Advancements in Direct Air Capture
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcome: Accelerating the commercial availability of Direct Air Capture technologies. Scope: Projects are expected to aim at scaling up existing technical solutions to at least the level of pilot demonstration in relevant environments (TRL 7 or higher). Projects are expected to demonstrate: Improving the cost efficiency of the capture and regeneration…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €8MEU contribution per project
- €6Mmedian 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.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 9 | 0 | C4U, CLEANKER, CEMCAP |
| Fundacio Institut De Recerca En Energia De Catalunya Sant Adria De Besos | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | SolDAC, NewSOC, SOMMER |
| Comet Global Innovation, Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 1 | SolDAC |
| Universidad De Almeria Almeria | Spain | University | 2 | 0 | C-BRINES, COSEC |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | GRAMOFON, DAM4CO2, LOTER.CO2M |
| Teaching And Laboratory Engineering Sa Villaviciosa De Odon | Spain | Company | 1 | 0 | eREGENERATE |
| Edibon International Sa Móstoles | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 0 | eREGENERATE |
| Edilab Sl Móstoles | Spain | Company | 1 | 0 | eREGENERATE |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 15partners (median)
- 7countries (median)
- 20%of partners are SMEs
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.
- SolDAC – Full spectrum SOLar Direct Air Capture & conversion (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-11)
- eREGENERATE – REsistive heatinG in structured hydrophobic sorbents for a highly EfficieNt and fully Electrified DiRect Air CapTurE technology (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-12)
- CATALYSE – Integration of a novel direct air CApTure And uTiLisation sYStem for rEnewable fuel production (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01)
- C4EtOH – Al-Enabled Integrated CO2-to-Ethanol Technology via Direct Air Capture and Hydrogenation (HORIZON · 2027 · HORIZON-MSCA-2026-SE-01-01)
- C4U – Advanced Carbon Capture for steel industries integrated in CCUS Clusters (H2020 · 2020 · LC-SC3-NZE-5-2019-2020)
- AdMar – Novel Adsorbent Systems for Maritime Carbon Capture Application (HORIZON · 2027 · HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-24)
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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.