M-ERA.NET Call 2025/26 - Materials Science and Engineering for innovation in Europe
ERA-NET for research and innovation on materials and battery technologies, supporting the European Green Deal
Established in 2012, the M-ERA.NET consortium has brought together a vast network in the field of materials, enabling collaboration between the main academic and industrial research partners from European and non-European countries and regions. The supported projects have promoted the production of knowledge ranging from fundamental research to innovative industrial applications.
In recent years, significant efforts have been made to strengthen, in particular, the introduction of new materials and the integration of the necessary products and processes. The M-ERA.NET Call 2025 specifically aims to respond to societal challenges and technological needs with an interdisciplinary approach. Indeed, advanced materials have been classified as key enabling technologies (KET) that can contribute to the development of technologies targeted by the SET (Strategic Energy Technology) plan, and to the improvement of energy efficiency and use of resources.
In addition, this call underlines the commitment of the European Union (EU) to the circular economy and sustainable development objectives, in connection with the adoption by the European Commission of a new circular economy action plan, in order to help European businesses and consumers.
A call to projects structured, for the ANR, around three themes
The objective of this call for projects is therefore to contribute to the promotion of a research community (academic and industrial) at the European and international level. Research actions may concern a wide range of the value chain in the field of materials.
- Sustainable materials for energy applications
- Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces (not eligible for ANR)
- Advanced composites and lightweight materials (not eligible for ANR)
- Functional materials
- Materials addressing environmental challenges (not eligible for ANR)
- Next generation materials for electronics
For the detailed topic descriptions and their respective TRL ranges please refer to the Call Text.
The Call Text (“Guide for Proposers”), including among other information the list of countries and regions participating in the call for projects, is available on the call for projects website M-ERA.NET Call 2025 (Joint Call 2025 - M-ERA.NET).
Selected project partners will be funded directly by their respective national/regional organizations (agencies or ministries). As a result, national/regional eligibility rules apply in addition to those specific to the call.
In particular, participants requesting funding from ANR must read the document “Appendix for Partners requesting funding from ANR”, accessible on this page.
- Selection
- List of selected projects
Projects submission and evaluation will take place in two steps, in cooperation between all funding partners.
Project pre-proposal and full-proposal must be written in English and have to be submitted by the Coordinator on the submission website respecting requested format and terms, available on the M-ERA.NET website.
Only pre-proposals selected after the first evaluation step will be allowed to submit a full proposal. Full-proposals involving partners requesting funding from ANR must also be submitted in the national platform, the specific details of this procedure will be communicated directly to the applicants in due time.
Throughout the process, the call secretariat (office(at)m-era.net) is the central point of contact for all candidates.
National contact points at ANR:
Larissa Chaperman,
email : Larissa.CHAPERMAN(at)agencerecherche.fr
Aymen Ben Amor
email : Aymen.BENAMOR(at)agencerecherche.fr
