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ForthcomingHorizon Europe

Co-funding Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan renewable fuel value chains at EU, national, regional, and local level

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Advance in the realisation of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan Action of Renewable fuels and Bioenergy (for the fuels part) is supported, overcoming fragmentation by mobilizing resources and establishing across EU interregional value chains of renewable fuel technologies and by better alignment of public and private R&I…

Deadline 31 Mar 2027Opens 3 Dec 2026Budget €30MIndicative grants 1EU contribution per project €30MSingle stageHORIZON Programme Cofund Actions

Funding and competition

  • 1grant expected (official)
  • €30MEU contribution per project
  • €942kmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 392projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Eurec Eesv
Bruxelles / Brussel
BelgiumCompany90SETDEPLOY, ETIP-B2022-2025, ETIP-B2026-2028
Eta - Energia, Trasporti, Agricoltura Srl
Firenze
ItalyCompany · SME80ETIP-B-SABS 2, SETDEPLOY, ETIP-B2022-2025
Rise Research Institutes Of Sweden Ab
Boras
SwedenResearch organisation52ETIP-B-SABS 2, SETDEPLOY, ETIP-B2022-2025
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe Ev
Gulzow
GermanyOther114ETIP-B-SABS 2, SET4BIO, ETIP Bioenergy-SABS
Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh
Julich
GermanyResearch organisation142CSP ERANET, M-ERA.NET 2, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund
Sintef Energi As
Trondheim
NorwayResearch organisation71SETDEPLOY, SET4BIO, SUPEERA
Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft - Und Raumfahrt Ev
Koln
GermanyResearch organisation54SET4H2 II, SUN-to-LIQUID II, STT4SET
Alliance Europeenne De Recherche Dans Le Domaine De L'Energie
Bruxelles / Brussel
BelgiumOther63SUPEERA, SUN2X-SET, SET-IndEU
Best - Bioenergy And Sustainable Technologies Gmbh
Graz
AustriaResearch organisation · SME42ETIP-B-SABS 2, ETIP-B2022-2025, ETIP-B2026-2028
Agencia Estatal De Investigacion
Madrid
SpainPublic body110BESTF3, CSP ERANET, M-ERA.NET 2
Turkiye Bilimsel Ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu
Ankara
TürkiyeResearch organisation100CSP ERANET, M-ERA.NET 2, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund
Fundacion Circe Centro De Investigacion De Recursos Y Consumos Energeticos
Zaragoza
SpainResearch organisation50SETDEPLOY, SET4BIO, FUELPHORIA
Narodowe Centrum Badan I Rozwoju
Warszawa
PolandPublic body100BESTF3, M-ERA.NET 2, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund
Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior A Cercetarii Dezvoltarii Si Inovarii
Bucuresti
RomaniaResearch organisation100M-ERA.NET 2, GEOTHERMICA, EnerDigit
Osterreichische Forschungsforderungsgesellschaft Mbh
Wien
AustriaOther73M-ERA.NET 2, SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund, EnerDigit

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 6partners (median)
  • 5countries (median)
  • 17%of partners are SMEs
Public body 29%Research organisation 28%Other 20%Company 17%University 7%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • ETIP-B-SABS 2 – European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy - Support of Renewable Fuels and Advanced Bioenergy Stakeholders 2 (H2020 · 2018 · LC-SC3-CC-4-2018)
  • SETDEPLOY – SETDEPLOY - Driving the implementation of the SET Plan Action 8 (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-13)
  • ETIP-B2022-2025 – European technology and innovation platform bioenergy - support of renewable fuels and advanced bioenergy stakeholders 2022-2025 (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-15)
  • SET4BIO – Renewable fuels and bioenergy for a low-carbon europe – accelerating the implementation of the set-plan action 8 (H2020 · 2020 · LC-SC3-JA-2-2018-2019)
  • ETIP-B2026-2028 – European technology and innovation platform bioenergy - support of renewable fuels and advanced bioenergy stakeholders 2026-2028 (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-11)
  • ETIP Bioenergy-SABS – European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy – Support of Advanced Bioenergy Stakeholders 2016 - 17 (H2020 · 2016 · LCE-36-2016-2017)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.