M-ERA.NET CALL 2025

Région Wallonne

Sciences exactes et appliquées (1)

M-ERA.NET is a strong European network of public funding organisations supporting and increasing coordination and convergence of national and regional funding programmes on research and innovation related to materials and battery technologies to support the European Green Deal.

Thematic priorities

The following six topics are defined for the Call 2025 1: Sustainable materials for energy applications 2: Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces 3: Advanced composites and lightweight materials 4: Functional materials 5: Materials addressing environmental challenges 6: Next generation materials for electronic

Financement

Each of the project partners that requests funding has to apply individually for regional/national funding, and is subjected to the rules of the respective regional/national programme. This means that - depending on the respective national/regional funding rules - some project partners may have to submit additional proposals or information on national/regional level.

SPW Funding commitment: 1.000.000 € (for 3-4 projects).

The maximum project duration must not exceed 36 months. National/regional limits regarding the duration of projects will apply.

Pour postuler

M-ERA.NET application process is implemented as a 2-step procedure: Pre-Proposal and Full-Proposal.

In stage 1, a Pre-Proposal is mandatory. It has to be submitted by the coordinator through the M-ERA.NET submission tool until 13 May 2025, 12:00 noon Brussels time.

A proposal has to be recommended for Full-Proposal submission by M-ERA.NET to be eligible for stage 2.

In stage 2, a Full-Proposal and an Annex 1 to the Full-Proposal are mandatory. They must be submitted by the project coordinator through the M-ERA.NET submission tool until 19 November 2025, 12:00 noon Brussels time.

Applicants for SPW funding must fill in an additional application form on ON TIME for the same deadline than that of the M-ERA.NET secretariat.

See SPW website for more information : Soutenir et améliorer la coordination des budgets régionaux et nationaux et les efforts de recherche - M-ERA.Net 3 (research and innovation on materials and battery technologies, supporting the European Green Deal) - MERANET

Requis d'admission

Project consortia must consist of at least 3 partners (all requesting funding from a funding organisation listed in Annex 3) from at least 3 different countries (at least 2 EU member state or associated country5 ) participating in the M-ERA.NET Call 2025. In addition to the minimum consortium, the participation of further partners is possible, including applicants not asking for funding (self-funded).

For SPW applicant, at least one Walloon SME must be in the consortium.

Zones géographiques

Les zones géographiques n'ont pas encore été spécifiées.

Pre-proposal : 13/05/2025

Full-proposal : 19/11/2025

Contacts ULB

Stephanie Nemeghaire

stephanie.nemeghaire@ulb.be

Contacts externes

Pierre Demoitie

pierre.demoitie@spw.wallonie.be

Dernière modification le 31/03/2025 par NEMEGHAIRE Stéphanie