Call for proposals 2025 - INDUSTRY two-stage (HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-two-stage)
Open Call
Objectives
The INDUSTRY two-stage call supports Europe’s twin green and digital transition by funding large-scale Innovation Actions (IA) and Research & Innovation Actions (RIA) that reinforce circular, climate-neutral and digitised industrial value-chains and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy in raw materials and advanced materials.
Under Destination 1, projects will develop digitalised construction-site logistics, embed up-cycling technologies into viable business models, and demonstrate clusters of social circular enterprises to accelerate circularity across sectors. Destination 2 focuses on Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) that enable smart monitoring, predictive maintenance and fast-curing protective solutions, and on safe-and-sustainable-by-design alternatives to PFAS, addressing EU chemicals policy and Net-Zero objectives. Across all topics, proposals must present robust business cases and exploitation strategies, contribute to zero-waste and zero-defect manufacturing, and integrate technologies such as AI, digital twins and big-data analytics to boost productivity and resource efficiency.
The call stresses the importance of skills development, gender and social dimensions (Industry 5.0 paradigm), and provides pathways from TRL 5 to TRL 7 demonstrations that pave the way for first-of-a-kind industrial plants. With an indicative EU contribution of €161 million, the call aims to advance net-zero manufacturing, secure resilient supply chains for critical materials, and deliver safe, circular and climate-neutral industrial solutions in line with the Net-Zero Industry Act and the EU’s 2050 climate targets.
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-11-two-stage: Enhanced logistics and operations of construction sites
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-35-two-stage: Developing and embedding upcycling technologies into viable business (Processes4Planet partnership)
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-21-two-stage: Demonstrators for clusters of social circular enterprises
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-42-two-stage: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for product monitoring, smart maintenance and repair strategies in the construction sector
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-43-two-stage: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for robust, fast curing sealants and coatings for manufacturing and final assembly
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-51-two-stage: Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Open Call
Objectives
The INDUSTRY two-stage call supports Europe’s twin green and digital transition by funding large-scale Innovation Actions (IA) and Research & Innovation Actions (RIA) that reinforce circular, climate-neutral and digitised industrial value-chains and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy in raw materials and advanced materials.
Under Destination 1, projects will develop digitalised construction-site logistics, embed up-cycling technologies into viable business models, and demonstrate clusters of social circular enterprises to accelerate circularity across sectors. Destination 2 focuses on Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) that enable smart monitoring, predictive maintenance and fast-curing protective solutions, and on safe-and-sustainable-by-design alternatives to PFAS, addressing EU chemicals policy and Net-Zero objectives. Across all topics, proposals must present robust business cases and exploitation strategies, contribute to zero-waste and zero-defect manufacturing, and integrate technologies such as AI, digital twins and big-data analytics to boost productivity and resource efficiency.
The call stresses the importance of skills development, gender and social dimensions (Industry 5.0 paradigm), and provides pathways from TRL 5 to TRL 7 demonstrations that pave the way for first-of-a-kind industrial plants. With an indicative EU contribution of €161 million, the call aims to advance net-zero manufacturing, secure resilient supply chains for critical materials, and deliver safe, circular and climate-neutral industrial solutions in line with the Net-Zero Industry Act and the EU’s 2050 climate targets.
Actions
This call covers the following topics:
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-11-two-stage: Enhanced logistics and operations of construction sites
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-35-two-stage: Developing and embedding upcycling technologies into viable business (Processes4Planet partnership)
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-21-two-stage: Demonstrators for clusters of social circular enterprises
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-42-two-stage: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for product monitoring, smart maintenance and repair strategies in the construction sector
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-43-two-stage: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for robust, fast curing sealants and coatings for manufacturing and final assembly
-HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-51-two-stage: Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)