General Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 07 August 2026 |
| Deadline model | single-stage |
| Deadline date | 16 October 2026 13:00 (Brussels time) |
| Expected duration of participation | 2 years |
| Total funding available | 3 600 000,00 € |
| Project acronym | EIT RM BP26-28 |
| Full name of the EU funded project | EIT RawMaterials Business Plan 2026-2028 |
| Grant agreement number | 101270585 |
| Topic | HORIZON-EIT-2025-KIC-IBA-RM - EITRAWMATERIALS Business Plan 2026 |
Submission & evaluation process
Proposals must be registered and submitted by Friday 16th October 2026 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time), using the SeedBook online platform: https://seedbook-portal.eitrawmaterials.eu/. Any proposals submitted after the deadline will be inadmissible. Only proposals satisfying all the admissibility criteria above shall pass on to the eligibility criteria assessment stage.
The Proposals will be evaluated according to three sets of criteria:
- Eligibility criteria - mandatory requirements (Proposals that do not meet such criteria will not be considered for further evaluation).
- Excellence, impact, and quality criteria - against which the collected proposals will be scored and ranked by external evaluators, according to the evaluation grid presented in section 2.4 below. The Quality criteria include the evaluation of the ‘Market Analysis’ and the ‘Communication and Dissemination’ WPs.
- Strategic criteria - strategy criteria against which the collected proposals will be scored and ranked by the EIT RawMaterials, according to the evaluation grid.
In the Proposal, the applicant should also state if and how it has the potential to become an investment case for the European Raw Materials Alliance within the funding period Eligible Proposals will be selected based on the excellence, impact, quality and strategy criteria ranking. The excellence, impact and quality criteria (external evaluation) account for 55% of final score, whereas Strategic criteria (EIT RM evaluation) account for the 45 % of the final score. Proposals’ Excellence, Impact and Quality of Implementation will be evaluated by a panel of external experts appointed by the EIT RawMaterials. EIT RawMaterials will strive to achieve balance in the Evaluators’ gender and geographic provenance.
Successful and unsuccessful Candidates will be informed via email within five working days following the day of the final decision by the Selection Committee. All Candidates will receive the feedback report from the evaluation panels, including their score per Criteria and total score. If the Proposal is selected, the feedback may include a list of requested changes and/or conditions as a result of the outcome of the evaluation that must be addressed by the Project Coordinator before the Project can be given the final approval. These requirements may not entail a substantial modification of the proposal.
In case a candidate requests further clarification regarding the evaluation result, it may contact the KIC by email. Such requests will be replied within 15 days (this deadline may be extended by the KIC with due justification).
Once the project is selected, this approval is conditional on the successful signing of the Financial Sustainability Agreement (entailing FSM) between EIT RawMaterials and the project consortium, the signature of a “Project Agreement”, fulfilling all membership obligations and agreeing to implement all Mandatory changes, if any, listed and described in the Evaluation Feedback document.
Further information
The call text, as well as all supporting documents and link to the application platform can be found on the website of EIT RawMaterials here.