51 proposals have been submitted to the ERA-MIN Joint Call 2018, involving 280 applicants, requesting a total of 36 million € of public funds and with total costs of 49 million €.

The one-step call, which was published on 31 October 2018 and closed on 31 January 2019, is focused on needs-driven R&I on all aspects of the non-energy non-agricultural raw materials life cycle covering both primary and secondary resources and substitution of Critical Raw Materials in a circular economy approach. The five thematic areas are:

1. Supply of raw materials from exploration and mining​
2. Design
3. Processing, Production and Remanufacturing
4. Recycling and Re-use of End-of-Life Products
5. Cross-cutting topics. Proposals within this topic are expected to propose non-technological innovations regarding:

• New business models,
• Improvement of methods or data for environmental impact assessment,
• Social acceptance and trust/public perception of raw materials.

Further information of the call is available here.