CALL: INDUSTRY 2020 IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Call identifier: H2020-IND-CE-2016-17
Publication date: 14 October 2015
Call summary
This focus area is at the heart of how Horizon 2020 contributes to sustainably boosting economic growth and renewing Europe's industrial capacities in a world of finite resources.
It will demonstrate the economic and environmental feasibility of the circular economy approach, and at the same time give a strong impetus to the re-industrialisation of the EU, by developing and deploying new approaches and technologies. This focus area will bring together complementary activities, which as a whole will address the overall objectives of enhancing European industrial competitiveness and moving towards a circular economy.
Actions will support the goals outlined in the Communications ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ and ‘European Industrial Renaissance’, and are in line with the Commission's new Roadmap for a Circular Economy Strategy. They follow up the European Council conclusions of March and June 2014, in particular the Council's call for a systemic approach to cleantech.
There are synergies to be reaped from working across different pillars of Horizon 2020 in tapping new sources of green growth and maximising the uptake of new opportunities by industry, including SMEs. These are expected to boost investment and job creation, and consolidate Europe's global green leadership.
This call supports systemic innovation, which is understood as innovation that aims at responding to a societal challenge by obtaining a systems-wide transformation through affecting the system's economic, social and environmental dimensions. This implies a trans-disciplinary perspective that integrates technology, business models and economic organisation, finance, governance and regulation as well as skills and social innovation. Systemic innovation therefore calls for the adoption of a challenge-driven, solutions-oriented research and innovation strategy that crosses disciplinary boundaries and involves co-creation of knowledge and co-delivery of outcomes with economic, industrial and research actors, public authorities and/or civil society.
The industrial side of this call is based on the contractual Public-Private Partnerships (cPPPs) on Factories of the Future (FoF) and Sustainable Process Industries (SPIRE), with a strong element on industrial pilot lines for nanotechnology and advanced materials. It will help develop and deploy the necessary key enabling technologies to support EU manufacturing across a broad range of sectors. It will help European industry to meet the increasing global consumer demand for greener, more customised and higher quality products through the necessary transition to a demand-driven industry with less waste and a better use of resources.
To underpin the systemic approach, circular economy models play an important role as they boost innovation and involve all stakeholders in value chain(s) increasing resource efficiency. The circular economy is an economy in which production and consumption are organised in a way that the value of products, components, materials and resources is maintained or enhanced throughout the value chain and the life of the products. The circular economy decouples the creation of wealth and jobs from the consumption of resources (e.g. energy, water and primary raw materials), maximises resource productivity and minimises resource extraction and waste.
Specific objectives of the actions in this call include a reduction of costs and emissions, a more efficient use of energy and resources, and a cascade use of materials. Pioneering new production and consumption patterns and related technological and non-technological solutions will strengthen EU’s position and that of its industry in new markets. Systemic solutions need to be examined, developed and demonstrated throughout value chains, while addressing all influencing factors: policy and framework conditions that affect business and finance models; industrial manufacturing and processing; eco-design of products including design for repair, disassembly and durability, energy efficiency; reduction of GHG emissions; new and efficient use of primary and secondary raw materials; green and innovative public procurement (GPP); management, governance, social innovation; and new forms of consumer behaviour. Strong multi-stakeholder involvement and the active contribution of social sciences and humanities disciplines will be essential.
This call also builds on and aligns with the European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) on Water Efficiency and on Raw Materials, the relevant European Technology Platforms (ETPs), the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) , the ERA-NET on Eco-innovation (ECO-INNOVERA), and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).
This call is accompanied by a coordination and support action (NMBP-36-2016) in the NMBP call H2020-NMBP-CSA-2016, which provides policy support for Industry 2020 in the circular economy.
Full details are provided under the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Part – Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing (Part 5.ii. of this Work Programme).
Call updates
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06 June 2017 17:47
Flash Call Info
In order to best ensure equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the evaluation summary reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but a GENERALISED FEEDBACK with information and tips for preparing the full proposal. The generalised feedback for topics CIRC-01-2016-2017 and CIRC-02-2016-2017 is published under the Call Conditions of each topic.
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30 May 2017 15:54
Flash Call Info:
An overview of the evaluation results of call Stage 1 of the Two stage call of H2020-IND-CE-2016-17 (flash call info) is now available under the "Topic conditions & documents" section on the topic page.
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17 May 2017 16:18
DEADLINE (second stage) of 2017 two-stage topics: 04.05.17
21 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:PILOTS-03-20017: 9
PILOTS-04-2017: 6
PILOTS-05-2017: 6
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05 May 2017 12:07
An overview of the evaluation results (called 'Flash Call Info') of the topic FOF-12-2017 of H2020-FOF-2017 call is now available under the 'Topic conditions & documents' section on the correspondant topic page.
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27 April 2017 17:05
FLASH INFORMATION ON THE CALL RESULTS
H2020-IND-CE-2016-2017 (FOF (rtd) + SPIRE 2017 TOPICS)
Published: 14 October 2015
Deadline: 19 January 2017
Available budget: FOF(rtd) 86.18 M€ + SPIRE 82.11 M€The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:FOF (rtd)
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 154
Number of inadmissible proposals: 2
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals: 36
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 183,778,494.32 €
SPIRE
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 55
Number of inadmissible proposals: 1
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals:19
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 99,381,088.79 €
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
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08 March 2017 18:23
H2020-IND-CE-2016-17
A total of 117 proposals were submitted in response to this call. The number of proposals for each topic/type of action is shown below:
• CIRC-01-2016-2017 (IA): 72
• CIRC-02-2016-2017 (IA): 45
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07 February 2017 09:58
Corrigendum - FLASH INFORMATION ON THE CALL RESULTS
H2020-IND-CE-2016-2017 (2017 PILOTS TOPICS)
Please read "Deadline: 27 October 2016"
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30 January 2017 14:42
FLASH INFORMATION ON THE CALL RESULTS
H2020-IND-CE-2016-2017 (2017 PILOTS TOPICS)
Published: 14 October 2015
Deadline: 27 October 2017
Available budget: 48,660,000 €The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.
The following overall thresholds were applied: 8/10The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 69
Number of inadmissible proposals: -
Number of ineligible proposals: -
Number of above-threshold proposals: 21
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 147.997.304 €
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
Above-threshold proposals have been invited to submit a full proposal by 4 May 2017.
Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS after that date.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service .
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25 January 2017 17:08
Deadline: 19.01.2017
A total of 234 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:FOF-06-2017: 34
FOF-07-2017: 28
FOF-08-2017: 16
FOF-09-2017: 57
FOF-10-2017: 21
FOF-12-2017: 15 IA + 6 CSA
SPIRE-07-2017: 11
SPIRE-08-2017: 11
SPIRE-09-2017: 18
SPIRE-10-2017: 10
SPIRE-11-2017 2
SPIRE-12-2017 1
SPIRE-13-2017 4
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18 January 2017 07:46
Rules of Participation:
From 1 January 2017 Switzerland is associated to the whole Horizon 2020 programme, including the Societal Challenge calls. For more information please read the information sheet available here.
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05 December 2016 14:39
Flash Call Info:
An overview of the evaluation results of call H2020-IND-CE-2016-17 - Circular Economy (flash call info) is now available under the "Topic conditions & documents" section on the topic page.
FAQs 2017:
If you are applying for the 2017 topics under H2020-IND-CE-2016-17 - Circular Economy, do not forget to check new and archived FAQs relevant for your topic here.
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08 November 2016 13:47
Deadline (first stage) of 2017 two-stage topics: 27.10.16
69 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:PILOTS-03-20017: 30
PILOTS-04-2017: 14
PILOTS-05-2017: 25
- 08 November 2016 00:31 The submission session is now available for: CIRC-02-2016-2017(IA), CIRC-01-2016-2017(IA)
- 20 September 2016 00:30 The submission session is now available for: SPIRE-13-2017(CSA), SPIRE-07-2017(IA), SPIRE-12-2017(CSA), SPIRE-10-2017(RIA), SPIRE-11-2017(CSA), SPIRE-09-2017(IA), SPIRE-08-2017(RIA)
- 20 September 2016 00:30 The submission session is now available for: FOF-10-2017(IA), FOF-09-2017(IA), FOF-08-2017(IA), FOF-06-2017(RIA), FOF-07-2017(RIA), FOF-12-2017(IA-CSA)
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07 September 2016 10:38
2016 CIRC topics - Deadline: 06.09.16
A total of 26 proposals were submitted in response to the second stage of this call. The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:
CIRC-01a-2016 – 19
CIRC-02a-2016 – 7
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09 August 2016 13:59
Please note that the latest information on results (Flash Call Info) for the topics CIRC-01-2016 and CIRC-02-2016 corresponding to the first stage of two stage call (that closed on 8 March 2016) can be found in the "Additional Documents" section of these topics.
Please note that the latest information on results (Flash Call Info) for the topics CIRC-03-2016, CIRC-04-2016, and CIRC-05-2016 corresponding to the single stage call (that closed on 8 March 2016) can be found in the "Additional Documents" section of these topics.
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03 August 2016 16:30
A revised version of the Work programme 2016-2017 has been adopted in 25/07/2016.
The main changes in the call Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy sub-call Circular Economy concern:
- New evaluation criteria and evaluation procedures for all topics.
- Increase in available budget for CIRC-01-2017.
- Changes in the challenge, scope or impact description of several topics related with the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- 03 August 2016 11:41 The submission session is now available for: PILOTS-04-2017(IA), PILOTS-05-2017(RIA), PILOTS-03-2017(IA)
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25 July 2016 14:55
Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2017 update
After the update to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2017 of 25 July 2016,
the following updates were made:- Open Access Data new provisions have been added for 2017 calls with an opening date on or after 26/07/2016.
- The text for evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and procedure has been clarified.
- The text for topics FOF-12-2017, SPIRE-07-2017, SPIRE-08-2017 and SPIRE-12-2017 has been modified.
- The introduction of SPIRE topics under the call H2020-IND-CE-2016-17 has been modified.
- The new CSA topic SPIRE-13-2017 'Potential of Industrial Symbiosis in Europe' has been added to the call H2020-IND-CE-2016-17.
- The indicative budget for 2017 PILOTS topics under the call H2020-IND-CE-2017 was increased to €48.66 million in 2017.
- The indicative budget for 2017 FOF topics (rtd) under the call H2020-IND-CE-2017 was increased to €86.18 million in 2017.
- The indicative budget for 2017 SPIRE topics under the call H2020-IND-CE-2017 was increased to €82.11 million in 2017.
- Open Access Data new provisions have been added for 2017 calls with an opening date on or after 26/07/2016.
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12 July 2016 13:44
Flash Call Info
Call identifier: H2020-IND-CE-2016-2017 (2016 PILOTS topics)
Call title: Industry 2020 in the circular economy
Published: 14 October 2015
Deadline: 24 May 2016 17:00:00Budget available: 32 M€
The Commission has completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above call.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:- Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 15
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
- Number of ineligible proposals: 0
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 10
- Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 64,639,106 €
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
The number of proposals that can finally be funded depends on the available budget and the formal approval of grant agreements by the Commission.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by November 2016.
Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS after that date.
http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.htmlIn case of questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service
http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
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20 May 2016 15:08
H2020-CIRC-2016-TwoStage, first stage
The evaluation of first stage proposals is now complete. The coordinators of proposals who failed to pass to the second stage have been informed in writing, and have each received an Evaluation Summary Report (ESR) setting out scores and comments.
The “Flash info” published on the Participant Portal shows the key statistics related to this call, including number of proposals submitted, the number evaluated, and the number passing the thresholds and thus invited to the second stage.
For successful first stage applicants, it is important to uphold the principle of equal treatment, and to ensure that all have a chance to benefit from the comments of experts. Therefore, instead of an ESR, this generalised feedback is provided now to all applicants invited to submit a full proposal at the second stage. You are kindly requested to take this feedback into account when preparing your full proposal.
At the second stage you have a chance to address or clarify issues that should convince the second stage experts. Some or all of these experts may not be the same as those who reviewed your outline proposal.Summary of main shortcomings in first stage successful proposals
CIRC-01:• The objectives did not always include quantitative targets or these targets were not always convincingly supported.
• The concept description was not always focused and clear on the innovation potential, the circular economy view, the economic mechanisms and governance required for a swift on a specific circular value chain.
• The role of end-users was not always sufficiently described with regards to their importance in the value chain or their involvement is missing at early stages
• The expected TRL was not always sufficiently substantiated.
• Large scale demonstrations were not always sufficiently explained and/or did not always have a clear co-design approach to justify the need for such demonstrations.
• Expected economic and environmental impacts were not always adequately quantified and/or were not always sufficiently explained in relation to the demonstration.
• Business models were not always sufficiently presented.
CIRC-02:• The objectives did not always include quantitative targets or they were not always convincingly substantiated.
• Objectives addressing the relevant legal, societal and market challenges were not always present.
• The interest among fertilizer companies or other potential end-users of the recycled nutrient was not always demonstrated.
• The role of end-users of recycled nutrient was not always sufficiently described, and often defined to contribute only in the last stages of the proposed action.
• Quantitative information supporting the expected impact of the action was not always presented.
• Metrics for the final capacity of the technology and its outputs were not always described.
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18 May 2016 16:14
FLASH INFORMATION ON THE CALL RESULTS (FLASH CALL INFO)
Call for proposals: H2020-CIRC-2016-TwoStage, first stage
Call Title: Industry H2020 in the Circular Economy
Published: 14.10.2015
Deadline: 08.03.2016 (first stage)Indicative available budget: EUR 80 million
Budget per topic/type of action with separate ‘call-budget-split’:• CIRC-01-2016 - Systemic, eco-innovative approaches for the circular economy: design for circular values and supply chains /IA: EUR 60 million
• CIRC-02-2016 - Water in the context of the circular economy: demonstrating the potential of efficient nutrient recovery from water /IA: EUR 20 millionThe Agency EASME has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call. The following overall thresholds were applied:
• CIRC-01-2016: Overall threshold applied 8.0
• CIRC-02-2016: Overall threshold applied 8.0
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
• CIRC-01-2016: 70 proposals submitted, 19 above thresholds
• CIRC-02-2016: 32 proposals submitted, 8 above thresholdsTotal number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 102
Total number of inadmissible proposals: 1
Total number of ineligible proposals: 0
Total number of above-threshold proposals: 27
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 231.54 million
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
Above-threshold proposals have been invited to submit a full proposal by 06.09.2016
Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS after that date.
Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the Agency.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service .
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19 April 2016 16:21
An overview of the following evaluation results (flash call info) is now available
under the tab Topic conditions and documents:- 2016 SPIRE topics
- 2016 FOF topics
- 2016 PILOTS topics (first stage results)
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09 March 2016 08:57
2016 CIRC topics - Deadline: 08.03.16
Circular Economy TOPICS - 138 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:CIRC-01 : 72
CIRC-02 : 33
CIRC-03 : 4
CIRC-04 : 18
CIRC-05 : 11
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25 January 2016 10:04
2016 FOF and SPIRE topics - Deadline: 21.01.16
Factories of the Future TOPICS - 183 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:FoF-01 : 23
FoF-02 : 20
FoF-03 : 41
FoF-04 : 27
FoF-05 : 3
ICT FoF-11 : 49
ICT FoF-13 : 20
Sustainable Process Industries TOPICS - 62 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:SPIRE-01: 15
SPIRE-02: 22
SPIRE-03: 9
SPIRE-04: 13
SPIRE-05: 2
SPIRE-06: 1
For Energy-Efficient Building topics, see here
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14 December 2015 15:01
Deadline (first stage) of 2016 two-stage topics: 08.12.15
59 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The number of proposals for each topics is shown below:PILOTS-01-2016: 27
PILOTS-02-2016: 32
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