This grant funds projects that innovate existing lithium-ion battery recycling processes to improve adaptability, flexibility, and operational efficiency. Focus areas include processing mixed feedstocks, optimizing hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical recovery methods, and achieving EU Batteries Regulation targets. Proposals must demonstrate techno-economic and life-cycle benefits and include exploitation plans for scalability and commercialization within the European battery value chain.
Eligible applicants must comply with Horizon Europe general conditions, including page limits and layout, eligible countries as per Annex B, and restrictions on entities controlled by China. Participants using satellite data must use Copernicus or Galileo/EGNOS. The Joint Research Centre may partici
