News from the ACT4 Call

ACT received 16 applications to the ACT4 call, which closed on 12 September 2022. There is a good contribution of participation by ACT funding countries/regions: Alberta province of Canada, Germany, India, Norway, and the USA.

The Projects were encouraged to target issues defined by:

• The SET-Plan CCS and CCU Implementation Plan

• Mission Innovation Research Priorities

The projects ask in total for € 29 M funding from ACT, which is twice the available budget. The applications will be evaluated and ranked according to procedures described in the ACT4 call text. A common decision on funding will be made by the involved funding agencies and the decision will be communicated to the applicants by the Call Secretariat at the Research Council of Norway in December 2022. The successful projects are foreseen to start early 2023.