Požadovaný rozpočet: 999.921,29 EUR

The CIRC IMPACT project strengthens European innovation ecosystems by improving cross border venture investment between strong innovator regions and emerging or moderate innovator regions. Many startups in less connected ecosystems struggle to access later stage finance, regulatory knowledge and reliable partners, while investors lack visibility of local opportunities. CIRC IMPACT addresses these gaps by reducing information asymmetries, increasing investor awareness and supporting startup expansion across the EU. The project combines market orientation services for foreign investors, investment readiness support for startups, soft landing infrastructures and targeted roadshows and investment forums. It develops best practice repositories, co investment models and matchmaking mechanisms linking investors, business angels and corporate partners. Through mapping regulatory and financial barriers and engaging stakeholders, CIRC IMPACT will produce an Investment Barrier Atlas and policy recommendations for regional, national and EU authorities. By increasing the availability and diversity of venture capital in less connected regions, the project strengthens Europe’s innovation landscape and supports the growth of circular economy and digital transformation solutions.

Žadatel: Regionális Információs És Fejlesztő Tudásközpont Kft.

Požadovaný rozpočet: 1.006.835 EUR

The REE CONNECT project lays the foundations for long term cooperation among European innovation ecosystems in the field of Rare Earth Elements (REE), addressing the EU’s urgent need to strengthen its strategic autonomy and reduce dependency on third country suppliers. Bringing together eight European regions with complementary expertise across the entire REE value chain—from extraction and processing to advanced manufacturing, recycling and circular economy solutions—the project establishes a coordinated, multi regional approach to developing a competitive and sustainable REE sector. Through systematic mapping of regional capacities, identification of synergies and the design of shared investment strategies, REE CONNECT will prepare the ground for future large scale, multi billion euro investments in Europe’s REE ecosystem. The initiative directly supports the objectives of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, enhances Europe’s technological sovereignty and accelerates both the green and digital transitions by securing access to materials essential for clean energy, mobility and advanced technologies.

Žadatel: CatapultX Accelerator

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.500.000 EUR

The Q PORTER project tackles a key gap left by previous EU logistics initiatives by addressing the real world complexity of rapid operational decision making in ports and airports. By integrating quantum annealing with physics informed simulations, the project transforms predictive models into real time optimisation engines capable of managing congestion, resource allocation and dynamic scheduling. The technology will be validated in simulated operational environments, advancing from TRL 3/4 to TRL 5/6. Q PORTER focuses on major bottlenecks such as berth and runway congestion, crane and gate allocation, and ground crew scheduling. Through hybrid quantum and AI driven optimisation, the platform aims to reduce delays, energy use and operational costs. Beyond its pilots, the project establishes a scalable Quantum Optimisation as a Service model, extending the EU’s Physical Internet vision and strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty in quantum technologies.

Žadatel: University of West Attica

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.998.189 EUR

The HYHEALS project supports the EU’s climate neutrality goals by developing a new generation of smart, ultra lightweight and fully recyclable hydrogen storage tanks. Targeting TRL 4, the project focuses on fundamental research and proof of concept validation for thermoplastic composite materials with integrated self healing and self sensing functionalities. These features enable early detection of degradation, improved safety and reduced material use through AI driven structural optimisation. HYHEALS will also create a preliminary digital twin framework to model material behaviour and guide scalable manufacturing processes, including automated tape laying, fibre placement and precision wrapping. A circular, emission free production approach—eliminating energy intensive curing and enabling mandrel reuse—sets a new benchmark for sustainable tank manufacturing. By delivering validated scientific and technological building blocks, HYHEALS paves the way for future industrial upscaling and strengthens Europe’s transition to a resilient hydrogen economy.

Žadatel: Technische Universität Chemnitz

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.999.628,75 EUR

The SEMANTIC project addresses the urgent need for sustainable and resilient food production systems capable of meeting rising global demand while reducing environmental impact. Its core ambition is to introduce a breakthrough concept: autonomous agricultural electric vehicles operating inside greenhouses, powered by hybrid energy systems built on vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). This innovative approach combines rapid electrolyte based recharging, long term renewable energy storage and a smart integrated system for energy management and autonomous navigation, offering a transformative alternative to conventional agricultural machinery. SEMANTIC is structured around four objectives: developing on vehicle and off vehicle hybrid VRFB power systems; creating an intelligent platform for energy management and autonomous movement; improving the electrochemical performance of VRFB components; and optimising the design and operation of VRFB stacks. Together, these innovations aim to decarbonise agricultural transport, strengthen the competitiveness of the European agri food sector and support rural development by creating new opportunities for young people.

Žadatel: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.000.000 EUR

The EXTRACTOR technology introduces a breakthrough approach to blockchain security by combining real‑time threat detection, proactive prevention and rapid incident response in a single integrated solution. Unlike traditional tools that only identify risks, EXTRACTOR actively prevents attacks as they emerge, using continuous monitoring of smart contracts and blockchain transactions, advanced anomaly‑detection algorithms and automated defence mechanisms such as transaction firewalls and circuit breakers. Designed specifically for the complexities of the Web3 environment, the solution fills a critical market gap by offering immediate, automated protection that significantly reduces the impact of cyber threats. With its proactive architecture, proven performance at TRL5 and successful beta‑testing with early customers, EXTRACTOR sets a new standard for safeguarding digital assets. As cyber risks in the Web3 space continue to rise, the technology arrives at the ideal moment to support projects seeking robust, future‑ready security. By delivering real‑time prevention, tailored Web3 protection and a strong incident‑response framework, EXTRACTOR represents a transformative step forward in blockchain security.

Žadatel: Hacken OÜ

Požadovaný rozpočet: 500.000 EUR

TWREEC deserves HORIZON-EIC 2023 prize for its devoted environmental and 17SDG2030 UN Agenda Goals research in Pakistan. Amongst the international climate research and consulting organizations ’’Third World Resources, Energy and Environment CenterTWREEC’’ www.twreec.org is perhaps the first one established by Rashid Ahmed – an international hydrocarbon-hydrological engineer of Pakistan during the year 1990 motivated by that time unrealized looming concern that two vital natural resources (HC and HYDRO) of the earth planet are at head on collision course in socioeconomic service to humanity. Others like; ‘’Green Cross International’’ in Europe, ‘’Climate Reality', ‘’Water Keeper’’, and ‘’ICE911 now Polar Ice’’ from USA entered the anti-global warming struggle years later than TWREEC – Sialkot, Pakistan. Mission of these esteemed organizations corresponds to green economy transition, air pollution control, water resources protection, and prevention of continental/polar climate ice melt. European and American research organizations quickly attained powerful world status of ‘Climate Campaigners’ as their updates sent to TWREEC regularly indicate. Paradoxically, TWREEC, comprehending the full range CCM & CCA functions for developing countries and exceptional R&D/R&I for the entire world continues pondering about sustenance but somehow continuing its projects for 17SDG2030 UN Agenda of Paris Climate Accord 2015. TWREEC, Sialkot – Pakistan, prior to international climate treaty or Paris Agreement – PA2015 have rigorously been engaged in socioeconomic affairs in compliance with requirements of 20th century environment.

Žadatel: Third World Resources, Energy & Environment Centre (pvt) - TWREEC

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.995.750 EUR

Renewable or ‘green’ Hydrogen (H2) is an important energy vector for combating climate change. H2 is a perfect energy storage solution with the highest energy per mass of any fuel, but due to its low density it has a low energy per volume at ambient pressure. Fundamental processes of H2 production by electrolysis are relatively well understood and have demonstrated industrial scale feasibility but current electrolyser systems require significant CAPEX and OPEX improvements due to the expensive raw materials, inefficiencies and significant costs for maintenance, H2 purification and compression. This hinders large-scale green H2 usage on a commercial level. In our proposal, ‘HYEST’, through fundamental multidisciplinary research on new structural electrolyser concepts and novel materials, we will change the existing technology paradigm and develop cheap, durable and robust electrolyser which produces ultra-high pressure H2 direct output directly from electrolyser without compressor. HYEST aims: - to develop radically new type of ultra-high pressure (up to 900 bar burst pressure) Alkaline Electrolyte Solid (AES) electrolytical cell, using new nano-materials, organic-inorganic hybrids, mechanical engineering and advanced manufacturing technologies (currently at TRL2) - to develop durable ceramic fiber-based composite membrane to achieve more than 100k of operating hours (currently at TRL2) - to eliminate catalyst delamination through the novel catalyst deposition method resulted in >10X electrolyser service life (currently at TRL1) - to reduce system CAPEX by 50% - reduce system OPEX by 30% through increased production capacity by 12-15%, decreased maintenance costs and elimination postcompression (currently at TRL2). All mentioned above benefits enable significantly lower levelized cost of H2 for all applications, practically representing a new technological paradigm for the economy.

