Program Description

This call is designed to help to Israeli companies in submitting an application for the implementation of joint research and development programs under the M-ERA.NET subprogram with partners from countries participating in the subprogram, in accordance with ISERD’s Procedure and the Innovation Authority’s Applied Research in Academia and Industry — MAGNET Consortium program.

• The sub-program’s Call for Proposals in 2025 includes the following fields:
• Sustainable Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
• Innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces
• Advanced composite materials and high-performance lightweight materials
• Functional materials
• Materials addressing environmental challenges
• Next generation materials for electronics
• For details on each field, please refer to the Guide for Proposers (pages 22-41)

Target Audience

The Call is open to Israeli companies and researchers from Israeli academia in the fields of materials, who plan to conduct joint research with Israeli companies (and for which an Israeli company will commit to funding at least 10% of their budget).

Funding

• Israeli Industry partner will receive financing of 55% or 66%
• Israeli academic partner will receive financing of 80%
• Israeli participants approved in this Call for Proposals is 0.75 million EUR.
• The implementation period will be carried out according to the M-ERA.NET Sub-program.
• The total grant budget designated by the Innovation Authority for all Israeli participants approved in this Call for Proposals is 0.75 million EUR.
• The above constitutes no obligation to pay this amount, in part or in full.

Criteria

Pre-condintions

Per the rules of the sub-program – submission within the framework of an international consortium, in the M-ERA.NET program, requires that the consortium has at least three partners from at least three different countries participating in the call.

Further information on the terms and conditions of the European program can be found in the Guide for Proposers.

Evaluation criteria

The criteria for the M-ERA.NET administrator are listed in the Guide for Proposers (phase one on page 54 and phase two on page 55).

Application Process

1. Sumbissions to the Israel Innovation Authority

• Applications for the first phase must be submitted to the Innovation Authority by May 15th,  2025 at 12:00 noon (Israel Time).
• Submission of the application is possible only via the Personal Area on Innovation Authority’s Hebrew site only.
• Submissions for the second phase in the two-step Call for Proposals:
• Submission with no changes in their application (between the first and second phase) — will be required to submit a copy of the complete proposal submitted in Europe as well as a statement that there is no change in the tasks and budgets between the preliminary proposal and the full proposal to the Innovation Authority by November 26, 2025, at 12:00 noon (Israel time).
• Submissions that feature changes to their application, will be required to submit their updated application and a copy of the full proposal submitted in Europe, including a detailed explanation of the nature of the change, to the Innovation Authority by November 26, 2025, at 12:00 noon (Israel time).
• Submissions that were not included in the first phase submission, but were added to the submission in Europe in the second phase, will be required to submit their application to the Innovation Authority (as detailed for the first phase) with a copy of the full proposal submitted in Europe, by November 26, 2025 at 12:00 noon (Israel time).
• The Innovation Authority accepts only complete and correct submissions, submitted with all required forms according to the terms of the benefits program and its procedures.
• A company that wishes to receive confirmation that their application has been submitted correctly is requested to submit early.
• Technical support will be provided from Sunday-Thursday 8:30 – 16:30.

1. Submission to the M-ERA.NET administrator: According to information detailed in the M-ERA.NET Call.
   • Submissions for the first phase of the two-stage Call for Proposals must be submitted to the M-ERA.NET administrator by ‏May 13th, 2025 at 12:00 noon (Brussels time).
   • Those who pass the first phase must submit a full proposal to the M-ERA.NET administrator during the second phase by November 19th, 2025 at 12:00 noon (Brussels time).
   • Note: The submission deadlines to M-ERA.NET are determined by the administrator. The deadlines detailed above are provided for convenience only, and the submitter must verify the deadlines, which may change according to the decisions of th

Legal Disclaimer

• For the record, it is clearly stated that in the event of a contradiction or inconsistency between the text of this call for proposals and the ISERD Procedure Provisions, and the Benefits Program and Procedures, as stated in the ISERD Procedure Provisions, the Benefits Program and Procedures shall prevail.
• This publication does not constitute a commitment for approval for any of the applicants.