Horizon Opportunities
With €100 million in battery calls from Horizon Europe in 2025, the Faraday Institution is helping to reconnect UK battery innovators with European battery research community.
Engaging Early: Webinar held 7 January
The Faraday Institution held a webinar on 7th January 2025 to raise the visibility of the 2025 Horizon Europe battery calls and encourage UK battery innovators to engage early with the aim of maximising the UK’s participation.
Next steps for researchers to consider on are given on slides 38-41:
- Funding and Tenders Portal
- British Academy Pump Priming Grants
- Cordis: to find European researchers already on Horizon programmes
Battery Innovation Days event
- In person and online on 11-12th of November 2026
- Register here: Battery Innovation Days 2026, Tue, Nov 10th, 2026 @ 9:00 AM Accelevents.
The 2026-27 Battery Calls
| CALL-ID | Theme | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-01 | Producing battery-grade materials for electrodes through sustainable processing and refining of raw materials or developing bio-based alternatives | 15 Sep 2026 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2026-10-D2-03 | Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility (BATT4EU & Made in Europe) | 8 Oct 2026 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-04 | Coordinated topic with India on recycling of EV batteries | 15 Sep 2026 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2027-D2-05 | Improvement of Adaptability, Flexibility and Efficiency of Existing Recycling Processes (BATT4EU Partnership) | 31 Mar 2027 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2027-D2-06 | Sustainable and Competitive Cell Production Techniques for Lithium-ion and Sodium-ion Batteries (BATT4EU Partnership) | 31 Mar 2027 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2027-04-TwoStage-D2-07 | Novel approaches towards next-generation battery concepts, leveraging the enabling role of innovative advanced materials | 14 Apr 2027 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2027-D3-02-08 | Demonstration for Long-duration Battery Energy Storage Systems | 15 Sep 2027 |
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Find Collaborators in Canada
A catalogue of Canadian and UK battery researchers and innovators was compiled by Louise Mothersole to support consortium forming for Horizon Europe competitions.
Consider BEPA Membership
Becoming a member of BEPA (Batteries European Partnership Association) brings many advantages, including being able to shape future battery calls.
We encourage UK battery innovators – universities and industry organisations – to consider joining BEPA. Existing members can be found here.
Faraday Institution Horizon Europe Working Group
The role of this working group is to help the Faraday Institution shape the UK’s approach to European funding opportunities in battery and energy storage research and to support the UK battery community in winning European funding.
The working group has formed and the first meeting was held in February 2025.
Members include:
- Prof Martin Freer, Chair, Faraday Institution
- Dr Jerry Barker, Redoxion
- Prof Qiong Cai, University of Surrey
- Prof David Howey University of Oxford
- Assoc Prof Tazdin Amietszajew, Coventry University
- Assoc Prof Mel Loveridge, WMG, University of Warwick
- Paul Cornick, University of Birmingham
- Prof V. Thangadurai, University of St Andrews
- Prof Louis Piper, WMG, University of Warwick
Further updates
Updates to this page will be made at regular intervals.
Contacts
Louise Mothersole, Innovate UK, UK National Contact Point
Miles Davis, Faraday Institution
Do contact one of the working group members if you would like a topic raised at a future working group meeting.