Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Euratom Research and Training programme has the following specific objectives:
- improve and support nuclear safety, security, safeguards, radiation protection, safe spent fuel and radioactive waste management and decommissioning, including the safe and secure use of nuclear power and of non-power applications of ionising radiation
maintain and further develop expertise and competence in the nuclear field within the community - foster the development of fusion energy as a potential future energy source for electricity production and contribute to the implementation of the European fusion roadmap
- support the policy of the EU and its members on continuous improvement of nuclear safety, safeguards and security
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The aim of this action is to launch a co-funded European partnership, bringing together European entities that have a national mandate for research in materials science and deal with nuclear materials. They are willing to pool their resources in a concerted manner in order to achieve critical mass and improve safety as well as efficiency and effectiveness in implementing respective materials solutions in the nuclear domain across Europe.
This action aims at establishing a partnership that implements research based on proposed research lines and/or through calls for proposals.
Detailed Call Description
This action should contribute significantly to the development of materials for ensuring the highest safety standards and reducing the time-to-market for the various types of materials and related advanced manufacturing techniques.
The scope of a partnership on nuclear materials should cover the research interests of all Member States and Associated Countries dealing with nuclear materials research and not be limited to nuclear power generating countries.
Proposals should provide for the establishment of an innovation group formed by members that belong to industrial bodies and other relevant institutions, and have expertise in innovation and result exploitation. Its role should be clearly defined. An independent international scientific advisory board established by the partnership would be seen as beneficial for the partnership’s activities.
The vision, strategic research agenda and other strategic documents produced by the ORIENT-NM project should form an essential basis for defining the scientific orientation, structure and governance of the partnership on nuclear materials, in full compliance with the rules laid down in the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025 and in Regulation (EU) 2021/695 on Horizon Europe.
The partnership should be goal-oriented, with well-defined major milestones to enable proper monitoring. Its scope should include all the scientific and technical areas as well as all the horizontal activities related to knowledge management described above (also defined by the ORIENT-NM project results).
To maximise knowledge management and especially the impact on smaller and less advanced national programmes, a set of horizontal activities on knowledge transfer and on education and training have to be designed and implemented within the partnership. The partnership should be open to international R&D cooperation, with the managers expected to represent it in areas of competence in international events and forums.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The funding rate is 55% of the eligible costs as it reflects the need to establish a fully integrated research Partnership for nuclear materials that makes use of the assets of laboratories and industries all around Europe.
Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is €300 000. Financial support provided by the participants to third parties, to support e.g. access to and securing availability of research infrastructures, is one of the primary activities of the action in order to be able to achieve its objectives.
Approximate number of proposals: 1
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The consortium should be composed of nationally mandated actors for financing and/or implementing R&I on nuclear materials. The proposed partnership should follow on from the exploratory activities carried out by the ORIENT-NM project, with extensive consultation of Member States’ national agencies and the research community. Nuclear regulatory bodies and their technical support organisations are expected to interact with the partnership, providing strategic orientations on the work to be accomplished, without compromising their independence. In the case of Member States where organisations act both as technical support organisations and as independent research organisations, these organisations are considered eligible for participation, normally as mandated actors or affiliated entities.
An internal governance structure should be established in the consortium agreement. It should include an executive board and a management support office with a strategic role in ensuring that the partnership is implemented and day-to-day activities are managed. An appropriate means of allocation of project tasks and funding among the partners will need to be revised on a yearly basis. Emerging research priorities relevant for the Euratom programme should be taken into account during this yearly revision of the partnership.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Contact: RTD-EURATOM@ec.europa.eu
(Publish Date: 04/04/2023-for internal use only)