Knowledge & Innovation

Innovation Projects

Our Innovation-Education projects provide funding to individuals and companies in support of developing and maintaining sustainable raw materials solutions in Europe. Partner and stakeholders, including start-ups and SMEs, are invited to submit. 

Sustainable Mining

RISBRIEFCASE

Briefcase RIS network creation

On-going

Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024

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Sustainable Mining

RISBRIEFCASE

The Partners of the RIS Briefcase Project will consolidate the…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024

Exploration

RMR

Raw Material Radar

On-going

Jun 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025

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Exploration

RMR

Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) are often illegally extracted by…

Project duration: Jun 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025

Resource Efficiency

SCALE-Up

Scaling up Scandium production from European industrial residues

On-going

Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

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Resource Efficiency

SCALE-Up

SCALE-Up demonstrates a commercialization-ready flowsheet for…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

Resource Efficiency

ScaVanger

Sustainable supply of Nb, Sc and V from liquid waste from TiO2 plants

On-going

Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024

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Resource Efficiency

ScaVanger

ScaVanger will ensure the steady supply of 100 % Sc, and 2 % Nb…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024

Substitution

SCIONb

Silicon Carbon Composite Production for Lithium Ion Batteries

On-going

Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025

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Substitution

SCIONb

The challenge this project addresses is the increase in…

Project duration: Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025

Sustainable Mining

SEC4TD

Securing tailings dam infrastructure with an innovative monitoring…

On-going

Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025

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Sustainable Mining

SEC4TD

SEC4TD proposes an integrated end-to-end (E2E) solution composed…

Project duration: Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025

Circular Economy

SINReM-TREND

T-shaped Raw materials training: ENtrepreneurial and Deep-tech…

On-going

Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026

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Circular Economy

SINReM-TREND

The SINReM programme continues to recruit excellent students and…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026

Resource Efficiency

SkiComCu-LL

Lifelong Learning Course for skills & competences in the Copper sector

On-going

Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026

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Resource Efficiency

SkiComCu-LL

The EU copper sector needs lifelong learning courses to address…

Project duration: Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026

Resource Efficiency

Smart-WAAM

Microstructural Engineering and Integrated Non-Destructive Testing

Completed

Jan 1, 2021 - Sep 24, 2024

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Resource Efficiency

Smart-WAAM

Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) presents unique…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2021 - Sep 24, 2024

SMILE

Smart Manufacturing Innovation, Learning-labs, and Entrepreneurship

Completed

Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024

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SMILE

SMILE’s contextual focus is smart manufacturing − the hallmark of…

Project duration: Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024

Exploration

SOLSA-DEM.UP

DEmonstration & Market UPtake

On-going

Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 1, 2025

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Exploration

SOLSA-DEM.UP

SOLSA-DEM’UP aims at bringing to market the first automated expert…

Project duration: Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 1, 2025

Resource Efficiency

STILLMETAL

SustaInable sLag process to obtain a valuable METAL

On-going

Jul 11, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

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Resource Efficiency

STILLMETAL

STILLMETAL project develops a sustainable process to convert…

Project duration: Jul 11, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

Substitution

SUMMED-PV

Summer Education in Photovoltaics

On-going

Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026

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Substitution

SUMMED-PV

SUMMED-PV aims to educate students on raw material key aspects…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026

Exploration

TIMREX

T-Shaped Master Programme for Innovative Mineral Resource Exploration

On-going

Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

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Exploration

TIMREX

Built on existing strong minerals exploration MSc programmes, the…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

UMANE

Universities for huMAN-centered Entrepreneurship

Completed

Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024

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UMANE

UMANE (Universities for huMAN-centered Entrepreneurship) project…

Project duration: Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024

Sustainable Mining

V0T3D

Ventilation Optimizing Technology based on 3D-scanning

On-going

Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025

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Sustainable Mining

V0T3D

The V0T3D project aims to robotize the RM sector by introducing…

Project duration: Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025

Resource Efficiency

VALORE

Selective Vanadium and Galium recovery from Alumina Refinery

On-going

Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

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Resource Efficiency

VALORE

VALORE will upscale a novel process for the recovery of vanadium…

Project duration: Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

Recycling

WEEE-NET9

Improving CRMs extraction capacities in RIS WEEE recycling

On-going

Sep 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024

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Recycling

WEEE-NET9

WEEE-NET will improve the capacities of WEEE value chains in the…

Project duration: Sep 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024