Key enabling technologies for fusion power plants (European Partnership on Fusion Energy)
the action is expected to mature and demonstrate (TRL 6-8) innovative technologies in one of the technology areas set out within the scope of the topic: developing and advancing the technology readiness of innovative individual components and/or integrated systems that perform the key functions of fusion power plants (FPPs), in line with the technology area targeted; testing the innovative components and/or systems…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €15MEU contribution per project
- €2.8Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centro De Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales Y Tecnologicas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 3 | GO4FUSION, EUROfusion, EUROfusion |
| Empresarios Agrupados Internacional Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 4 | 0 | GO4FUSION, EUROfusion, EUROfusion |
| Universidad Politecnica De Madrid Madrid | Spain | University | 5 | 0 | EUROfusion, EUROfusion, APRENDE |
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 5 | 0 | EUROfusion, EUROfusion, BLUEMED |
| Agencia Estatal De Investigacion Madrid | Spain | Public body | 4 | 0 | BLUEMED, ERA-LEARN, CSA BrainHealth |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | EUROfusion, EUROfusion, APRENDE |
| Universidad De Sevilla Sevilla | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | EUROfusion, EUROfusion, APRENDE |
| Universidad De Granada Granada | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | EUROfusion, EUROfusion, DONES-PreP |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 18partners (median)
- 10countries (median)
- 9%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.
- GO4FUSION – Strategic alliance for building european fusion energy partnership (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-EURATOM-2024-NRT-01-01)
- TauEB – Tau-E Breakthrough (TauEB): Infinite clean energy through fusion power to the grid & beyond (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01)
- EUROfusion – Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium (HORIZON · 2021 · EURATOM-2021-ADHOC-IBA)
- EUROfusion – Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon 2020 through a Joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium (H2020 · 2014 · EURATOM)
- DONES-PreP – IFMIF-DONES Preparatory Phase (H2020 · 2019 · IBA-EURATOM-DONES-2019)
- BLUEMED – Bluemed (H2020 · 2016 · BG-13-2016)
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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.