Žadatel: Gas Vessel Production Proizvodnja In Inzenirske

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.999.146 EUR

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how unprepared the world was to rapidly develop a treatment against such a large-scale pandemic. To this day, no effective therapeutics has been licensed, and over 3.4 Million people died from the disease. The Openmind Antisense consortium aims to develop technology platforms that allow rapid design and deployment of antiviral antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) drugs and delivery technologies targeting respiratory viruses. Our methodology will apply not only for COVID-19, but also to other respiratory viruses. We are proposing innovative and out of the box solutions for using ASO specifically targeting viral genes of SARS-CoV-2. One of our suggested technologies is to use the sequence of the N protein RNA, linked to the RNA sequence of another virus, (Brucella bacteriophage) that will serve to direct the ASO to the target. As far as we know, no one in the world is offering to use such am advanced technology for fighting COVID-19. We will investigate a number of delivery methodologies, including lipids, peptide-based nanoparticles and Peptide Nucleic Acid “PNA” ASOs. The most promising drug formulations will advance to a nebulization test bed and to in-vivo testing. Beyond these innovations, our consortium's members bring proven experience in drug design, delivery and translational medicine. Particularly noteworthy is Prof. Chezy Barenholz, one of the main inventors and developer of the first FDA approved nano-drug (Doxil, in Europe referred to as Caelyx). Within two years Openmind Antisense will have a robustly established proof of principle for rapid and safe delivery of novel ASO inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 to the infected lungs. Follow-up work will focus on the advancement to clinical trials and explore wideranging possibilities for future therapeutic development for a variety of viral diseases. The successful conclusion of this project will be a significant contribution to the health and economic wellbeing of the EU and beyond.

Žadatel: National University of Ireland, Galway

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.639.750 EUR

TWREEC proposal addresses CCM-CCA actions vital for scale-up of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Env.21st SET is complex function of all technologies whether in practice or abandoned due to outdating. Existing project facilities pertaining to real time technologies whether improved, advanced, or abolished may present different situations of LULUC in various countries. Exception can be quoted in urbanization, while other socioeconomic sectors may present vast opportunities of LULUC liberation from SED. SET. Agriculture is venue shifting sector, while irrigation/hydro-power infrastructure flexible in pursuance. Other infrastructure related land/air/ navigational transportation systems may present altogether LULUC challenge, and comparable is the case with mining, minerals, and industrial sectors. Accordingly, scale-up concept varies with dominant focus within urban settlement. Scaling-up ecosystems can hardly be attempted beyond ‘compensatory biome’ in urban and suburban areas. Such biomes are generated on fertile or unfertile sites as supplementary ecosystems’. Beyond suburbs, depending upon national determination it is liberation of LULUC unnecessarily confiscated by national socioeconomic sectors and transformation to LULUCF. Both types of scale-up have never been attempted in any country of the world but are the exclusive nature-based climate change mitigation and adaptation – NB.CCMA. Industrial climate change mitigation/adaptation – IN.CCMA is extremely risky and cannot compete with NB.CCMA for national survival. Geo-engineering is exclusively for climate change mitigation –CCM. Besides being expensively risk, success or failure of GE-CCM can lead to unpredictable adversities on NB.CCMA efforts in almost every country. All nature, industrial, and geo-engineering based –NIGEB interactions shall be addressed for development of NB-CCMA technology during the 24 months period in collaboration with 3 EU Partners subject to generous EU Grant funding made available.

Žadatel: Third World Resources, Energy & Environment Centre (pvt) - TWREEC

Požadovaný rozpočet: 3.037.255 EUR

The extended use of servers in data centers has generated an exponentially increasing request of electric power, a large fraction of which is dissipated by Joule effect and must be withdrawn to prevent device failure. The problem of keeping CPU temperature in a safe range has been approached until now as a mere heat dissipation problem managed server by server, with active dissipation requiring additional power. The rapid increase of CPU thermal budgets is now calling for disruptive solutions. GreenCPU scales the issue, seeing the large amount of heat delivered by data centers as a resource to be exploited for productive tasks. Our systemic approach integrates solutions spanning from materials science to basic physics, from biochemistry to electronic technologies: a Si-based thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is used to refrigerate water which is then used to extract heat from the CPU. TEC efficiency is enhanced by operating a pair of TECs in conjunction with thermal switches, enabling supercooling in continuous mode. The extracted heat is then transferred to a biochemical reactor where a low-temperature, safe enzymatic process of degradation of PET occurs. The system addresses two challenges at one time: (1) dissipating heat from CPUs with higher efficiency than conventional thermal management systems, which use forced air or liquid circulation; (2) reusing the large amounts of low-temperature wasted heat to tackle waste plastic accumulation in the environment. Aligned with the Twin-Transitions challenge, GreenCPU will validate the technological principles paving the way for future developments with positive economic and environmental impacts. While reducing costs for data centers thus contributing to the digital transition, GreenCPU will make two wastes - heat and plastics - to play against each other, leading to a win-win environmental solution.

Žadatel: Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca

Požadovaný rozpočet: 999.981,25 EUR

The EIC is successful in supporting high-tech innovation projects of various disciplines and research fields, which results into a highly fragmented portfolios of the innovation success stories. In the TECHPORT project (in short for High-TECH PORTfolio Support), our major aim is to raise the visibility and societal impact of EIC portfolios through a mix of novel, creative approaches and innovative communication tools, such as video case studies, hybrid workshops, and diverse online and gender-inclusive communities. The project approach is based on the modular concept, so as to smoothly allow for promotion of the interactions across the EIC portfolios, as well as to attract additional attention of the private capital, so as to support the smooth exit of the EIC resources and their replacement with the private capital at the very end of the life cycle of the supported innovation projects. Furthermore, with the aim to stimulate the co-creation of innovative technology visions among the supported innovative projects, as well as to discuss possible new directions for research and innovation in future deep-tech, the TECHPORT proposes to implement tailored activities and targeted actions. In order to build broad, diverse and gender-inclusive communities around each of the EIC portfolios, it is proposed to identify the key relevant stakeholders, deeply analyzing hundreds of the EIC portfolio projects and their relevant stakeholders, and actively reach out to them through tailored activities. Finally, the TECHPORT project will also target the key multiplication stakeholders in order to streamline their efforts for the benefit and sustainability of the EIC projects, as these multiplication stakeholders are seen as a key tool serving to further enhance portfolios’ societal impacts in the long-term perspective. Such proposed approach is in line with the KPI framework based on the three storylines: societal impact, economic impact and attractiveness for the private investors.

Žadatel: AMBIS vysoká škola, a.s.

