The Raw Materials Partnership for the Green and Digital Transition (RAMP) call is opening. RAMP is a partnership programme (European Partnerships) funded under the Horizon Europe programme, which is scheduled to start in 2026. The objective of the partnership is to promote the sustainable availability and efficient use of raw materials in support of the green and digital transition. The partnership involves more than 50 organisations from over 30 countries. The programme will organise annual international funding calls. The first call will open in June 2026. Business Finland will participate in the RAMP call as a national funding agency.
What kind of activities can be funded?
The call will fund international research and innovation projects that address key challenges along the raw materials value chain, from exploration through design and production to use, re use and recycling. The call text and themes can be found on the RAMP website. The call is structured around six themes in the raw materials value chain. Applicants may submit their proposal under only one theme:
- Topic 1 – Ensuring a resilient supply of raw materials from primary sources
- Topic 2 – Targeting secondary sources to enhance access to raw materials
- Topic 3 – Efficient and effective use of raw materials in design and production
- Topic 4 – Overcoming technological barriers to circularity
- Topic 5 – Putting circular economy ambitions into action
- Topic 6 – Innovative approaches for analysing raw materials value chains
The call is open to transnational consortia of at least three partners from three different countries, including at least two of these must be EU Member States or associated countries.
Finnish consortium partners
Finnish companies and research organisations may apply for Business Finland funding to participate in the joint projects. Business Finland can fund projects under all themes of the call. In addition to the criteria and conditions of the international call, the applicants and projects to be funded must meet Business Finland’s funding criteria and conditions.
Finnish companies may participate in consortia either alone or together with other Finnish partners.
If one or more Finnish research organisations participate in the consortium, Co Innovation project criteria will apply. In this call, one Finnish research organisation and one Finnish company with parallel projects, together with two other Finnish companies that fund the research project of the Finnish research organisation, are sufficient to form a Co Innovation consortium.
The entire consortium must meet the international criteria of the call.
Companies participating in the call must have the capacity for continuous profitable operations and must not have any tax debts. In addition, the company must demonstrate sufficient financial resources and capabilities to participate in the call with its own project. The funded projects must create conditions for strengthening and renewing the companies’ competitiveness and for generating significant new export business. The projects must generate clear added value from collaboration.
Business Finland funding
In the 2026 call, Business Finland has reserved EUR 2 million to fund the participation of Finnish partners in the joint projects. Business Finland will follow the evaluation results of the call when selecting projects to be funded.
Funding will be granted as a grant. The funding level for companies will be assessed and determined during the application process based on the share of industrial research costs in the project and the size of the company. The maximum project duration is 36 months.
The following Business Finland funding services will be used:
- Research and development funding for individual participating companies.
- Co-Innovation funding for joint consortia of research organisations and companies.
Two stage call
Stage 1: The first stage for pre proposals will open at the end of June 2026. Pre proposals must be submitted through the the RAMP Electronic Submission and Evaluation System by the deadline. Please contact the Business Finland contact persons well in advance before submitting the pre proposal.
Stage 2: Only partners invited on the basis of the pre proposal may participate in the second stage and submit full proposals through the Electronic Submission and Evaluation System.
Finnish participants in the projects will submit a separate funding application in Business Finland’s online services as soon as possible after the second stage of the call. In Co Innovation funding, all applicants requesting funding must complete a participant application. In addition, the Finnish sub consortium must appoint a coordinator from among themselves, who will create the main application for the Co-Innovation project in Business Finland’s online services. The coordinator must also complete their own participant application if they are also applying for funding for themselves.
Applications that are not submitted to the application system by the deadline will not be evaluated and will be rejected.
The expected project start date is between June and September 2027.
Further information
All information is preliminary and may change before the official publication of the call. The official call text, application system and mandatory templates will be published on the RAMP website when the call opens:
RAMP Joint Transnational Call 2026: Pre-announcement
The call receives co funding from the European Union through the Horizon Europe programme.
All applicants are strongly advised to contact their national contact point to confirm eligibility before preparing a proposal. In addition, read the funding terms carefully: