initiative for Safe and Sustainable by Design[3] (SSbD) sets a framework for assessing the safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials which should be considered as a reference for project proposals.
Proposals could consider the involvement of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) whose contribution could consists of providing added value regarding various aspects of battery sustainability, considering in particular provisions of the 2023/1542 battery regulation. For further information on the JRC’s possible contribution to the projects, please, search for additional publicly available information on the JRC’s website (EU Science Hub) on the NCP portal, or request specific information from the JRC (JRC-NCP-Network@ec.europa.eu)
JRC shall assure that all the other applicants receive the same information on the JRC’s possible contribution to the project (e.g., via the topic-specific FAQs under the Funding and Tenders Portal).
Projects are expected to collaborate and contribute to the activities of the Coordination and Support Action defined under the topic HORIZON-CL5-2025-D2-02-06.
This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on Batteries (Batt4EU). As such, projects resulting from this topic will be expected to report on the results to the European Partnership on Batteries (Batt4EU) in support of the monitoring of its KPIs.
[1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj).
[2] https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/batteries_en
[3] https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/research-area/industrial-research-and-innovation/key-enabling-technologies/chemicals-and-advanced-materials_en
**conditions:** General conditions
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
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding as a beneficiary with zero funding, or as an associated partner. The JRC will not participate in the preparation and submission of the proposal - see General Annex B.

The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.

To increase EU resilience in raw materials supply chains and thus reduce the serious risk to the Union's strategic assets, economic and societal interests, autonomy and security associated with the current EU reliance on a few third countries for critical raw materials, by increasing sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary and secondary raw materials necessary to enable the green and digital transition and in alignment with the Communication (2020) 474 on Critical Raw Materials Resilience and the Critical Raw Materials Act[[Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj).]], participation in this topic is limited to legal entities established in Member States, associated countries, OECD countries, African Union Member States, MERCOSUR, CARIFORUM, Andean Community and countries with which the EU has concluded strategic partnerships on raw materials[[Raw materials diplomacy - European Commission (europa.eu)]] as well as trade (or association/economic partnership or equivalent, including the new Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships) agreements containing raw materials cooperation provisions (i.e. Energy and Raw materials chapters)[[https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/negotiations-and- agreements_en]].The choice of these countries was made taking into consideration the development of strategic international partnerships on raw materials and avoidance of reinforcing existing over-dependencies, as well as the importance of involving partners committed to pursuing open trade in such materials. Proposals including legal entities which are not established in the countries that fall under the criteria above will be ineligible.

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
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.

Specific conditions
 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
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