Joint Call 2026

The M-ERA.NET Call 2026 is launched on 4 March 2026. 34 funding agencies participate with an indicative budget of about 39 million €.

The aim is to fund ambitious transnational RTD projects addressing materials research and innovation supporting the European Green Deal and the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Call Schedule:

• The Pre-Proposal Deadline is 12 May 2026, 12:00 noon, Brussels time.
• The Full-Proposal Deadline is 18 November 2026, 12:00 noon, Brussels time

The Call 2026 includes the following thematic areas:

1. Materials for energy storage and distribution systems
2. Materials for energy conversion
3. Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces
4. Innovative functional materials with defined architectures
5. Materials addressing environmental challenges
6. Next generation materials for electronics

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Materials for energy storage and distribution systems

The scope covers innovative materials, devices and systems that store and distribute any kind of energy (electrical, chemical, mechanical, thermal energy, among others).

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Materials for energy conversion

This topic supports the development and deployment of advanced materials and processes that accelerate the energy transition across generation, conversion and mobility.

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Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces

Surface and coating technologies are key enablers for new solutions across numerous industrial sectors worldwide.

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Innovative functional materials with defined architectures

The scope of topic 4 covers the development of materials and material systems with defined architectures that provide specific properties and desired functionalities.

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Materials addressing environmental challenges

 The reduction of resources and waste and increased materials recyclability, in accordance with a sustainable development, is becoming a necessity related to decarbonization and circular economy.

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Next Generation Materials for Electronics

The topic supports proposals on materials research and its application, with special focus on specific properties for electronics.

Proposal Submission

The pre-proposals can be submitted until 12 May 2026 using the M-ERA.NET submission tool.

Only project coordinators are asked to submit the proposal.

The link to the submission tool will soon be availabe.

Call documents for download:

• Guide for proposers
• FAQs
• Mandatory Pre-Proposal form
• Mandatory   Full-Proposal form and mandatory Annex 1 to Full-Proposal form 
• Final reporting template (available March 2027)
• Please direct questions during the project duration to the  monitoring team

Call webinars

Announcement: 

• M-ERA.NET Call 2026 webinar on 18th March 2026, 12:00 (CET)

  More information: Agenda and registration

• M-ERA.NET Joint Call 2026 - Spanish Infoday on 24th March 2026, 11:00 (CET)   

     More information: Agenda and registration

• Xjenza Malta’s M-ERA.NET Online Information Session on 26 March 2026, 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) 

     More information:  registration

Partner search:

M-ERA.NET provides a  Partner Search Facility.  
The EEN (Enterprise Europe Network) offers a general partner search tool.