Circular Value Creation (CVC) requires novel strategies for product design, cross-sectoral partnerships, new materials and technologies as well as new business models. It is expected to lay the basis for flexibility, change and resilience in value creation systems, fostering opportunities for sustainable economic development, competitiveness, technological sovereignty and job creation.
Ministries and funding agencies in Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and Ukraine have funding for organisations collaborating on international CVC. The Eureka call is for research, development and innovation (R&D&I) projects leading to marketable products, services and new competitive processes. These will enable the development of CVC systems in the next five years.
The following three perspectives must be addressed:
- Business models and smart services
- Systemic aspects and questions of circular value creation
- People in circular value creation processes
Projects must also focus on a specific innovation area of CVC and address one or more of the following enabling technologies and methods.
Eligibility criteria
Applications must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project. The projects should have an obvious benefit and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants from the different countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.). Consortia must include at least two mutually independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries participating in this call. No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.
Projects must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation and have a civilian purpose. The maximum duration of a project may not exceed 36 months.
Applications must be submitted between 12 June 2025 and 30 September 2025.