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.447.012,50 EUR

HIROES is proposed within the EIC transition open call as it addresses to transfer the material innovation of the E.T. Pack project (H2020, FET-Open) into a higher TRL-Level and maturing the path for the market entry in space and medical applications. The goal is the application-oriented development and testing of the ceramic electron emitting C12A7 material as a cathode with improved properties and adapted designs of the components for integration for the application electrical space propulsion and diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices on the level of device and system integration. The efficiency and reliability of the electron emitting cathodes will be improved through the combination of reduced operation temperatures and cost saving integration in systems and devices. In space propulsion the C12A7 as emitter in cathodes will be demonstrated with reduced energy consumption and enabler for disruptive propellants. For electron sources in X-Ray-based medical diagnostics and therapies an improved emitter enhances the detection or patient dose delivery and reduce the energy consumption. The partner Fraunhofer IKTS will transfer the materiál innovation together with Airbus Space and Defence and PMB Alcen as industrial partners to a higher technological level which enables the creation of scenarios for market entries. The industry partners take over device and system integration of the C12A7- components, testing under operational conditions, market analysis and development of business cases. Innovation potential is to be enhanced by an industrial advisory board of several companies interested in electron emitting cathodes for space propulsion and medical systems. Feedback from the industrial advisory board will be incorporated in a business plan by focusing on these two markets. The consortium is supported by Grant Garant for dissemination and exploitation of the results as well as networking with innovation stakeholders and evaluation of the business plan.

Žadatel: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.

Požadovaný rozpočet: 2.322.500 EUR

Exposure to geopathic radiation (GR) is known to cause disease, but its origin and climate effects are unknown. But their origin was discovered by our experiments, which confirmed Einstein's STR, according to which matter consists of energies. Their interaction, in accordance with the laws of electrodynamics, forms a quantum electromagnetic field (QEF) in matter. Therefore, any stresses of matter cause perturbation of its QEF in the form of waves of quantum electromagnetic energy (S-radiation). As a result, quantum currents are present in the composition of electric energy during its production/storage/consumption, which is unknown to science. The technique converts them into man-made S-radiation, which pollutes the environment. For the same reason, the QEF of Earth's matter also generates S-radiation, which reveals the origin of the GR. In addition, in the S-radiation spectrum, we observed how the Earth and the Sun were occupied by the Energy Information Field (EIF) in the summer of 2003. Since then, it has been sucking Sradiation from these bodies, which has led to the processes by which polar ice taps and the activity of the Sun has decreased unprecedentedly. But at the same time, solar C-radiation contains high-temperature solar heat, which causes spontaneous combustion of plants and massive forest fires, CO2 growth and accelerates the pace of global warming. Therefore, the project concept provides, on the basis of standards and innovations, to eliminate quantum currents in electric energy at the stages of its production/storage and consumption, as well as limit the emission of S-radiation from various techniques. These measures will stop the growth of EIF, reduce CO2 and the growth of the rate of global warming, improve the environment and health.

Žadatel: Academy of diagnostics, LLC

Požadovaný rozpočet: 3.025.655 EUR

GHG-Trap objectives are: 1. Establish a multi-actors consortium to tackle the GHG produced by intensive livestock farming. 2. Develop wearable devices (similar to masks) that can trap CO2 and CH4 gases produced by animals, such as cattle, and ensure the highest standards of animal health and well-being. 3. Develop non wearable devices (similar to air filters) for stables that can capture CO2, CH4, and N2O gases produced by cattle, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, and small livestock while the air circulation is controlled. 4. Develop adsorbents and processes that can guarantee gas trapping and subsequential elution and separation of GHG from wearable devices, without involving critical raw materials. 5. Use CO2 and CH4 gases to cultivate microorganisms and transform them in valuable goods; CO2 will be reused to boost the growth of photosynthetic microalgae; CH4 will be used to growth methanotrophic bacteria. 6. Develop a new photobioreactor for microalgae cells that can work with the not pressurized CO2 recovered from trapping devices. 7. Perform LCA and economic viability of the integrated processes. 8. Training farmers and stakeholders on good agriculture, livestock, and manure practices to reduce the emissions of CO2, CH4, and N2O and protect the environment. All the integrated solutions will use renewable energy. The design of the photobioreactor (PBR) to cultivate microalgae will be optimized in order to use only natural sun light and a very limited quantity of water (ultra-thin PBR). Bacteria will make succinic acid from CH4 released by animals and caught by wearable and non-wearable devices, which, after polymerization, will be used to create bioplastic products. From captured CO2, microalgae cells will produce valuable metabolites to be used by cosmetics, pharma and food industries. The re-generation of the developed adsorbents will be performed also with renewable electricity, using strategies like electrification, micro-waves, or magnetic fields.

Žadatel: Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion