Booster Call

Scale up your business with EIT RawMaterials

Does your Start-up or SME offer sustainable solutions for the raw materials sector? Apply to the Booster Call to get financial support of up to EUR 200 000 and access to the EIT RawMaterials partner network to scale up.

EIT RawMaterials Booster supports start-ups and SMEs developing innovative products and services that can impact in the raw materials sector or benefit our partners.

Besides funding and customised services, the selected start-ups and SMEs will also join the EIT RawMaterials partner network to participate in our networking events and gain visibility through EIT RawMaterials network channels. Supported start-ups and SMEs may join our network as an associate or full members to benefit from the ecosystem fully.

Booster Call provides established companies with support to:

• speed up a technology challenge to bring your solution closer to the market
• accelerate market entry by dedicating financial resources for a specific segment or target market
• facilitate product portfolio diversification, enabling product adaption or new product features to address a concrete market need

Booster Call 2023 is open throughout the year. For the sake of clarity and to ensure a smooth selection and operational progress of the selected Start-ups and SMEs, we have three cut-off dates for proposal submission. The application deadlines are 13 March, 5 June and 4 September 2023.

Thematic Scope

The transition to net-carbon-neutrality and technology-driven innovation, in the context of the EU Green Deal, means an unprecedented increase in demand for critical and strategic raw materials. Innovations such as electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines rely on a sustainable supply of critical raw materials. These can include lithium, cobalt, magnesium, copper, and rare earth elements.

This is why EIT RawMaterials is constantly working to discover start-ups with most disruptive and groundbreaking products and services addressing challenges across the raw materials value chain, from deep tech solutions for mineral exploration, mining and processing to substitution and recycling of battery materials and novel approaches to offset carbon footprint.

Booster Call supports new businesses sharing our vision to develop raw materials into a major strength for Europe.

How to apply

Please find the details about the EIT RawMaterials Booster Call application process:

• EIT RawMaterials Booster Call 2023 Guidelines (incl. eligibility criteria, terms and conditions, award criteria, funding)
• EIT RawMaterials Booster Call 2023: Template for cost estimate, revenue projections, activities & milestones
• EIT RawMaterials Booster Call 2023: Financial Estimate

Please fill out the requested templates and submit them following the external link below.

Apply for the Booster Call funding by 13 March 2023, 17:00 CET (the first cut-off date).